WHAT: Mare Serenitatis (Sea of Serenity)
WHERE: Aratani/Japan America Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles, (213) 628-2725
WHEN: Friday, September 19 at 8:00 p.m.
COST: $20 for students / $25 general admission [Ticket info]
A program of the UCLA World Festival of Sacred Music, Mare Serenitatis is a performance in 3 movements, blending traditional rites from Japan with classical and contemporary Western influences. Conceived by artist and zen archer Hirokazu Kosaka, Mare Serenitatis features choreographer and Japanese Butoh dancer Oguri, Japanese classical court music Gagaku and dance Bugaku, and Zen Archers. Reaching back to the primal sounds of man and the hunt, the evening begins when a Zen Archer shoots an arrow over the distance of the stage, instantly purifying the space. Migrating across a desert, the post-war influenced Butoh dancer breathes life into the newly purified space. For one small instant the search stops and the present prevails before moving on in the journey again. The evening ends with a large 12-million candlelight Searchlight stretching its horizontal beam across the sky, illuminating the journey’s path while a lone-archer releases his arrow into the darkness of the night. [Info source]
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WHAT: Amanda Ross-Ho: Half of What I Say Is Meaningless
WHERE: Cherry and Martin Gallery, 12611 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, (310) 398-7404
WHEN: Opens Saturday, September 20 at 6:00 p.m.; ongoing on Wednesday - Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. through November 1
COST: FREE!
Demonstrating an ongoing interest in locating understanding through inversion, Amanda Ross-Ho’s second exhibition at Cherry and Martin finds her recontextualing images and objects with intimate—rather than generic—origins. Ross-Ho’s careful mediation suggests the possible universality of the personal. Her objects display both individual qualities and 'sibling' identities, playing on traits of familial exchange and proximal relativity. [Info source]
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WHAT: Remembering Dini Ostrov: A Special Screening of His Girl Friday
WHERE: James Bridges Theatre, Melnitz Bldg., UCLA Campus (near Lot 3), (310) 206-FILM
WHEN: Saturday, September 20 at 7:30 p.m.
COST: $10.00 [Ticket info]
This hilarious comedy stars Cary Grant as a crafty newspaper editor hell-bent on keeping his ace reporter and ex-wife, Hildy (Rosalind Russell), from settling down with a pitifully dull businessman (Ralph Bellamy) by convincing her to cover the imminent execution of a convicted murderer. Hawks' ingenious use of overlapping dialogue accelerates the film's already break-neck clip and epitomizes the verve of Hollywood's Screwball Era. A reception honoring Dini Ostrov will follow. [Info source]
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FOR THE KIDS: Family Day: Sculpting with Scissors
WHERE: Norton Simon Museum of Art, 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, (626) 449-6840
WHEN: Saturday, September 20 at 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
COST: FREE for students and children
See how modern artists boldly use color in paintings, and then express your artistic abilities as you construct colorful collages with cut paper. Recommended for children ages 4 through 10. [Info source] For you adult kids, don't miss the Marcel Ducamp Redux exhibition, which shows through December 8.
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