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‘M utaytor’ Inva des th e L.A . Cou nty Fair
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Los Angeles based performance art group, ‘The Mutaytor’ provides a dazzling
visual and auditory performance that is an unforgettable spectacle combining thunderous drums, breathtaking fire demonstrations, and sensual hula-hoops. Guests will
be astonished by this radically innovative performance as they stare in amazement at
“The Mutaytor” as they deliver the finest in music and entertainment. “The Mutaytor”
performs Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17 and 18 at “The Stage at Park Square” at the
L. A. County Fair. The Mutaytor will also perform on Xingolati, Groove Cruise of the
Pacific. (See related story page 13) For more information, visit www.mutaytor.com or
www.xingolati.com.
The L.A. County Fair’s “End of Summer Concert Series,” features live music by
Sugar Ray on Fri., Sept. 16, KC & The Sunshine Band and The Village People on Sat.,
Sept. 17, Mariachi USA Fiesta, featuring José Feliciano and Monster Truck Madness on
Thursday, Sept. 22. The L. A. County Fair runs through Oct. 2. For more information,
visit www.fairplex.com/2005/homepage.asp. -Image courtesy of Xingolati
Arts & Entertainment
Concerts
The Library
Concerts, ‘A Classical
Kaleidoscope’
A new series of four
classical music concerts
will begin at Arcadia Public
Library (APL) on Wednesday, Sept. 21 from 7-8:30
p.m. Sponsored by the APL
Foundation, each concert
will feature talented, professional musicians, many
of whom play for the LA
Philharmonic Orchestra.
Paul Stein, a violinist with
the LA Philharmonic Orchestra, is coordinating the
series. The Sept. 21 concert
will feature Stein on the
violin, David Garrett on
the cello, and Junko Ueno
Garret on the piano in a
program titled “Light and
Dark Classics.” After the
program, the audience is
invited to a reception with
the musicians. The concerts
are free and no reservations
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are needed; however, seating is limited to 150 people.
Future concerts are scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 7;
Wednesday, Jan.11, 2006,
and Tuesday, April 4, 2006.
For more information, call
(626) 821-5572.
World Festival of
Sacred Music
An afternoon of sacred music will star Los
Angeles-based pop/devotional singer/songwriter
Donna De Lory, whose
voice and lyrics transcend
time. Most recognized
for her vocals and moves
beside pop icon Madonna,
De Lory has developed a
reputable following as a
solo artist since the release
of her self-titled MCA debut. The performance will
feature traditional storytelling and song by Wardaman
Aboriginal Elder and Artist
Yidumduma Bill Harney,
accompanied by Didjeridu
player and performance
producer John Villa. The
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts
Plaza Foundation presents
Donna De Lory and The
Sounds and Visions of the
Dreamtime in the Sherr. The
Forum Theatre at Thousand
Oaks Civic Arts Plaza’s
Countrywide Performing
Arts Center at 2:30 pm on
Sunday, Sept. 18. For more
information, visit www.
festivalofsacredmusic.org.
Single tickets are $31 with
group discounts available.
Tickets are available from
Ticketmaster or the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Box Office, located at 2100
Thousand Oaks Blvd. For
ticketing information call
(805) 449-ARTS (2787) or
visit www.civicartsplaza.
com.
Theater
Playhouse Hosts
Katrina Benefit
The Sierra Madre
Playhouse will dedicate
the Sept. 16 performance
of “The Front Page” to the
Katrina recovery efforts.
The evening’s entire proceeds, including refreshment sales, will be donated
to the American Red Cross
to assist the victims of hurricane Katrina. In Sept. 2001,
the playhouse held a similar
benefit for the victims of the
9/11 attack, raising about
$1,500. Befitting the newspaper theme of the play, the
playhouse lobby features a
striking display of photos
from Core Media Group’s
ace photographer, Terry
Miller. Curtain time for the
benefit is 8 p.m. Tickets are
$18 for adults, $15 for seniors and students, $12 for
12 and under. Reservations
are strongly recommended
for this special benefit, call
(626) 256-3809.
Disney Live! Winnie
the Pooh
A new live stage
show for the whole family,
‘Disney Live! Winnie the
Pooh,’ produced by Feld
Entertaiment, performs at
Long Beach Terrace Theater Sept. 22-25; Thousand
Oaks Fred Kavli Theatre at
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts
Plaza, Sept. 27-28, and
Hollywood Kodak Theater, Sept. 30-Oct. 9. In the
first ‘Disney Live!’ United
States tour, audiences will
travel through the Hundred
Acre Wood as it comes to
life on stage with an unforgettable musical score and
delightful choreography,
families will share in song,
laughter and memories with
these beloved Disney characters. Tickets for ‘Disney
Live! Winnie the Pooh’ are
available at www.disneylive.com, Ticketmaster, or
call (562) 436-3661.
Intimate Opera
Company Presents…
The Intimate Opera
Company presents Puccini’s one-act comedy Gianni
Schicchi and Gilbert and
Sullivan’s one-act comedy
“Trial By Jury,” on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m., in
Packard Hall, Westminster Gardens, 1420 Santo
Domingo Ave., Duarte.
Tickets are $20, $12, $10 in
advance; general admission
$25 at the door. The performance on Sunday, Sept. 25,
3 p.m., will be at the historic
Aztec Hotel, 311 W. Foothill Blvd., Monrovia. Tickets are $20, $18, $12, $10.
Call Southern California
Tickets at (800) 888-7287.
The L.A. County performances of “Gianni Schicchi” and “Trial By Jury” are
sponsored in part by a grant
from the L.A. County Arts
Commission.
Exhibits
MoLAA Opens
Sculpture Garden
The Museum of Latin
American Art (MoLAA),
the only museum in the
western United States that
focuses exclusively on contemporary Latin American
fine art, will open its Sculpture Garden to the public
on Sept. 20. The garden
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SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2005
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Floating Music Festival Gets
Ready to Groove on the Pacific
LOCAL MOVIE LISTINGS
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AMC Santa Anita 16
Westfield Shopping Town
400 Baldwin Ave. • (626) 321-4270
The Flaming Lips are one of more than 20 bands and performance artists
setting sail on the Xingolati Groove Cruise, a floating music festival
leaving from Long Beach this October. -Photo courtesy of Xingolati
BY
SAHRA SUSMAN
Imagine cruising from
Long Beach to Ensenada,
Mexico on a luxury Carnival
Cruise ship with more than 20
of your favorite musicians and
performance artists for a threeday floating music festival.
Welcome to XingolatiGroove Cruise of the Pacific,
the creation of producer Neal
Turley, 33, and his production
company, Guy Grand Productions. Although grooving on
the ocean to music is not a
new idea, this particular cruise
is novel.
“It’s the first event of
its kind that’s more of a circus
at sea,” said Turley. “What’s
really unique about what were
trying to do, is to dissolve
boundaries. The blending
of worlds and dissolving of
boundaries-is one of the things
were trying to do. That’s a
theme that you’ll see in everything we do-all genres of
live music, from DJ’s and
electronica, alternative new
wave, jam band, funk, jazz-
FESTIVAL
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CAFE DECO
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (R, 116) Fri-Thu 1:00 4 :00 7:00 9:45
The Brothers Grimm (PG-13, 118) Fri-Thu 7:45 10:35
The Constant Gardener (R, 129) Fri-Thu 12:45 4:15 7:20 10:25
Cry Wolf (PG-13, 90) No passes – Fri-Thu 12:00 2:30 5:00 7:25 9:5011:55
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (PG-13, 114) No passes – Fri-Thu 12:10 1:10 3:10
4:10 6:20 7:15 9:15
Just Like Heaven (PG-13, 101) No passes – Fri-Thu 11:05 12:15 1:25 2:45 4:05
5:15 6:45 7:50 9:20 10:30 11:30
Lord of War (R, 122) No passes – Fri-Thu 11:00 1:45 4:40 7:40 10:40
The Man (PG-13, 84) No passes – Fri-Thu 12:40 3:00 5:20 7:40 10:00
March of the Penguins (G, 84) Fri-Thu 12:30 2:55 5:10
Red Eye (PG-13, 85) Fri-Thu 12:35 2:50 5:05 7:35 9:55
The Thing About My Folks (PG-13, 96) No passes – Fri-Thu 11:30 2:05 4:55
7:25 10:05
Transporter 2 (PG-13, 88) Fri-Thu 11:10 1:40 4:30 7:05 9:35 11:45
An Unfinished Life (PG-13, 100) No passes – Fri-Thu 11:15 2:00 4:55 7:35 10:15
Venom (R, 85) No passes – Fri-Thu 12:05 2:20 4:35 7:10 9:30 11:35
Wedding Crashers (R, 119) Fri-Thu 1:35 4:25 7:30 10:20
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216 N. Brand Blvd. • (818) 243-ALEX
Sat 9/17 8:00 p.m. - Vaudeville Extravaganza (live entertainment followed
by film)
Laurel & Hardy’s Tit for Tat (1935 film)
Mann Glendale Exchange 10
128 N. Maryland • (818) 549-0049
An Unfinished Life (PG-13, 107) Fri-Thu (11:20 1:50 4:20) 6:50 9:30
Cry Wolf (PG-13, 100) Fri-Thu (11:40 2:10 4:40) 7:20 9:50
Four Brothers (R, 108) Fri-Thu (11:50 2:20 5:10) 8:00 10:40
Just Like Heaven (PG-13, 95) Fri-Thu (12:00 2:30 5:00) 7:30 10:00
Lord of War (R, 122) Fri-Thu (1:10 4:10) 7:10 10:10
March of the Penguins (G, 80) Fri, Sun-Thu (2:00 4:00) 6:30 Sat (2:00 4:00)
Red Eye (PG-13, 85) Fri-Thu (1:00 3:20 5:30) 7:50 10:20
The Constant Gardener (R, 128) Fri-Thu (12:40 3:40) 6:40 9:40
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (PG-13, 118) Fri-Thu (11:00 1:40 4:40) 7:40
10:30
The Greatest Game Ever Played (PG, 100) Sat 7:00
The Man (PG-13, 83) Fri-Thu (12:30 2:40 5:00) 7:00 9:10
Wedding Crashers (R, 119) Fri-Thu (11:10) 9:00
Mann Glendale Marketplace 4
144 S. Brand Blvd. • (818) 241-2784
Just Like Heaven (PG-13, 95) Fri-Sat (12:50 3:20 :45) 8:30 11:00 Sun-Thu
(12:50 3:20 5:45) 8:30
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (PG-13, 118) Fri-Sat (11:40 2:20 5:10) 8:15 1:15
Sun-Thu (11:40 2:20 5:10) 8:15
The Transporter 2 (PG-13, 88) Fri-Thu (1:00 3:10 5:30) 8:00 10:30
Tom and Jerry: The Movie (G, 80) Sat-Sun (9:30 11:15) Fri, Mon-Thu Contact
theater for show times
LA CANADA-FLINTRIDGE
UA La Canada 8-Flintridge
1919 Verdugo Blvd. • (818)952-0117
In N Out
house
Discounted show times in parenthesis ( )
Lord of War (R,122) Digital Fri-Thu (12:45 3:45) 7:40 10:25
Cry Wolf (PG-13, 90) Digital Fri-Thu (12:05 2:15 4:30) 7:10 9:25
Just Like Heaven (PG-13, 101) Digital Fri-Thu (12:25 2:50 5:15) 7:45 10:05
Exorcism of Emily Rose (PG-13, 114) Digital Fri-Thu (2:00 4:4 5) 7:30 10:15
The Man (PG-13, 84) Digital Fri-Thu 12:20 2:35 4:40) 7:20 9:30
The Transporter 2 (PG-13, 88) Digital Fri-Thu (12:00 2:30 4:55) 7:25 9:40
The Constant Gardener (R, 129) Digital Fri-Thu (12:10 3:15) 7:15 10:10
40-Year-Old Virgin (R, 116) Digital Fri-Thu (1:00 4:00) 7:35 10:20
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410 S. Myrtle Ave. • (626) 305-7467
Pad Thai
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Artisan Gourmet
House
SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2005
Digital Sound in all auditoriums
Cry Wolf (PG-13, 100) Fri-Thu (11:30 1:40 4:20) 7:35 9:55
Four Brothers (R, 108) Fri-Thu (11:50 2:40 5:20) 7:50 10:20
March of the Penguins (G, 80) Fri, Sun-Thu (12:30 3:00 5:25) 7:25 9:30 Sat
(12:30 3:00 5:25) 10:00
Lord of War (R, 122) Fri-Thu (11:00 1:45 4:30) 7:20 10:15
Red Eye (PG-13, 85) Fri-Thu (12:25 3:10 5:20) 7:4 0 9:50
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (R, 116) Fri-Thu (11:40 2:20 5:05) 7:50 10:30
The Brothers Grimm (PG-13, 118) Fri-Thu (11:20 4:00) 7:00 10:00
The Constant Gardener (R, 128) Fri-Sun, Tue-Thu (12:00 3:45) 7:15 10:05
Mon 10:00
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (PG-13, 118) Fri-Thu (11:15 1:45 4:45) 7:30
10:25
The Greatest Game Ever Played (PG, 100) Sat 7:25
The Man (PG-13, 83) Fri-Thu (12:20 2:30 4:40) 7:10 9:35
The Transporter 2 (PG-13, 88) Fri-Thu (12:10 3:05 5:40) 8:00 10:10
Wedding Crashers (R, 119) Fri-Thu (11:10 2:00 4:50) 7:45 10:35
P A S A D E N A
Hastings Ranch
Hastings Pacific Theatres
355 N. Rosemead Blvd. • (626) 351-7555
Bargain shows in parenthesis
Just Like Heaven (PG-13, 101) Digital – No passes – GAT good for bargain
matinee – Fri-Sat (2:15) 4:55 7:30 10:10 Sun (2:15) 4:5 5 7:30 Mon-Thu
Movie dates are Fri. Sept. 16 thru Thurs. Sept. 22
NOTE: Check with theater for Wed-Thurs movies & showtimes
(2:15 4:5 5) 7:30
Lord of War (R, 122) Digital – No passes – Fri-Sat (1:20) 4:20 7:15 10:15 Sun
(1:20) 4:20 8:00 Mon-Thu (1:20 4:20) 8:00
Cry Wolf (PG-13, 90) No passes – Fri-Sat (1:00 3:20) 5:40 8:00 10:20 Sun (1:00
3:20) 5:40 8:10 Mon-Thu (1:00 3:20 5 :40) 8:10
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (PG-13, 114) Digital – GAT good for bargain
matinee – Fri-Sat (1:35) 4:40 7:45 10:30 Sun (1:35) 4:4 0 7:45 Mon-Thu
(1:35 4:40) 7:45
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (R, 116) Fri-Sat (1:15 4:15) 7:10 9:55 Sun (1:15) 4:15 7:35
Mon-Thu (1:15 4:15) 7:35
The Transporter 2 (PG-13, 88) Fri-Sat (1:00 3:10) 5:20 7:40 9:50 Sun (1:00 3:10)
5:20 7:40 Mon-Thu (1:00 3:10 5:20) 7:40
Red Eye (PG-13, 85) Fri-Sat (1:10 3:15) 5:25 7:35 10:05 Sun (1:10 3:15) 5:25 7:50
Mon-Thu (1:10 3:15 5:25) 7:50
March of the Penguins (G, 84) Fri-Sat (1:05 3:05) 5:05 7:05 9:15 Sun (1:05 3:05)
5:05 7:5 5 Mon-Thu (1:05 3:05 5:05) 7:55
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P A S A D E N A
Regency Academy 6 Cinema
1003 E. Colorado Blvd. • (626) 229-9400
Matinees $4.00 (shows before 5 p.m.)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (PG, 115) Fri-Thu 9:30
Crash (R, 112) Fri-Thu 7:15 9:30
Howl’s Moving Castle (PG, 119) Fri, Mon-Thu 3:15 7:15 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:45
3:15 7:15 9:40
Junebug (R, 106) Fri, Mon-Thu 3:30 7:00 Sat-Sun 1:00 3:30 7:00
Mad Hot Ballroom (PG, 115) Fri, Mon-Thu 2:45 5:10 Sat-sun 12:15 2:45 5:10
Me and You and Everyone We Know (R, 90) Fri-Thu 2:30 9:10
Must Love Dogs (PG-13, 98) Fri, Mon-Thu 2:45 5:00 Sat-Sun 12:30 2:45 5:00
Pretty Persuasion (NR, 110) Fri, Mon-Thu 4:30 6 :45 Sat-Sun 12:00 4:30
6:45
The Brothers Grimm (PG-13, 118) Fri-Thu 7:30 9:55
War of the Worlds (PG-13, 116) Fri, Mon-Thu 2:15 4:45 7:20 9:5 0 Sat-Sun
11:45 2:15 4:45 7:20 9:50
Laemmle’s One Colorado
47 Miller Alley., Old Pasadena • (626) 744-1224
2046 (R, 127) Fri-Thu (4:25) 9:55
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (NR, 111) Fri-Thu (1:45) 7:20
Just Like Heaven ( PG-13 , 95) Fri, Mon-Thu (12:45 3 :00 5 :20) 7:40 10:00
Sat-Sun (12:45) 3:00 5:20 7:40 10:00
Lord of War (R, 122) Fri, Mon-Thu (1:00 4:00) 7:00 9:50 Sat-Sun (1:00)
4:00 7:00 9:50
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (R, 116) Fri, Mon-Thu (1:10 4:00) 7:10 9:55 Sat-Sun
(1:10) 4:00 7:10 9:55
The Aristocrats (NR, 89) Fri-Thu (4:45) 9:55
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (PG-13, 118) Fri, Mon-Thu (1:20 4:10) 7:00 9:45
Sat-Sun (1:20) 4:10 7:00 9:45
The Memory of a Killer (R, 123) Fri-Thu (1:55) 7:10
Touch the Sound (NR, 113) Fri, Mon-Thu (12:45 3:05 5:25) 7:50 10:10 Sat-Sun
(12:45) 3:05 5:25 7:50 1 0:10
Walking on the Sky (NR, 98) Fri, Mon-Thu (12:55 3:15 5:35) 8:00 10:15 SatSun (12:55) 3:15 5:35 8:00 10:10
Paseo Colorado
Paseo Stadium 14 Colorado & Los Robles
280 E. Colorado • (626) 568-8888
Bargain shows in parenthesis
Just Like Heaven (PG-13, 101) Digital – No passes – GAT good for bargain
matinee – On 2 screens – Fri-Sat (1:35 2:30) 4:15 5:15 7:00 8:00 9:50 10:40
Sun (1:35 2:30) 4:15 5:15 7:00 8:00 9:45 Mon (11:00 1:35 2:30 4:15 5:15) 7:00
8:00 9:45 Tue-Thu (1:35 2:30 4:15 5:15) 7:00 8:00 9:45
Lord of War (R, 122) Digital – No passes – Fri-Sat (1:30) 4:40 7:50 10:50 Sun
(1:30) 4:40 7:45 10:35 Mon-Thu (1:30 4:25) 7:25 10:10
Cry Wolf (PG-13, 90) Digital – No passes – Fri-Sat (1:00 3:10) 5:30 8:10 10:35
Sun (1:00 3:10) 5:30 8:10 10:25 Mon-Thu (1:00 3:10 5:30) 7:50 10:15
An Unfinished Life (PG-13, 100) Digital Fri-Sat (1:40) 4:35 7:30 10:10 Sun (1:40)
4:35 7:30 10:05 Mon-Thu (1:40 4:35) 7:30 10:05
Venom (R, 85) No passes - Fri-Sat (1:15 3:30) 5:45 8:20 10:45 Sun (1:15 3:30)
5:45 8:20 10:30 Mon-Thu (1:15 3 :30 5:45) 7:44 10:05
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (PG-13, 114) Digital – GAT good for bargain matinee
– On 2 screens – Fri-Sat (1:00 2:00) 4:10 5:05 7:10 8:10 10:05 11:00 Sun
(1:00 2:00) 4:10 5:05 7:10 8:10 9:55 Mon (1:00 4:10) 7:10 9:55 Tue-Thu (1:00
2:00 4:10 5:05) 7:10 8:10 9:55
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (R, 116) Digital Fri-Sat (2:05) 4 :50 7:4 0 10:35 Sun
(2:05 ) 4:50 7:40 10:20 Mon (11:15 2:05 4:50) 7:40 10:20 Tue-Thu (2:05
4:50) 7:40 10:20
The Transporter 2 (PG-13, 88) Fri-Sat (1:05 3:25) 5:45 8:15 10:40 Sun (1:05 3:25)
5 :45 8:05 10:25 Mon-Tue, Thu (1:05 3:25 5:4 5) 8:01 10:20
The Constant Gardener (R, 129) Digital Fri-Sat (1:20) 4:20 7:20 10:25 Sun (1:20)
4:20 7:20 10:15 Mon-Thu (1:20 4:20) 7:20 10:15
Red Eye (PG-13, 85) Digital Fri-Sat (1:10 3:15) 5:40 8:00 10:15 Sun (1:10 3:15)
5:40 8:00 10:10 Mon-Thu (1:10 3:15 5:40) 8:00 10:10
Wedding Crashers (R, 119) Digital Fri-Sat (1:50) 4:55 7:55 10:45 Sun (1:50) 4:55
7:50 10:30 Mon-Thu (1:50 4:30) 7:15 9:55
The Man (PG-13, 84) Digital Fri (2:40) 5:15 7:45 10:20 Sat (2:40) 5:15 10:20
Sun (2:40) 5:15 7:35 10:20 Mon (11:20 2:40 5:15) 7:30 9:50 Tue-Thu (2:40
5:15) 7:30 9:50
The Greatest Game Ever Played (PG, 100) Digital – Sneak Preview – Sat 7:30
Playhouse 7 - Laemmle Theater
673 E. Colorado Blvd. • (626) 844-6500
Bargain shows in parenthesis
Broken Flowers (R, 107) Fri, Mon-Thu (1:20 4:00) 7:00 9:35 Sat-Sun (1:20)
4:00 7:00 9:35
Cote d’Azur (NR, 94) Fri, Mon-Thu (12:00 2:25 4:55) 7:20 9:45 Sat-Sun (12:00)
2:25 4:55 7:20 9:45
Grizzly Man (R, 103) Fri, Mon-Thu ((12:00 2:30 5:05) 7:40 10:15 Sat-Sun
(12:00) 2:30 5:05 7:40 10:15
Hellbent (NR , 85) Fri, Mon-Thu (1:15 3:30 5:45) 8:00 10:15 Sat-Sun (1:15)
3:30 5:45 8:00 10:15
March of the Penguins (G, 80) Fri, Mon-Thu (1:20 3:30 5:40) 7:50 10:00 SatSun (1:20) 3:30 5:40 7:50 10:00
The Thing About My Folks (PG-13, 97) Fri, Mon-Thu (11:45 2:10 4:35) 7:10
9:35 Sat-Sun (11:45) 2:10 4:35 7:10 9:35
Thumbsucker (R, 95) Fri, Mon-Thu (11:45 2:15 4:45) 7:30 9:55 Sat-Sun (11:45)
2:15 4:45 7:30 9:55
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Mendelssohn and Beethoven Grace Arcadia Public Library
BY
BILL PETERS
A series of four free
concerts will be presented at
the Arcadia Public Library
with the initial program on
Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 7
p.m. offering the music of
Mendelssohn and Beethoven
performed by the Stein-Garrett-Ueno Trio. Termed “A
Classical Kaleidoscope”
the series is an additional
effort by the library to add
adult programming to its
already successful children’s
program.
It is our hope to continue to attract all ages to our
library, said Janet Sporleder,
director of library and museum services. “This program,
we think, will be well received by adults and teenagers who want to expand their
musical knowledge. Our
programs will be presented
by musicians who have a link
to our area, making it even
more special.”
Paul Stein, a Monrovia
resident, is a member of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The violinist
joined the orchestra in 1981.
He is a graduate of Southern
Methodist University with a
Bachelor of Music, and holds
a Master of Music from Yale
University. Stein is on the
faculty of Glendale Community College.
David Garrett, a cellist,
and his wife, pianist Junko
Ueno Garrett, often perform
together as the Belrose Duo,
touring internationally. Dr.
David Garrett, who is also a
member of the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra,
often performs modern cellos works, which he has
recorded, and Baroque music
on the viola da gamba. He
also is an arranger and composer. Dr. Ueno Garrett is a
native of Japan who received
her piano training at the Toho
Gakuen School of Music,
and received her Doctor
of Musical Arts from Rice
University. Both Dr. Garretts
are on the faculty at Cal State
Long Beach.
The concert’s opening
program by the Trio brings
masters of the mid 19th-century from a time period when
classical symphonic music
as well as more impressionistic works were written.
Mendelssohn’s music runs
the gamut from light melodic
pieces to some fairly ponderous music, but the piece to be
presented here is engaging.
For the opening concert the
Stein-Garrett-Ueno Trio will
begin with Mendelssohn’s
Piano Trio in D minor, a
solidly romantic piece that is
as brilliant and sparkling as it
is ‘dreamy.’
Each of the movements
offers an opportunity for the
violin, the cello and the piano
to show off. The second
number will be Beethoven’s
Trio in D major. This music begins with an attention
getting opening, so typical
of Beethoven, and moves
through a magnificent slow
piece, a “Largo” movement,
then finishes with a flourish.
The Largo movement is
somewhat akin to his famed
“Moonlight Sonata” which
probably accounts for the
Trio to carry the encumbrance “Ghost”. Any “artsiness” that may be attributed
to Beethoven’s music should
be dispelled by a quote from
a letter to his publisher that
explains why he wrote the
piano trio amidst his busy
schedule.
Library Services Manager, Carolyn Garner-Reagan, reported that the event
to be held in the library’ Cay
Mortenson Auditorium, has
generated a lot of interest.
Other concerts in the
series are scheduled for
Wednesday, Dec. 7 with
the Pacific Harmony String
Quartet (consisting of Aradia
residents); Wednesday, Jan.
11, 2006 with Paul Stein
and Ingrid Chun, violin; and
Tuesday, April 4, 2006 with
Raynor Carroll and West
African drumming ensemble
Kuku. The library concerts
are sponsored by the Arcadia
Public Library Foundation.
The Arcadia Public
Library is located at 20 W.
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we tried to make an effort to
choose bands that walk the
line between all the genres.”
Xingolati, whose name
roughly means crossing the
line, plans to do just that
with a lineup that includes:
The Flaming Lips, G. Love
and Special Sauce, Banyan
featuring Stephen Perkins of
Jane’s Addiction, Medeski
Martin and Wood, DJ Logic,
Slightly Stoopid, Particle,
Tea Leaf Green, The Everyone Orchestra, DJ Greyboy, R.E.D. featuring Rob
Wasserman and members
of Particle, Lorin (Bassnectar), The Mutaytor, DJ Laird
(Lush), Rob Cantrell from
NBC’s Last Comic Standing,
Perpetual Groove, Lowpro
Lounge, Alfred Howard & the
Paul Stein(l), David Garrett and Junko Ueno Garrett take a brief pause
from a rehearsal in preparation for the first concert of a new series
of four at the Arcadia Public Library to be held Wednesday, Sept. 21
at 7 p.m. All concerts are free. For information, please call (626) 8215572.--Photo courtesy Arcadia Public Library
K23 Orchestra, Hamsa Lila,
Yard Dogs, That One Guy, DJ
Motion Potion, Olospo, Chris
Cutz and Fresh One.
Turley said they wanted
to bring together these different genres and expose their
similarities rather than focus
on their differences.
“I am also excited about
our music being inspired by
the environment, we [may]
improvise the whole show,
being stimulated by our surroundings,” said Stephen Perkins, former bass player for
Jane’s Addiction in a statement
about Xingolati. “So, there will
be great unpredictable music
flowing, as deep as the ocean
and as fresh as the sea mist.”
The Mutaytor, a L.A.
based performance art group
that blends multi media, music
and performance into a vaudeville like circus, will also be
aboard Xingolati.
“What’s really interesting about Xingolati,” said
Mattie Nash, 35, founder of
The Mutaytor, “is that there’s
not going to be one performance area but they’ll be DJ’s
and sounds systems and stages
all over so guests can experience shows everywhere.”
Vocalist, percussionist and trumpet player John
Harrington, of Delta Nove, a
funk-Brazillian Samba Band
summed it up when he said,
“The fans and musicians in
that contained party atmosphere, that’s really where the
inspiration is going to come
from.”
The Xingolati-Groove
Cruise of the Pacific sets
sail Oct. 13 through 17.
For more information, call
(415) 256-8499 or visit
www.xingolati.com.
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Fifty Years of the Magic Kingdom
Digitally Restored “Cinderella,”
Premieres in Hollywood
Filmmaker’s Panel, DVD release
mark event
“Tomorrowland, 1967,” -Copyright the Charles Phoenix Collection
BY
C HARLES C OOPER
It was late summer of 1955. Some team
called the Brooklyn
Dodgers were about to
win their first and only
world championship of
baseball. Dwight Eisenhower was headed for a
second term as president,
despite questions about
his age, his health and
the amount of golf he
played. And Disneyland
I was opening its doors
in some place called
Anaheim.
Walt Disney, the
master entertainer, was
not exactly on a winning
streak at the time. He
hadn’t had a big film in
a while, his original fans
had fought two wars and
were grownups, and the
best and brightest of the
young animators were
headed off to other companies or to television.
B u t Wa l t h a d a
dream, an amusement
park with Disney-themed
rides, concessions he
controlled and an audience of the baby boomer
kids. He would soon
have a daily TV show for
them, the Mickey Mouse
Club, and featured the
original Mousekeeteers
at the official park opening July 17.
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We’d all seen the
opening of Disneyland
on television, and have
a vague idea what we
were getting into. But
as it has for every first
time visitor in the last 50
years, the park was a bit
of a shock.
I think most everyone remembers the
ticket books. They were
grouped in A to E, with
the expensive rides
among the E tickets.
Just like in real life,
there were never enough
E tickets.
Main Street, of
course, was the perfect
fantasy for a state full
of transplanted mid
westerners. It reflected
Walt’s Missouri upbringing, and featured a dizzying variety of parades
over the years.
Memories flag after 50 years and probably as many visits, but
I’m fairly sure the Castle
was there from the beginning, the spinning tea
cups, the train and the
Flight to Mars. I know
the Autopia was there
because I was a half-inch
too short to drive one
of the cars; I blame that
for the fact I’m a lousy
driver and hate cars,
even today.
That first day we
went through most of
the issues families have
faced since; it was too
hot, there weren’t enough
drinking fountains, and
the refreshments weren’t
cheap. But the place
really was the Magic
Kingdom, even from the
beginning.
The Disney empire was back in full
swing with the opening of Disneyland in
1955. The next big step
forward was the New
York World’s Fair 1964,
which gave birth to the
park’s most famous ride,
“It’s A Small World.”
Maybe one of the
saddest web sites about
the park is “Yesterland,”
featuring the attractions
that have come and gone
in 50 years. Disneyland
is obviously bigger and
better than ever, and
dazzling a third generation of kids, but if I had
a chance to go back to
the park as it was 50
years ago, I’d jump at it.
Maybe I’d be tall enough
for the cars this time.
Walt Disney’s animated masterpiece “Cinderella”
will look and sound better than ever when it is digitally projected during a special 11-day engagement at
Hollywood’s legendary El Capitan Theatre, from Sept.15
through 25. The film, which has undergone an extensive
digital restoration that included high resolution scanning
of the original camera negative and removal of cell dirt,
is scheduled to make its DVD debut on Oct 4.
The El Capitan Theatre engagement of “Cinderella” will kick-off on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. with
a special filmmakers’ panel featuring Ilene WoodsShaughnessy (the original voice of Cinderella), June
Foray (voice of Lucifer the cat), Lucille Bliss (voice of
stepsister Anastasia), legendary Disney animator Ollie
Johnston, veteran Disney animator Andreas Deja, along
with restoration experts John Lowry (founder and CTO
of DTS Digital Images), and Disney’s Dave Bossert, and
Stephen Poehlein. KTLA entertainment reporter Ross
King will moderate the discussion. Costumed characters
from the film – Cinderella, Prince Charming, the Fairy
Godmother, and the mice in their crystal coach – will also
be on hand for the opening night festivities.
Walt Disney’s “Cinderella” was originally released
in 1950, and went on to become one of the Studio’s alltime most successful and best-loved animated classics.
“Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo” was nominated for a “Best
Song” Academy Award®, and the film received a second nomination for “Best Score.” Directed by Wilfred
Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi, “Cinderella” follows the rags-to-riches story of a beautiful
young girl who is reduced to being a servant by her jealous stepmother and stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella.
“Cinderella” is based on a fairy tale written in 1697 by
French author Charles Perrault.
Tickets for opening night and the entire engagement are available at the box office, by phone (1-800DISNEY6) or on-line at www.elcapitantickets.com.
Showtimes from Sept.16 to 25 are 12 p.m., 2:30 p.m.,
5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The El Capitan Theatre is located at 6838 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. For more information call
1-800-DISNEY6 or visit www.elcapitantickets.com.
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will feature more than a
dozen sculptures, including
pieces by such luminaries at
Benito Rosas and Fernando
de Szyszlo from Peru; Alejandro Quijano, Alberto
Vargas Aguirre and Marco
Adlaco of Mexico, and
Uruguayan Cecilia Miguez,
among others. The 15,000square-foot garden, comprised of intimate, multilevel viewing spaces and
an outdoor performing arts
state will also be home to
renowned Latin American
dance, music and theatre
performances and festivals.
MoLAA’s sculpture garden
will contain native cacti and
plants indigenous to several
South American countries
and the Latin American
garden plantings complement the museum’s collection, which represents all
of Latin America as well
as Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries. There will
be a special public sneak
preview Friday, Sept. 16,
from 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
featuring special docent
tours 1 and 3 p.m.; free
admission Friday. MoLAA
is located at 628 Alamitos
Ave., Long Beach, and
open to the public TuesdayFriday 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m.-7 p.m.,
and Sunday from 11 a.m.-6
p.m. Admission is $5 for
adults and $3 for students
and seniors, children 12
and under free. The mu-
seum offers free admission
on Fridays. For additional
information, contact the
museum at (562) 437-1689
or visit the web site www.
molaa.org.
Max Liebermann:
Realism to
Impressionism
‘Max Liebermann:
From Realism to Impressionism,’ the first
major museum exhibit in
the United States on the
art and life of German
painter Max Liebermann
(1847-1935), opens at the
Skirball Cultural Center
on Sept. 15. Liebermann
was the premier artist
in Berlin from the mid1880s until the Nazis
seized power in 1933.
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Featuring more than 60
paintings and a dozen
works on paper from public and private collections
in Europe and the United
States, the landmark retrospective spans the stylistic and thematic phases
of Liebermann’s prolific
career, from his renowned
Realist interpretations of
Dutch peasant life to his
singular approach to Impressionism. The great
majority of the collected
works will be new to
American viewers. For
more information, call
(310) 440-4500 or visit
www.skirball.org. The
Skirball Cultural Center
is located at 2701 N.
Sepulveda Blvd., L.A.
Other
“California Romanza”
and Frank Lloyd Wright:
Hollyhock House Tour
Creative Arts Group
will visit one of Frank
Lloyd Wright’s architectural treasures, the Hollyhock House, on Friday,
Sept. 30. This Mayan-influenced home has been
through a major renovation
and is now open for tours.
Constructed in decorative
concrete blocks, the design
of Hollyhock House was
described by Wright as
his “California Romanza”
period. His design includes
outdoor courtyards and
rooftop terraces as extensions of the indoor living
spaces. Hollyhock was the
first of his buildings to be
constructed in the LA area,
and the home shows us a
new phase of the architect’s
vision, which was unlike
anything he had ever done.
We will precede the 1:30
p.m. docent-led tour with
a Claro’s box lunch park
picnic. Fee of $14 for members, $16 for non-members,
includes box lunch. For
more information, call Creative Arts Group at (626)
355-8350 or visit www.creativeartsgroup.org. Reservation deadline is Monday,
Sept. 26. Drivers needed.
We pay for gas. Creative
Arts Group is located at
108 N. Baldwin Ave., Sierra
Madre.
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