Lifelong Learning Community Events & Calendars


Santa Monica, a Lifelong Learning Community
APRIL 2011 Friday, April 1, 8:00 pm Saturday, April 2, 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm Sunday, April 3, 2:00 pm Play: Metamorphoses Santa Monica College Main Stage 1900 Pico Blvd. (main campus) $15 General Adm / $12 Students (w/ID) & Senior Citizens (60+) / $10 SMC AS Students (w/ID & current AS sticker) Tony nominee for Best Play in 2002, Mary Zimmerman’s award-winning adaptation of Ovid’s poem brings to the stage messages from classic tales. Characters learn life lessons including Narcissus, who fell in love with his reflection and perished; Midas, who learned that all that glitters is not gold; and Orpheus, who lost his love because he would not follow orders. For more information, please call the SMC Theatre Arts Department at (310) 434-4319 or go to www.smc.edu/theatre/productions.htm. Saturdays and Sundays, April 2, 3, 9, & 10, 11am Play: Miss Nelson is Back Morgan-Wixson Theatre 2627 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405 Adults $8 and $6 for children 12 and under. All seats reserved. For tickets or more information, please call 310-829-3937. Based on the popular book series by Harry G. Allard and James Marshall, Miss Nelson is Back tells the story of Miss Nelson’s students who think it’s going to be fun and games when she is out sick. First they must face the most boring substitute ever and when they try to outwit her, they could end up with Viola Swamp, the meanest substitute in town! Sponsored by Morgan-Wixson Theater and YES Organization. For more information, please visit www.morgan-wixson.org Sunday, April 3, 4pm Tribute to Jazz Trumpeters featuring Clay Jenkins with the SMC Jazz Band Keith Fiddmont, Conductor SMC Performing Arts Center, The Broad Stage 1310 11th Street Tickets $10 Master musician Clay Jenkins joins up with Conductor Keith Fiddmont and the SMC Jazz Band for a performance of arrangements featuring the trumpet as the focal sound. Please call (310) 434-4323 for more information. Tuesday, April 5, 7:00 p.m. Pico Branch Library Community Workshop Virginia Avenue Park, Thelma Terry Center Community Meeting Room 2200 Virginia Avenue Free This fifth and final workshop in the Let's Talk Pico Branch Library series will present the schematic design by Koning Eizenberg Architects for the proposed 8,300 square foot branch library. For more information about Let's Talk Pico Branch Library Community Workshops, call Library Administration at (310) 458-8606, signup for email updates at pico.library@smgov.net, or visit the web site smpl.org/pico/library.htm. Thursday, April 7, 11:15am Paul F. Starrs: The Nature of Agriculture: Lessons from the Fields of California Santa Monica College Main Campus, Art 214 1900 Pico Boulevard Free Professor of Geography at the University of Nevada at Reno discusses his work as co-author on Field Guide to California Agriculture, gathering essential information about agriculture in California and its environmental context in order to understand what animals and crops are grown in the state, how agriculture reflects our relationship with nature, and how to answer the questions “What is that and why is it growing there?” A booksigning follows, and books will be available for purchase. Sponsored by the SMC Associates, a program of the Santa Monica College Foundation Friday, April 8, 8:00 pm Saturday, April 9, 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm Sunday, April 10, 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm Play: Hamlet / Oedipus Santa Monica College Studio Stage 1900 Pico Blvd. (main campus) $10 General Adm (unreserved seating) Words such as innovative, experimental, deconstructive, avant-garde and post-modern describe this work of verbal movement art. In this performance art event, the classical story of Oedipus is explored using the language of Shakespeare's Hamlet. The resulting impact is powerful. NO LATE SEATING. For more information, please call the SMC Theatre Arts Department at (310) 434-4319 or go to www.smc.edu/theatre/productions.htm. Saturdays and Sundays, April 9, & 10, 11am Play: Miss Nelson is Back Morgan-Wixson Theatre 2627 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405 Adults $8 and $6 for children 12 and under. All seats reserved. For tickets or more information, please call 310-829-3937. Based on the popular book series by Harry G. Allard and James Marshall, Miss Nelson is Back tells the story of Miss Nelson’s students who think it’s going to be fun and games when she is out sick. First they must face the most boring substitute ever and when they try to outwit her, they could end up with Viola Swamp, the meanest substitute in town! Sponsored by Morgan-Wixson Theater and YES Organization. For more information, please visit www.morgan-wixson.org Saturday, April 9, 12 noon - 4 pm, School Readiness Health Clinic & Fair Saint Anne School, 2015 Colorado Avenue FREE Saint Anne School, in collaboration with several area health care providers and community organizations, will host a School Readiness Health Clinic & Fair on its campus and will offer free health examinations, free immunizations and free screening as required by California law for school entry by any 4 or 5 year old child in need of these services. Services will be provided free of charge, but on a priority basis to those families who have pre-registered. Please note, no immunizations can be delivered without an in-hand immunization record. There are no doubt many families in the Santa Monica and West Los Angeles who have limited access to health services who can take advantage of this event to receive the services necessary for their children to enter school. Please let them know about this convenient and helpful opportunity. For more information, please contact Carol O'Day, Director of Marketing and Development at (310) 829-2775 or coday@saintanneschool.com Saturday, April 9, 2- 4pm Beach House Lecture #3: Christy McAvoy and John Berley Ken Edwards Center 1527 4th Street Free for Docents-in-Training; Donation requested from the public This lecture features Christy McAvoy, Historic Resources Group, on the historic structures and John Berley, Frederkick Fisher Partners, on rehab and new construction. If you would like to attend the lectures but cannot commit to the docent work, you are welcome to come but please make a small donation toward the Conservancy’s educational programs. Please RSVP to rsvp@smconservancy.org or 310-496-3146 Monday, April 11, 7-9pm Author Talk: Anchee Min presents Pearl of China Santa Monica Main Public Library, Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium 601 Santa Monica Boulevard Free Chinese-American writer Anchee Min reads and discusses her latest book, Pearl of China, a fictional look at the friendship between real life American writing legend Pearl S. Buck and a young Chinese girl named Willow, from the girls' turn of the nineteenth century childhood in China up to the rise of Chairman Mao. A book sale and signing will follow. Sunday, April 17, 2:00pm Hands Across California This event will raise money – matched dollar for dollar by the Osher Foundation – for scholarships for community college student. To contribute on behalf of SMC students, please go to http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/SMC-1/hands-across-california. The event will also highlight across the State, the importance of community colleges and higher education. Please take the time to stand with us. To register for a spot, please go to www.HandsAcrossCalifornia.org Wednesday, April 20, 10:30 am to Noon Staying Connected in the 21st Century 1821 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 200 Free RSVP: (800) 516-5323 Learn how to use technology to stay connected to friends, family and the world by using the Internet, e-mail, Facebook, Skype, blogging and more. Learn how online social networking can provide you with practical and emotional support. Offered by UCLA Healthcare 50+, a free program offering educational lectures, a walking program, information on community and health resources, membership amentiies and special events. To become a member, please call 800-516-5323. Saturday, April 23, 2pm Magician David Groves: Astonishment in the Afternoon! Santa Monica Publi Library, MLK, Jr. Auditorium 601 Santa Monica Boulevard Free See the show that was 5 years in the making! David Groves will be videotaping the all-new show he’ll be performing in 1,000 seat theaters on cruise ships in the coming years. Who should come? You! RSVP to save your seat! david.mystery@gmail.com or 310-962-7051 Years ago, when I coordinated ACE – After Class Enrichment – at Will Rogers Learning Community, David Groves was one of our most popular teachers, teaching Will Rogers’ kids magic. Bring yourself and your children to this free magic show. I’m pretty sure you’ll all enjoy it! Thursday, April 28, Noon to 1:30 pm Bone Health Santa Monica Family YMCA 1332 6th Street Free RSVP: (800) 516-5323 UCLA internal medicine physician Stephanie Bui, MD, will explore how to prevent and treat osteoporosis. Offered by UCLA Healthcare 50+, a free program offering educational lectures, a walking program, information on community and health resources, membership amenities and special events. To become a member, please call 800-516-5323. Thursday, April 28, 7-9pm SMC Public Policy Institute: What’s Going On? SMC Bundy Campus, Room 123 3171 S. Bundy Drive Free with free parking. RSVP required to ppi.rsvp@smc.edu Join former State Senator Sheila Kuehl, Founding Director of the SMC Public Policy Institute as she moderates a panel with Assemblymember Julia Brownley and tax reform expert Lenny Goldberg for an enlightening discussion of WHAT’S GOING ON... with the state budget. Not to be missed if you want to be an informed voter. Presentations from 7-8pm followed by an interactive discussion with the audience until 9pm. Seating is limited. Please rsvp to ppi.rsvp@smc.edu with the number of guests attending. For more information about the SMC Public Policy Institute and its activities, please send an email to Kuehl.website@gmail.com or call (310) 434-3429 Friday, April 29, 8:00 pm Saturday, April 30, 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm Sunday, May 1, 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm Play: Hyperbole Santa Monica College Studio Stage 1900 Pico Blvd. (main campus) $10 General Adm (unreserved seating) Come serve yourself to this rhetorical comedy set in Hyperbole, an "all-you-can-eat" Italian restaurant. The menu highlights the dysfunctional relationships of the restaurant's infamous customers, warring family owners and inept screwball serving staff. Seconds of lasagna! NO LATE SEATING. For more information, please call the SMC Theatre Arts Department at (310) 434-4319 or go to www.smc.edu/theatre/productions.htm. Saturday, April 30, 3-4:45pm Domingo-Thornton Young Artists Event Type: Concerts/Dance Santa Monica Main Public Library, Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Free Join us for this very special event, a live concert featuring the Domingo-Thornton Young Artists of LA Opera. This recital is in celebration of LA Opera's 25th Anniversary Season. The concert highlights beloved and well-known opera “hits.” Tickets for this FREE event will be available 1 hour before, at 2:00pm and are 1 per person. This program series is free and all ages are welcome. Space is limited and on a first arrival basis. This is a collaborative event of: The Living Room …a place for adults and LA Opera’s Community Programs. For more information, visit www.smpl.org or contact the Santa Monica Public Library at (310) 458-8600. For more activities, I strongly suggest you monitor or subscribe to the following: City Master Calendar Sortable by Location, Event Type, and Age Group http://calendar.smgov.net/city/eventcalendar.asp ................................................ The Palette If you are interested in the arts and cultural events, be sure to subscribe to the Santa Monica Arts Palette at http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=902 You will receive a weekly email telling you about visual and performing arts events for that week and weekend. This is a great service! ................................................ Santa Monica Pier eMailing List Go to http://www.santamonicapier.org/subscribe.html to sign up for “Beyond the Pier” so that you will receive updates by email regarding events happening at the Santa Monica Pier. ................................................ Santa Monica College offers the community performances, lectures, exhibitions, Friday night planetarium shows..... you can find out what’s happening each month by going to http://www.smc.edu/events ................................................ The Broad Stage is a wonderful, still new, elegant, intimate, acoustically fine-tuned theater at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center that has just finished a remarkable first season. The Broad Stage maintains a website (separate from the SMC website) for events featuring professional artists. Please visit The Broad and www.thebroadstage.com ................................................ Planetarium shows on Friday nights at SMC are listed at http://www.smc.edu/apps/agenda.asp?Q=9&G=1&C=agenda ................................................ The Santa Monica Public Library is a must-bookmark-site! Our libraries offer a great menu of interesting and varied programming for people of all ages and interests -- films, lectures, book groups, and other special events. The library events calendar is posted at http://www.smpl.org/libraryevents.htm The City’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment has a new, very informative website that includes a calendar of environment-related events. http://www.smgov.net/departments/ose/ ................................................ The School District website has a useful color-coded calendar that includes special school events as well as Board meetings. Please check it out at http://www.smmusd.org/calendar/index.html ................................................ The Santa Monica Visitors and Convention Bureau maintains a Calendar of Events at http://www.santamonica.com/events-calendar/ City of Santa Monica now posts upcoming events and some full calendars if you click on the appropriate headings in the top right hand corner of the home page at http://www.santa-monica.org/ Lifelong Learning Community Links lists these and many other useful websites including local theatrical companies – listed under "Local Museums and Special Venues." Please use these links to stay abreast of these wonderful local organizations. Links can be found at http://smllc.org/links.html Art Exhibitions SMC Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery http://events.smc.edu/art_gallery.html Bergamot Station www.bergamotstation.com/ Highways http://www.highwaysperformance.org/ Santa Monica Art Studios http://www.santamonicaartstudios.com/ Santa Monica Museum of Art www.smmoa.org/ 18^th Street Arts Complex http://www.18thstreet.org/ Book Groups http://www.smpl.org/reading/bookgroups.htm Film Screenings Aero Theater Calendar Listings http://www.americancinematheque.com/Aero/aeromastercalendar.htm SMC's Film Series http://www.smc.edu/apps/agenda.asp?Q=5&G=1&C=agenda Santa Monica Film Festival http://www.artsfightingcancer.com/santamonica.html Lectures California Lawyers for the Arts www.CALawyersForTheArts.org Library Events http://www.smpl.org/ SMC Lectures http://www.smc.edu/apps/agenda.asp?Q=7&G=1&C=agenda Museums & Tours California Heritage Museum http://www.californiaheritagemuseum.org/ Santa Monica Historical Society http://www.santamonicahistory.org/ Santa Monica Museum of Art www.smmoa.org/ Santa Monica Conservancy http://www.smconservancy.org/mtpages/main.shtml Music, Theater, Dance Santa Monica Symphony www.smsymphony.org/ SMC Events smc.edu/events Edgemar Center for the Arts http://www.edgemar.org/Edgemar/Home.html Highways http://www.highwaysperformance.org/ Miles Playhouse http://www.milesplayhouse.org/ Morgan Wixson Theater http://www.morgan-wixson.org/ The Powerhouse Theater http://www.milesplayhouse.org/ Ruskin Group Theater Company http://www.ruskingrouptheatre.com/ Santa Monica Civic Light Opera http://www.smclo.org/ Santa Monica Playhouse www.santamonicaplayhouse.com/ Virginia Avenue Project http://www.virginiaavenueproject.org/ Planetarium Shows http://smc.edu/events What's Happening on the Pier www.santamonicapier.org Looking for even more things to do? Check out this calendar posted by the Convention and Visitors Bureau: http://www.santamonica.com/index.php/things_to_do/calendar.html For more information about the Lifelong Learning Community, contact Louise Jaffe lcjaffe@aol.com 310-450-2487	HOMEPAGE EVENTS & CALENDARS LLC LINKS NEWSLETTER CALL TO ACTION GOALS FOR A MASTER PLAN IMPORTANT RESEARCH POST MY EVENT SUBSCRIBE USE OUR LOGO
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