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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

ArtsBeatLA goes mobile! by Pauline Adamek

Exciting news, gentle readers, especially if you have a smart phone. We have just launched the mobile version of our timely, happening Arts Webmagazine. Now, if you visit ArtsBeatLA via your…

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'Ready For Our Close-Up' " play showcase and benefit by Pauline Adamek

Ready For Our Close-Up " a play showcase and benefit for The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Project " is happening this weekend only, Aug 26 " 28, in Hollywood, at the Stella Adler Theatre. The…

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Ennio " Living Paper Cartoon at Pasadena Playhouse by Pauline Adamek

Ennio, featuring Ennio Marchetto " 'The Living Paper Cartoon' " will play an exclusive, limited engagement for one week only, from August 23 " 28, 2011, at The Pasadena Playhouse. Ennio Marc…

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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Last chance to catch Intimate Opera Pasadena " Sunday by Pauline Adamek

  Looking for something to do this Sunday (tomorrow)? Sunday August 21st is your last chance to catch to check out Intimate Opera Pasadena's (IOP's) production of the brilliant and chil…

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Friday, August 19, 2011

Next Window, Please " review for LA Weekly by Pauline Adamek

Please enjoy my latest theatre review for LA Weekly, of the world premier of a new comedy Next Window, Please, written by Doug Haverty and notable for its almost exclusively female cast. Hap…

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Cella Gallery hosts NoHo Block Party, Saturday, Aug 20 by Pauline Adamek

  There's a cool Art Block Party planned for tomorrow (Saturday) night, over at the Lofts at NoHo Common. Music, Dance, film and of course Art will be happening on Weddington Street,…

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

ArtsBeatLA has a chic new look! by Pauline Adamek

To celebrate its two-year anniversary, ArtsBeatLA has just been relaunched with a brand new layout and design theme. I am also starting a weekly Op-Ed column, paired with a links list as a r…

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Op-Ed " "Grey rage" or "When Seniors Attack!" by Pauline Adamek

Welcome a new section where I plan to opinionate wildly as I discuss topics of interest. You have been warned! Thanks to a rather unusual incident at last Friday night's play, I've dec…

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Robey Theatre Company receives 12 NAACP noms by Pauline Adamek

*** The Robey Theatre Company, Los Angeles' acclaimed African American theatre company based downtown at Los Angeles Theatre Center, is on track to scoop the pool at the forthcoming NAACP…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:26PM[SHARE]
Monday, August 15, 2011

Vanishing Point exhibit by Photoji Project in Little Tokyo by Pauline Adamek

*** A photo exhibition, entitled Vanishing Point, currently on display in Little Tokyo, shows a Japanese "healing" town before and after the disaster. There will be a reception and discus…

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Friendship and betrayal " 'This' at the Kirk Douglas Theatre by Pauline Adamek

*** Melissa James Gibson's ingeniously constructed drama, This, is far too clever for its own good. Review by Pauline Adamek Sure, it touches on deep (if bourgeois) themes, such as …

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Friday, August 12, 2011

Judith Chapman " Interview for LA Stage Times by Pauline Adamek

*** Gentle readers, please enjoy my interview with a legend of daytime drama, Judith Chapman, who is starring in a solo-show about another legend of stage and screen, the magnificent Vivi…

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Macy Gray to perform at the Ford by Pauline Adamek

*** Macy Gray joins Rhythm & Roots " a 
benefit performance at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood for one night only! Report by Pauline Adamek Grammy Award-winning, multi-…

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Soap star Judith Chapman portrays Vivien by Pauline Adamek

Soap opera star Judith Chapman tackles a solo show about the troubled movie star Vivien Leigh at Rogue Machine, where Chapman was the first board president. Rick Foster's play is set just da…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:31PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Sandra Bernhard " Interview for LA Stage Times by Pauline Adamek

*** Gentle readers, please enjoy my interview with Sandra Bernhard, who has a new album of stand-up comedy and a new live show entitled I Love Being Me, Don't You? coming to LA for two we…

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Sandra Bernhard Declares I Love Being Me, Don't You? by Pauline Adamek

Sandra Bernhard is discussing her new album, I Love Being Me Don't You? A blend of her signature brand of critically acclaimed comedy with two musical covers that showcase her idiosyncratic …

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New review for LA Weekly " It Must Be Him by Pauline Adamek

*** Gentle readers, here is a link to my latest theatre review for the LA Weekly, of a semi-amusing, if cringe-worthily clichéd, autobiographical comedy by playwright Kenny Solms -- I…

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Eyjafjallajokull: Images from The Land of Fire and Ice " at Raw Materials by Pauline Adamek

*** Witness the spectacle of nature's fury from a safe distance " Lucas Jackson's magnificent images of the recent volcanic explosion in Iceland, entitled Eyjafjallajokull: Images from…

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Kwan-Gyu Lim Dance Company perform at the Ford by Pauline Adamek

*** Experience a magical evening of grace, beauty and skill in the form of traditional and modernized Korean Dance. The Kwan-Gyu Lim Dance Company will perform at the Ford Amphitheatre on…

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Luminarias " anniversary screening at LATC by Pauline Adamek

*** Come and celebrate with the cast at a special screening of the delightful romantic comedy feature film Luminarias. This Gala event is being held at Los Angeles Theatre Center on Augus…

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Samurai performance in Little Tokyo " "Chanbara" by Pauline Adamek

*** "Chanbara" Samurai Stories " featuring exciting Japanese sword fighting " is now playing David Henry Hwang Theater in Little Tokyo (home of the East West Players). Running until Au…

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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Celebrity Autobiography at the Broad by Pauline Adamek

*** New York's 2009 Drama Desk Award winner Celebrity Autobiography has returned to Los Angeles at The Broad Stage. Created by Emmy-nominated writer-performer Eugene Pack, and developed b…

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Friday, July 29, 2011

'Watson' returns to Sacred Fools by Pauline Adamek

*** Breathtakingly inventive and theatrically innovative, the hit show Watson is BACK for a short season of only three weekends at Sacred Fools Theatre Company. Review by Pauline Adame…

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

This week's theatre review for the LA Weekly by Pauline Adamek

*** Gentle readers, here is a link to my latest theatre review for the LA Weekly, covering week two of the Eclectic Company Theatre's eighth annual month-long festival of new plays, calle…

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'Sound of Korea' at the Ford Amphitheatre by Pauline Adamek

*** For an evening of traditional Korean music, dance, acrobatics and folk celebrations, head over to the Ford Amphitheatre on Friday, July 29, 2011, 8:00 p.m for Sound of Korea. Repor…

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Monday, July 25, 2011

'Boy with Frog' goes on display at Getty Center by Pauline Adamek

*** The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today that a work by the acclaimed contemporary American sculptor Charles Ray has been loaned to the Museum and will be placed on view beginning Jul…

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Friday, July 22, 2011

Trippy bubbles " 'Surface Tension' at Gallery 169 by Pauline Adamek

*** Huge, trippy soap bubbles are the subject of a locally based photographer's latest exhibition. Report by Pauline Adamek Gallery 169 is displaying these works by photographer an…

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Japanese Zen Painting Talk at LACMA by Pauline Adamek

*** On Saturday, August 13th 2011, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, on Wilshire), will host a special Japanese Zen Painting gallery course on Hakuin Ekaku, one of the most signifi…

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

LA Weekly " Fleetwood Macbeth review by Pauline Adamek

*** Gentle readers, here is a link to my latest theatre review for the LA Weekly, a hilarious mashup of Shakespeare and pop music brought to you by those madcap clowns, the Troubadour The…

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Monday, July 18, 2011

A Noise Within " New Season, New Venue by Pauline Adamek

*** A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company led by Founders/Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott, launches its milestone 2011-12 Se…

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Getty launches Google Goggles by Pauline Adamek

*** Not sure what painting you are gazing at or spotted at the gallery earlier that day? By taking a photo with the Google Gogglesâ„¢ new mobile application for your smartphone, you c…

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