Bring your dancing shoes this Sunday as Stern Grove Festival presents Malian and Cuban super-group, AfroCubism. Opening the show will be local Cuban dance band Pellejo Seco.
Eliades Ochoa of AfroCubism and one of the original members of The Buena Vista Social Club will be giving a pre-concert Troc Talk at noon in the Trocadero Clubhouse. Join in and learn more about this amazing collaboration.
Or if you're in the mood to shake your hips, stop by KidStage for a Cuban dance workshop with Dance Mission Theater. The fun starts at noon in the West Meadow.
Warning! Tearjerker alert! Check out Korean orphan Choi Sung-Bong's performance on Korea's Got Talent. There is no way a person can watch this video and not shed a few tears for this boy. And that's before he even starts singing. His story is heart wrenching. I hope he's the real deal.
Everyone's saying Choi Sung-Bong may be the next Susan Boyle. Good luck, young man! May you go very far in this competition and more importantly, may you find love and family and go farther in life.
I can't believe we've been hosting our summer kick off barbecue for nine years now! But there you have it. Nine years of post-E3 fun. The crowd has changed from electronic entertainment industry folks-only to a big ass party for our creative cabal.
Thanks to Toby and Michael for hosting our party for the third year in a row. Thanks to Kiino and Matt for hooking us up with tunes. And thanks to all our friends that made the day fun and special. We are looking forward to the 10 year anniversary party, next year! See you then.
Based on the formal and conceptual rigor of their spoken word compositions, Barras and Demierre are unabashed moderns, picking up where the likes of Kurt Schwitters and Henri Chopin left off. Voicing Through Saussure (2004) is proof that the avant-garde, although historical, is plenty viable. What comes across as dry humor in the duo’s elegant and smart recordings, could only gain traction live.
This concert will take place in Bond Chapel located one building east of Cobb Hall on the main quadrangle. (1025 E. 58th St.)
Have You Heard? Neighborhood Public Radio Launches its Engagement Party series with In Your Ear
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 7–10PM MOCA GRAND AVENUE 250 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, 90012 FREE
For its first Engagement Party event, Neighborhood Public Radio (NPR) will harness the airwaves to transmit a collection of radio programs at MOCA. For FMemory, NPR will broadcast interviews with downtown L.A. communities about their most memorable MOCA experiences and perceptions of Bunker Hill's evolving landscape; Small Audience (for Large Ensemble), a large-scale polyphonic voice ensemble, will provide an unexpected space for visitors to perform on-air together; and Silent Disco Party will transmit live performances of original music and remixed dance classics for those who feel like moving.
Visitors are encouraged to bring small radios and headphones. A limited number of radios with headphones will be available for sale for $2.
Dillon is often associated with the New Complexity movement—a movement that began in England in the 1960s—by Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy and Richard Barrett. The music is highly detailed, and includes multileveled forms of musical notation, microtonality, irrational meters and extended instrumental techniques. A self-taught composer, Dillon, in his early years, was a radical scavenger, involved with Scottish bagpipe music, a rhythm and blues band, called Influx, and studying Indian music with Punita Gupta. Later influenced by Xenakis and Varese, he folded his knowledge into a European classical tradition, making him a “new complexity” all his own. His music calls for performers committed to contemporary music, who have a fearless, experimental and open attitude toward unconventional forms of notation and playing techniques; an ensemble devoted to conquering the utmost challenge in the face of adversity. In short, this is a job for Dal Niente.
This concert will take place in Fulton recital hall in Goodspeed (5845 S. Ellis). Entry is in the Southwest corner of the main quadrangle.
HAMMER Presents Fantômas Centenaire Billy Wilder Theater Thursday, January 13, 7pm
Co-presented by the Consulat General de France
The archfiend Fantômas was created by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre in early 1911. The villain, in top hat and black mask, strode across the rooftops of Paris with a dagger in one hand, casting his murderous shadow over the city. Born via pulpy paperbacks, he quickly attracted high culture admirers. The Society of the Friends of Fantômas included Cocteau, Max Jacob, Picasso, Apollinaire, and Colette. Magritte and Juan Gris painted him; Kurt Weill composed music for him. In celebration of his 100th birthday, we will screen Louis Feuillade’s haunting, essential silent film Le Mort Qui Tue (1913) with live accompaniment by James Fearnley (The Pogues), followed by a discussion with Fantômas scholar Robin Walz, French director Jean-Pierre Gorin, Los Angeles Times and NPR film critic Kenneth Turan and moderated by writer Howard Rodman and a birthday party in the courtyard with music by Pink Frankenstein (from Bardot A Go Go!).
ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets are required, and are available at the Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit one ticket per person on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required. Parking is available under the museum for $3 after 6:00pm, bikes park for free and many public transit lines run directly to the museum. See our website for more info.
Hammer Public Programs HAMMER Museum 10899 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90024 programs@hammer.ucla.edu 310.443.7000
RYAN HEFFINGTON + THE EAST SIDERS PRESENT HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT: THE MUSICAL
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 7–10pm MOCA GRAND AVENUE PERFORMANCE AT 7:45 PM
HEFFINGTON MOVES MOCA's final project for Engagement Party will be the punk-rock dance event HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT: THE MUSICAL, a wild collage of performances inspired by the hold that MTV had on adolescents living in small-town America during the years it first debuted. Inspired by the 1986 documentary of the same name chronicling the tailgating antics of heavy-metal fans, HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT will pay homage to the MTV that gave hope to a generation by offering it an escape from the banality of everyday life and the embrace of a collective identity through music. The work will feature music by WE ARE THE WORLD and Zig Zags; fashion by Moon Spoon Saloon and Mindy Lebrock; styling by Diana Contreras; hair by Yuya Takahashi; sculpture by Zwilling Haas; and lighting by Ryan Granich.
There will be one performance only, at a secret location!
INFO: 213/621-1745 or moca.org/party FREE; no reservations required
I dare to wonder what this family does for Halloween! Slayer Christmas House rocks!!! From the video's poster:
SLAYER!! I HAVE BEEN A FAN FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND THIS TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO DO.WATCHING IT IN PERSON WAS AWESOME. DEDICATED TO SLAYER AND ALL THE FANS!!!!! SLAYERBOBT SOUTHERN CA. P.S. THIS IS MY DAUGHTERS ACCOUNT SO DONT PAY ATTENTION TO THE GIRLY STUFF!!!! SLAYER RULES
Dear LadyCute20, your dad's awesome! And where in SoCal do you guys live? I live in Santa Monica/Dogtown and would love to see what you do this year, in person!
p.s. I sent this video to Slayer's manager, whom I used to work for! [Thanks Diana for the link]
We were one of the lucky 300 guests invited to celebrate 10 years of Prius at the picture perfect, Wright Organic Resource Center in Malibu. The celebration included green workshops and presentations by Eric Wright (architect and grandson of Frank Lloyd Wright), Robert Llewellyn, and editors from Wired Magazine, live music by M. Ward, a DJ set by Shepard Fairey, and an unforgettable dinner under the stars by Outstanding in the Field.
Welcome to the 10 Years of Prius party in Malibu, California!
Private concert by M. Ward.
Grilled peppers for appetizers.
The dining table was breathtaking, elegant, and comfortable -- a perfect way to spend time with friends on an incredibly beautiful day.
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