Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The specialty book store ditched the Santa Monica Promenade last year. Now the owners are scurrying to open up shop again in Culver City.
Relocating 100,000 books from their longtime home at the Santa Monica Promenade to Helms Bakery District in Culver City has proven to be a stressful, but amazing experience for the owners of Arcana Books on the Arts. From 1989 until February of last year, the specialized mom and pop book-retailer owned by Lee and Whitney Kaplan rented a space on the Third Street Promenade next door to what is now a Barnes & Noble. The Kaplans grew to detest the area, which had grown from "no man's land" to a "totally depressed walking mall," they told the LA Weekly in a story published Monday. Finally ready to move on and with their sights set on Culver City, they were "wooed" by Wally Mark of Helms Bakery, which offered a space that's like "a big glass …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The Valley's major music festival will again be held over two weekends in mid-April, while advance tickets go on sale later this week.
Coachella will remain a two-weekend event in 2013, with advance tickets on sale this Thursday—one year ahead of the popular festival. Goldenvoice announced Monday morning, just a month after this year's concert concluded, that the 2013 event will be held April 12 to 14, and again April 19 to 21. Advance tickets for both weekends will go on sale on the concert website. According to the site, this window for advance sales will only be open through Thursday, May 24, at 10 a.m. The sale will be the only time the new Coachella Purchase Plan will be offered, organizers said. "The price you see is what you pay—prices reflect all fees included," according to a statement on Coachella's Facebook page. The rest of the passes will go on sale early …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Michelle Bac’s portrait of ‘A Face’ will be included in a special student art exhibition that will be on display in the U.S. Capitol for the next 12 months.
Congratulations to Culver City High School’s Michelle Bac for talking first place honors in the 2012 Congressional Arts Competition. Bac’s submission, entitled, "A Face," was selected to be included in a special student art exhibition that will be on display in the U.S. Capitol for the next year. Congresswoman Karen Bass personally congratulated Bac on her Facebook page, stating: “I’d like to congratulate Michelle for submitting her phenomenal artwork to win Congressional Art Competition and recognize all of the other students for their hard work on the other great pieces of work our office received. It is extremely important that we give students a positive outlet to express their creativity, so I am delighted to provide youth a means to …
Presented by the Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre, CCHS Academy of Visual and Performing Arts dancers will perform excerpts from their show, at where else… a laundromat!
If you’ve ever wanted to watch dancers go through a laundry spin cycle or come tumbling out of dryers, here’s your chance. The Washing Day Coin Laundry & The Rumor Mill Coffee House at 11739 West Washington Blvd. will host the Culver City High School’s Academy of Visual and Performing Arts Students this evening. The AVPA dancers together with the Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre will present their debut performance with excerpts from “Laundromatinee” this evening at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. “Landromatinee” was named a National Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpiece in 2010, and had its first ever performance at the Thriftiwash Laundromat back in 1988 in Santa Monica. According to an AVPA release, “Laundromatinee” is an honest, challenging work …
Monday, May 7, 2012
The orchestra’s ‘Concert of Firsts’ on May 12 will include performances by a 12-year-old and a 16-year-old cellist, winners of the Parness Concerto Competition.
As part of its commitment to young musicians, the Culver City Symphony Orchestra will showcase the talents of 12-year-old cellist Nathan Le, and 16-year-old cellist Leah Hansen at a concert this Sat. May 12 at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium. Parness Concerto Competition sponsors the annual concert, and Le won the competition’s junior division, while Hansen was an intermediate division winner. The concert, entitled, ‘A Concert of Firsts,’ will take place at 8 p.m. under the direction of Conductor Frank Fetta. General admission to the program is $15 and $10 for members of the Westchester Symphony Society. The performance is made possible in part by the Culver City Performing Arts Grant Program with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment…
Sunday, May 6, 2012
"This exhausting, yet always riveting moral exploration transcends its historical epoch to strike chords relevant to every time and place." - 'Variety'
Last month, Patch sat down with playwright Danai Gurira to talk about her new play The Convert, currently being staged by the Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. A review in Variety calls the play, "the most Ibsenesque American play in years, a three-act melodrama unafraid to proclaim its themes in block letters as an independent minded woman is trapped in a tightening noose set by patriarchal authority. You can read the full review in Variety here. The Convert runs through May 19. Be sure to like Culver City Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
Friday, May 4, 2012
The singer teamed up with famed artist Ron (Dum) English to launch an exclusive art and toy collection at the Corey Helford Gallery.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Over 700 community members flocked to the school’s April 14 Artworks! event.
Farragut Elementary School held its 9th Annual Community Arts Day on April 14, highlighting the work of over 500 art projects from throughout Culver City Unified School District schools. Under the banner ‘Fear No Art!’ the day consisted of free workshops and performances including improv, dance and fine art classes as well as candle making workshops, flower arranging, creating art from recycled materials, photography and cartooning. At the outside ampitheater, El Marino’s students provided a powerful taiko drum performance, La Ballona Elementary students performed an intricate folk dance from El Salvador, and Le Studio - a group of kids ages 6-13 - amazed everyone with their circus act, Culver City Middle School students took part in an …
Artist Yoskay Yamamota explains the inspiration behind his mural on Washington Boulevard.
Last week, Yoskay Yamamota painted a mural in the Branded Arts complex on Washington Blvd, which Vinyl Post wrote about here. In the above video, the Japanese native talks about his inspiration and what moved him to create this striking piece in Culver City. Be sure to like Culver City Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Culver City resident David Rogers has been named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for his 40 year career designing innovative public-oriented spaces and award-winning mixed-used developments.
Culver City architect David Rogers - whose most recent works include the Santa Monica Place open-air shopping mall - has been named one of 105 fellows of the American Institute of Architects in the design category for 2012. Rogers is the co-design director of The Jerde Partnership, an international architecture and design firm based in Los Angeles. “David has been one of the key creative visionaries at The Jerde Partnership for nearly 25 years. He has helped advance Jerde’s philosophy of placemaking – the art of making places where people love to go – and the experiential environments he has designed continue to bring life and energy to cityscapes around the world,” said Janice Jerde, chief operating officer of The Jerde Partnership, in a…
