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DAVE MADE A MAZE Cast & Crew Screenings at the Monica Film Center.

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There will be Q & A’s after the following DAVE MADE A MAZE screenings:

Friday 8/18 7:40PM at the Monica Film Center
Bill Watterson (director), Steven Sears (writer), John Charles Meyer (producer), Jon Boal (cinematographer), David Egan (editor), Meera Rohit Kumbhani (Actress), Stephanie Allynne (Actress)

Saturday 8/19 3:10PM at the Monica Film Center
Jeff White (Art Director), Mike Murnane (Lead Sculptor), Lauren Melody Shell (Set Dresser/Prop Master), Trisha Gum (Production Designer)

Saturday 8/19 7:40PM at the Monica Film Center
John Charles Meyer (Producer), Adam Busch (Actor), Frank Caeti (Boom Operator), Kirsten Vangsness (Actress)

Sunday 8/20 7:40PM at the Monica Film Center
Steven Sears (Writer), Jeff White (Art Director), Stephanie Allynne (Actress), Kirsten Vangsness (Actress)

Monday 8/21 7:30PM at the Ahrya Fine Arts
Steven Sears (Writer), Rick Overton (Actor), Scott Krinsky (Actor)

Wednesday 8/23 7:40PM at the Monica Film Center
John Charles Meyer (Producer), Nick Thune (Actor), Meera Rohit Kumbhani (Actress), Adam Busch (Actor), Scott Krinsky (Actor), John Hennigan (Actor)

Thursday 8/24 7:40PM at the Monica Film Center
Bill Watterson (Director), James Urbaniak (Actor), Scott Narver (“Cameraman”), Frank Caeti (“Boom Operator”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1KcGnw0nE

UNLEASHED Cast and Crew Q&A August 24.

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The UNLEASHED cast and crew will participate in a Q&A after the 7:30 PM screening at the Monica Film Center on Thursday, August 24.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiKUnT8QQKI

LAEMMLE LIVE presents: Los Angeles Baroque on September 10

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Coffee, Cantatas, and Conversation! Please join us Sunday, September 10 when LAEMMLE LIVE welcomes Los Angeles Baroque for a FREE chamber music concert. The baroque ensemble’s Westside debut will feature Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto 6 and a mini comic opera, A Coffee Cantata, in a new (and very funny) translation by Hugh Macdonald.

Directed by Lindsey Strand-Polyak and Alexa Haynes-Pilon, Los Angeles Baroque (LAB) was founded in 2016.  LAB enables dedicated professional, student and community musicians from greater Los Angeles to explore repertoire, learn Baroque playing style and perform. The group encourages and supports the early music community in Los Angeles in an inclusive environment to give highly motivated players more performance opportunities. This diverse group rehearses and performs regularly at St James’ Episcopal Church in South Pasadena.

Praised for her “Rococo gracefulness,”  Lindsey Strand-Polyak is active throughout the West Coast as a baroque violinist and violist. She performs with the American Bach Soloists, Musica Angelica, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Pacific MusicWorks and Bach Collegium San Diego. Dr. Strand-Polyak is co-artistic director of baroque chamber group Ensemble Bizarria and of Los Angeles Baroque.  Canadian Alexa Haynes-Pilon has  established herself in the Los Angeles early music scene. She has performed with Los Angeles Baroque Players, Con Gioia and Musica Angelica, and as co-founded two early music chamber groups, Concitato 415 and Ensemble Bizarria. Alexa recently finished her doctoral studies at the University of Southern California. She believes strongly that the future of classical music lies in youth education. Photo credit: Helen Berger

EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, September 10, 2017
11:00 AM
Monica Film Center

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ART IN THE ARTHOUSE presents: SHULA SINGER ARBEL at the Monica Film Center September 6

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Art in the Arthouse proudly presents LOVE, HOPE, MEMORY, featuring the works of SHULA SINGER ARBEL at the Monica Film Center. Please join us for our slide show on the big screen, artist talk, and of course, the wine, cheese and conversation Art in the Arthouse is known for. Drawing inspiration from her incredible family history,  ARBEL created paintings based on photographs found in an old photo album. Curated by Tish Laemmle, the exhibit runs through early January 2018 at the Monica Film Center in Santa Monica.  shulasingerarbel.com

Artist Reception:
Monica Film Center
Wednesday, September 6, 7-9pm
Refreshments will be provided
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About the Exhibit:

LOVE, HOPE, MEMORY is the story of Shula Singer Arbel’s parents, Edith and Michael Singer. They met in 1946 in a Displaced Persons Camp in Heidenheim Germany, right after World War II. ARBEL’S mother was a survivor of Auschwitz, her father had been in the Russian and Polish Army. In spite of the tremendous loss and unimaginable suffering, this was a time of great hope and optimism for the future. It was a time of building new lives and looking forward. Based on black and white photographs found in an old photo album, the portraits are a fusion of representational, abstract, and dream-like images; a flattening of form mixed with painterly surfaces. The figures in the paintings are intentionally faceless to create a more universal narrative.

ARBEL was born in Israel and moved to Los Angeles at the age of three. She received an MFA degree from UCLA in Film Production, worked in the film industry and was the first recipient of the Barbra Streisand screenwriting award.

Now a full-time artist, she exhibits her work extensively in galleries throughout Los Angeles and in public venues including, Pershing Square Park, the Wilshire Vermont Metro Station, and a billboard in Culver City.

What drew me to ARBEL’s artwork were not only her magnificent bright colors and patterns, but also her ability to evoke the past. Mesmerized by the figures in her “memory” series, I imagine myself as one of those women, knowing my childhood is gone forever, but my future can be as brilliant as my imagination will allow.

– Tish Laemmle, CURATOR

ART IN THE ARTHOUSE presents: THREE WOMEN: PERCHED UPON THE TREE OF LIFE at the Royal

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BLANDINE SAINT-OYANT, RANA WILSON and NADEGE BAER

Three Artists perched high above the fray, upon a tree bending towards the heavens. The dappling of leaves, the rounded crescent forms and the ether itself, all imagery ribboning towards the nascent sky. When forms dance, they dance with hope, they dance with joy and they dance for Life.

Art in the Arthouse presents the artworks of three extraordinary artists, distinct in craft and vision, yet connected by their visceral energy and joie de vivre.  Don’t miss this unique exhibit, now on display at the Royal through October 21, 2017.

NADEGE BAER and BLANDINE SAINT-OYANT are both of French origin, and RANA WILSON is a Los Angeles native. These three painters joins forces, their work intersecting forms creating a dance in space. BAER’S work plays with compositional balance, painting corpuscular forms that anchor themselves to the edge of the canvas. Deftly painted in acrylics, they resemble a translucent quality of watercolors. WILSON’S wispy play with forms and open spaces are cleverly rendered, sent into the ether, undulating like smoke. SAINT-OYANT has created an intriguing series with a micro view, subatomic and brilliant. Read more about these artists’ journeys through exhibition notes available at the theatre.

    – Joshua Elias, CURATOR

Jenny Slate in person for LANDLINE at Monica Film Center on 8/5

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LANDLINE star Jenny Slate will appear in person for a Q&A following the 7:20 pm screening on Saturday, August 5th at the Monica Film Center.

Click here to purchase tickets to any available Laemmle screening of LANDLINE.

BRAVE NEW JERSEY with filmmaker, cast, and guest moderators including Mark Duplass and Kristen Schaal in person

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BRAVE NEW JERSEY is a comedy about a small New Jersey town on the night of Orson Welles’ legendary 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, which led many listeners to believe the U.S. was being invaded by Martians.

On FRIDAY, August 4th, there will be a Q&A after the 7:45 show as well as an intro to the 10:15 pm show with the following guests at the Monica Film Center:
Dan Bakkedahl Actor
Grace Kaufman Actor
Leonard Earl Howze Actor
Jody Lambert Director/Co-writer
Mark Duplass will moderate the 7:45 pm Q&A only

On SATURDAY, August 5th, there will be a Q&A after 7:45 show as well as  an intro to the 10:15 pm show with the following guests:
Tony Hale Actor
Dan Bakkedahl Actor
Mel Rodriguez Actor
Sam Jaeger Actor
Grace Kaufman Actor
Erika Alexander Actor
Matt Oberg Actor
Jody Lambert Director/Co-writer
Kristen Schaal will moderate the 7:45 pm Q&A only

On SUNDAY Aug 6th, there will be a Q&A after the 3:00 pm show with the following guests:
Grace Kaufman Actor
Dan Bakkedahl Actor
Jody Lambert Director/Co-Writer

Click here, select the correct date, and then click on a showtime to purchase tickets

LAEMMLE LIVE presents: McCabe’s Guitar Shop on August 13

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It doesn’t get much better than this! Sunday, August 13 LAEMMLE LIVE welcomes McCabes Guitar Shop for a free pop-up celebration of all things guitar, banjo, ukulele and harmonica. McCabe’s renowned teachers and students share their musical wit and wisdom with lively performances and demos. Hosted by Head of Music School Denny Croy at the Monica Film Center. If you miss out, no need to worry! There are some excellent guitar lessons available at austinguitarlessons.net.

It began in 1958. Furniture designer Gerald McCabe repaired guitars for his folk-singer wife’s musician friends who had no local music store. Gerald and his friend Ed Kahn decided to open a small music shop on Pico Blvd in Santa Monica. They began repairing instruments, selling folk music books and records, carrying Mexican guitars and old banjos. Whilst nowadays people can look at Magical Instruments to get a recommendation for a guitar, back then the options were much more limited. Still, word spread and local musicians began hanging out, relishing one of the only guitar shops in the Southern California area. One of those young musicians was Bob Riskin. Bob started as an employee in 1960. In the early 60’s lessons and classes were added. In 1969 McCabe’s began presenting live concerts. Bob Riskin became sole owner in 1986. Bob and his wife Espie are still running McCabe’s today! Over the years, musicians from all aspects of the musical spectrum, from gifted amateurs to seasoned professionals, have come to appreciate McCabe’s friendly, knowledgeable sales staff, expert repair shop and world class teaching staff. Join us for memorable music from a local treasure!

EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, August 13, 2017
11:00 AM
Monica Film Center

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