Arts Briefs 04-30-10

Featured This Week

Through June 27, 2010, F 4:30-8:30 p.m., Sa-Su 1:00- 5:00 p.m.—ONE Archives Gallery & Museum, 626 N. Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood. Think Inside the Box— Self described “Austrian-Jewish-Lesbian artist with Italian overtones,” Dwora Fried creates provocative works which examine the constructs of the personal and the subconscious while using memory and imagination to transport the viewer in dreamscapes and collage. For more information, visit www.onearchives.org.

This Week’s Events

May 1, 2010, 4:00-6:00 p.m.—Fiesta Hall, Plummer Park, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood. Happy Notes Music School Ten Year Anniversary—Event funded in part by the City of West Hollywood Arts Grant Program. Join us for a concert by the Happy Notes Music School children’s choir. Admission is free. For more information, please call 323/512-2345.

Through May 16, 2010, Th-Sa 8:00 p.m., Su 7:00 p.m.—Coast Playhouse, 8325 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood. The Boys in the Band—First produced for the stage in 1968, The Boys in the Band is a dramedy that focuses on the personal mores and identity politics of a group of gay friends at a private birthday party in Manhattan. Visit https:// www.plays411.net/newsite/show/play_info.asp for tickets and information or call 323/960-7780.

May 17, 2010, 8:00 p.m.—The Geffen Playhouse, 10886 La Conte Ave., Westwood Village. The Normal Heart—The 25th Anniversary reading of Larry Kramer’s poignant play, benefiting the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic. Directed by Joel Gray and featuring Lisa Kudrow, Clark Gregg and David Eigenberg. For tickets and information visit www.lagaycenter.org/thenormalheart.

Page 1 Ongoing and Coming Soon

Through July 15, 2010—Plummer Park, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood. Pysanky in Plummer Park—The City of West Hollywood, in partnership with the Craft and Folk Art Museum bring pysanky, painted Ukrainian eggs, to Plummer Park as part of a region-wide installation of folk and craft objects titled Folk Art Everywhere. See these tiny treasures near the reception desk inside the Plummer Park Community Center and pick up more information about Folk Art Everywhere.

Coming Soon—Santa Monica Blvd. & Holloway, West Hollywood. On Route – 66 Lights—In celebration of its 25th Anniversary of Cityhood, West Hollywood celebrates its pre-Cityhood history with a display of vintage neon signs from old Route 66. The City of West Hollywood in collaboration with the Museum of Neon Art presents On Route – 66 Lights. In addition to a display of four large-scale classic neon lights in the City center, a brochure will also be available, providing a tour of other vintage and contemporary neon in the City, as well as providing a brief look at neon, and the City’s historic association with Route 66 (Santa Monica Boulevard) and the Sunset Strip.

Call for Posters

June 1, 2010—The Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) is creating a new dynamic political poster exhibition documenting the ongoing struggles, and celebrating the victories of the local, national and international Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities. Out of the Closet and Into the Street will premiere, July 3, 2010, in West Hollywood at the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum in conjunction with West Hollywood’s 25th Anniversary Celebration. Assist CSPG staff in curating the most comprehensive contemporary exhibition possible by donating LGBT related posters, new and old. Donated posters will be considered for the upcoming exhibition and become part of CSPG’s unique archive that we are making accessible to students, activists, and artists around the world. To be considered for Out of the Closet, please submit posters by June 1, 2010. Call 323/653-4662, visit www.politicalgraphics.org or email [email protected] for more information.

Arts and cultural affairs information and programming is brought to you by the City of West Hollywood through its Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission. For more information on the arts in West Hollywood, visit www.weho.org/arts or call 323/848-6883.

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