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Exhibitions

The Architecture of R.M. Schindler, The first major exhibition of works by the Vienna-born architect who worked for much of his life in Los Angeles includes original drawings, architectural models, furniture designs and architectural works re-created in full scale, MOCA, through June 3, (213) 621-2766.
Adam Bartos, "Historic Hollywood," photographs, through March 3, Rose Gallery, Bergamot Station, (310) 264-8440.
*Douglas Bohr's experiential installation "Vessels," an exhibit that is meant to be "sensed" rather than seen, Cherry, 2411 Glencoe, Venice, through March 25, (310) 880-2790.
*"Capital Art," a group show on the culture of punishment, dedicated to Mumia Abi-Jamal, through March 11, Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station, (310) 264-4678.
Stan Douglas exhibition, MOCA, 250 S. Grand Ave., through April 1, (213) 621-2766.
Eames Fiberglass Chairs: "Something of How They Get the Way They Are," Eames Office Gallery, 2665 Main Street, through April 30, (310) 396-5991.
David Gale's "Bachelor Machines," Gallery of Functional Art, Bergamot Station, through March 17, (310) 829-6990.
Gallery of Functional Art's Annual New Year Group Exhibition, with Job Bok, Anthony Cavallero, Gordon Chandler, Scott Chatnever, David Forbes, Susan Landau, Steve Lapin, Dan Levin, Scott McMillan, Bryce Perrin, Tim Price, Joan Robey, John Sollom, Carmen Spera, and Joel Sterns, Bergamot Station, through March 11, (310) 829-6990.
Inner City Teen Photo Exhibit, "In Our Lives - People and Places," work by 16 students from Manual Arts High School Cluster in South Central LA, Community Focus Gallery, Third Street Entrance, Santa Monica Place, through March 27, (213) 749-3031.
Phillip Keel's new exhibition of Imbue Prints (photographically-derived), Ruth Bachofner Gallery, through March 31, (310) 829-3300.
Joan Ladd's "Epilogue," new paintings, the Artists Gallery, 2903 Santa Monica Blvd., through March 24; artist lecture March 15, 7 p.m., (310) 829-9556.
J.H. Lartigue's Velocite will be on exhibit through March 10, Gallery Luisotti, Bergamot Station, (310) 453-0043.
Shelley Lazarus, "Travels & Times," The Artists Gallery, through March 24, (310) 829-9556.
*Lost America; Night Photography of the Roadside West, a collection of haunting images of abandoned sites throughout the Southwest, through April 7 at Santa Monica College's Photography Gallery, located on the second floor of the Technology Building, 1900 Pico, parking is free on the weekends.
Martin Lubner's "Recent Painting", FIG, Bergamot Station, through March 10, (310) 829-0345.
The Max Palevsky Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints, on view at LACMA through May 15, (323) 857-6000.
Outlook, earth scaped, a show about the outdoors, "what people do to it, how it is transformed to suit their needs or how it is transformed through our imaginations," Sam Francis Gallery at Crossroads School, 2nd Floor, 1714 Twenty-First Street, through March 30, (310) 829-7391.
Steel Radius, an exhibition by Delos Van Earl, also Morris Bear's "Squire," also "Swirl," by Nancy Sansom Reynolds, as part of the a benefit for Team EarthWork & The Forrest Foundation, BGH Gallery, Bergamot Station, through March 4, (310) 315-9502.
Superflat, Japanese art and pop culture, MOCA Gallery at the Pacific Design Center, through May 6, 8687 Melrose Ave, (213) 621-2766.
J.C. Whittaker Retrospective, Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, through March 9, (310) 434-3434.

Theater

The Killing of Sister George, "as this famous BBC soap opera cycling, singing, cheer spreading nurse gets wind of her possible demise, all hell breaks loose off the set," The Pacific Resident Theatre, through March 25th, (310) 822-8392.

Romeo & Juliet, directed by Peter Hall, through March 18, Ahmanson Theatre, (213) 628-2772.
The Second-Story Man, Richard Strand's "spiky new comedy," Interact Theatre Company, 5215 Bakman Avenue in the NoHo Arts District, through March 25th, $20/$15, (818) 773-7862.
The Weir, with John Mahoney, The Geffen Playhouse, through March 11, (310) 208-5454.

Thursday, March 1

Art Salon featuring Ed Buttwinick, director of Brentwood Art Center speaking on "Judaic Assemblage Art," The Artists Gallery, 7 p.m., 2903 Santa Monica Blvd., (310) 829-9556.
*Food Fare, one of the most popular fundraisers of the year returns; guests sample delicacies from 38 restaurants, including Ex Incendo, Jiraffe and Luques; there will also be a silent auction, which includes a bicycle trip in Provence, a chocolate-making class from K Chocolatier, gold for 4 at Moutaingate, etc., the event raises funds for Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Guild. 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., and 6 - 9 p.m., $100/$125, For more information, call (310) 395-0098.
Rita Goes to Hell by Rosanna Gamson/World Wide, a new dance theater piece inspired by Persephone & Hades, Orpheus & Eurydice, featuring original live music, through March 4, Highways, 8 p.m., (310) 453-1755.

Friday, March 2

*Recent Spanish Cinema series to screen "You're the One - A Story of the Past (Una Historia De Entonces), Spain's official submission for the 2000 Academy Awards, also "Kasbah," American Cinematheque at the Egyptian, 7 p.m., (323) 466-FILM.

Saturday, March 3

Dance: "In-Visible", will be performed (free, but donations accepted) 8 p.m., also Sunday, 7 p.m., Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Avenue, (310) 434-4590.
Julia Fish will exhibit new paintings and Waltercio Caldas will exhibit new sculpture, Christopher Grimes Gallery, through April 7, reception 6 - 8 p.m., (310) 587-3373.
Macgyver, a group show organized by Mary Leigh Cherry, featuring Carolyn Kay Carson, Megan Geckler, Charles Karubian, Marion Lane, Stas Orlovski, Chris Tallon and Mercedes Teixido, Crazy Space, through March 31, (310) 829-9789.
Mitchell Johnson's "New Paintings of Tuscany," Sonoma and the Beach, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, 1231 5th Street, through April 7, (310) 394-4999.
Jenny Okun: City Light (Iris prints) and Brian Moss' Long Distance (color photographs), Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station, through April 7, (310) 828-6410.
Miriam Wosk's "Matters of the Heart," mixed media paintings, also Gugger Petter's "New Works," Robert Berman Gallery, through March 31, reception 6 - 8 p.m., (310) 315-1937.

Sunday, March 4

*Katherine Cheung, the first Asian American aviatrix in 1932, will be inducted into the "Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame," ceremony begins at 1 p.m., followed by a play, "Into the Blue," Museum of Flying, (310) 392-8822.
The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony presents "Cinema Judaica II" - A salute to Alfred Newman, Gindi Auditorium, University of Judaism, 15600 Mulholland, 2 - 7:30 p.m., (818) 753-6681.
*Wave the Flag, a concert of American Patriotic Music, by the Santa Monica College Emertius Band, Westwood United Methodist Church, 10497 Wilshire Blvd., free, (310) 474-5271.

Monday, March 5

Debbie Allen gives a free talk called "Many Different Roads," at SMC's Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart St., 7 p.m., (310) 434-3777.
*First Monday Films - See feature.

Tuesday, March 6

Annual Orchid Auction, more than 150 cymbidium and other outdoor growing orchids, Westside Branch, Cymbidium Society of America, Grant Street Elementary School Cafeteria, 2368 Pearl Street, free admission, 7:15 p.m., (310) 452-7557.
Paul Orfalea, founder of Kinkos, lectures as part of a series on entrepreneurs, Loyola Marymount, 6 p.m., (310) 338-4569.
Smuin Ballets, a San-Francisco-based company dances original choreography to Carmina Burana, among others, Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine, 8 p.m., $35, (213) 365-3500.
Women, Leadership & Education in Cuba Today, a free lecture by Mariela Columbie Santana, SMC Art Complex, 1900 Pico, 11:15 a.m., (310) 434-4003.

Wednesday, March 7

Los Angeles Opera will make its debut in Santa Monica, presenting a free community concert featuring four of its resident artists at noon at SMC's Madison Campus, 11th Street, (310) 434-3431.
*Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight, a bedroom farce starring Megan Mullally, The Play's the Thing Radio Series at L.A. Theatreworks, through March 11, (310) 827-0889.