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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.
Laura Ashford’s “Magic Chicks,” fetishist paintings and installation of magic women portrayed on television, Cherry, 2411 Glencoe, through May 20, (310) 880-2790.
Enid Baxter Blader’s “New Work,” Roberts & Tilton, through May 26, 6150 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 549-0223.
Misha Borisoff exhibit, BGH Gallery, Bergamot Station, through May 20, (310) 453-4335.
*California Tile: The Golden Era 1910 - 1940, with guest curator Cristi Walden, general admission - $3, Seniors/Students $2, Members/children under 12 free, California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main Street, through September 30, (310) 392-8537.
Patricia Chidlaw, New Paintings, through June 9. Terrence Rogers Fine Art, 1231 Fifth Street, Santa Monica. 
Epiphanies, Image, Abstract, Spirit paintings, through June 14, Art Center/Palisades, (310) 454-1195.
David Gale’s “Bachelor Machines,” Gallery of Functional Art, Bergamot Station, through May 17, (310) 829-6990.
Hodge Podge II, Highways Gallery and Violet Blunt & Sonia Roth, Highways Gallery 2, 1651 18th Street, through May 27, (310) 453-3711.
Evelyn Hofer will exhibit her dye-transfer and silver prints at Rose Gallery, Bergamot Station, through June 2, (310) 264-8440.
Irving Greines’ cibachrome photograph exhibit, through May 26, Stephen Cohen Gallery, 7358 Beverly Blvd., (323) 937-5525.
John de Heras’ “New Paintings,” FIG, Bergamot Station, through May 19, (310) 829-0345.
Charles Karubian, new oil paintings, “Are We Alone? I Need To Tell You Something,” through June 29. Curated by Mary Leigh Cherry, 18th Street Gallery, 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica.
Heidi Kidon, “Crafty Concepts Leaning On Industrial Dangers,” through May 28, Rosamund Felson Gallery, Bergamot Station.
Laura Lasworth’s “Love Lyric” opens at Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, through May 19, (310) 828-1133.
Hank Laventhol – 3Works on Paper2, watercolors, drawings, etchings and mezzotints, Prism Gallery at Studio 485, 485 Washington Blvd, Venice, through June 29, (310) 306-5199.
Dinh Q. Le’s “Persistence of Memory,” through June 9, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Bergamot Station, (310) 453-7535.
Les Chiens Andalous, with artists Patricio Cabrera, Chema Cobo, Curro Gonzalez, Manuel Ocampo, Track 16, Bergamot Station, through June 23, (310) 264-4678.
L’Esprit Nouveau: Purism in Paris, 1918-1925, an exhibit that revisits the origins of modernism with work by Le Corbusier, Leger and Ozenfant, LACMA, through August 5, (323) 857-6000.
The Otherworld: Landscapes from Memory and Imagination, Patricia Georgiana Norman, The Artists Gallery, 2903 Santa Monica Blvd., (310) 829-9556.
Private Passions: Outstanding Collections in Los Angeles, Craft & Folk Art Museum, through June 24, 5814 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 937-4230.
*Recollection: Lost Wooden Synagogues of Poland by Susan Cooper and Every Man A Number: Children’s Art from the Czech Republic at the Jewish Federation’s Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, indefinite run, 6006 Wilshire, exhibit is free, reservations required, (323) 761-8170.
Tanja Rector’s “New Work,” and Oriane Stender’s “self/image,” exhibit through June 9th, Frumkin/Duval Gallery, Bergamot Station, (310) 453-1850.
The Road to Aztlan: Art from a Mythic Homeland, (1521-1848), with more than 250 rare examples of art and artifacts from the pre-Columbian, colonial, and contemporary eras, the exhibit will be open to the public through August 26 at LACMA, (323) 857-6522.
Saturnalia, twenty “lyrical and vivid acrylic paintings on canvas,” Howell Green Fine Art Gallery, 120 N. Topanga Cyn Blvd., through May 27, (310) 455-3991.
Allison Jean Schulnik at BGH Gallery, through May 20, (310) 453-4335.
Simon Shegelman’s “The Chromatic Arts,” The Loft, BGH Gallery, Bergamot Station, through May 20, (310) 453-4335.
*Shifting Tides; Cuban Photography after the Revolution, from 1959 to the present day, most photographs previously unpublished, artists include Pedro Abascal, Juan Carlos Alom, Rogelio Lopez Marin (Gory), Osvaldo Salas, LACMA, through July 1, (323) 857-6000; www.lacma.org.
Janet Siegel’s “Fairs, Fast Food and Fun,” through May 19 at The Artists Gallery, 2903 Santa Monica Blvd., (310) 829-9556.
James Welling: Photographs 1975-1999, MOCA, through August 26, (213) 621-2766.
World Premiere of Phil Savenick’s one-man, multi-media exhibit that is an homage to television and its pervasive influences on culture, Hollywood Entertainment Museum, through May 29, (323) 465-7900.

Theater

Anatol, Arthur Schnitzer’s psychological drama directed by Jessica Kubansky, Powerhouse Theatre, 3116 Second St., through May 27, $15, (310) 289-2999. 
Beauty and the Beast, a musical adaptation, Santa Monica Playhouse Family Theatre, 1211 Fourth St., through May 27, $9, (310) 394-9779, ext. 2. 
But First, Sammy Shore, long-time comic Sammy Shore’s one-man show, directed by Paul Linke, Other Space at the Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 Fourth St., through June 3, $17.50, (310) 394-9779, ext.1. 
Funny, You Don’t Look Like a Grandmother, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 Fourth Street, through May 27, $22.50 - $25.50, (310) 394-9779, ext. 1. 
The Seagull, The Odyssey and Circus Theatricals present Jean-Claude van Itallie’s adaption of the Chekhov classic, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West Los Angeles, through May 15, $12, (310) 477-2055. 
True West, the Sam Shepard masterpiece, Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., W.L.A., through May 20, $19.50 - $23.50, (310) 477-2055.

Thursday, May 17

Contemporary Projects 5: Legitimate Theater, developed to produce annual exhibitions showcasing work by new, “cutting edge” artists; this exhibition features the work of artists who explore the “theater” of individual role-playing, LACMA, (323) 857-6522.
Five Charles and Ray Eames rarely seen 16mm films celebrating Eames chairs will screen at the Eames Office Gallery & Store, 7 p.m., limited seating available; reservations recommended, 2665 Main Street, (310) 396-5991.
Patricia Norman lectures on “Phantasmagoria,” in conjunction with her exhibit, The Artists Gallery, 7 p.m., (310) 829-9556.

Friday, May 18

Flesh and the Devil at the Silent Movie Theatre, through Sunday, 611 N. Fairfax, 8 p.m., matinees 1 & 4 p.m., (323) 655-2520.
"The Big Woo," a show of works by Art Center Alumni, opens with a reception at 6 p.m. at Santa Monica College's Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery on the Madison campus, 11th Street and Santa Monica Blvd. 

Saturday, May 19

Armed Forces Day celebrated with a vintage WWII USO dance featuring the Billy Elliott Swing Orchestra. The host will be Chuck Cecil of “The Swingin’ Years,” The Satin Ballroom, Veterans Memorial Building, 4117 Overland Ave, $15 in advance, $18 at door, evening wear requested (also Military uniforms, vintage or active duty), 8 p.m. - 12:30 a.m., (310) 358-6935.
Don’t Bite Me There, a group show featuring artists Sabina Barratucci, Tony Blasi, Ted Bradshaw, and more, opening reception, 6 - 8 p.m., Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, SMC, through June 14, (310) 434-3434.
Nancy Monk, “Portraits,” Scott Peterman, New Paintings, opening reception, 4 to 6 p.m. Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station. Through June 23.
*High Noon screens alongside “The Hanging Tree,” as part of the Gary Cooper series, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday screens “For Whom the Bell Tolls” at 2 p.m., UCLA Film and Television Archive, James Bridges Theatre, (310) 206-FILM.
Mark Ruwedel’s “Sites + Passages” and Terry Evans’ “Specimens,” Gallery Luisotti, Bergamot Station, through July 14, (310) 453-0043.
Nathan Spoor makes his Los Angeles debut at Loja Designs studio in Venice, reception 4 p.m., (310) 450-6940.
Julian Stanczak: Pioneer of Op Art - 50 Year Retrospective, the exhibit has through six museums across the country and now hits the Federick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, through July 22, (310) 506-4851.
John Suttman’s “Form Verses,” “traditional architecture of structure and the poetry of his own hand,” reception 6 - 9 p.m., Gallery of Functional Art, Bergamot Station, through July 15, (310) 829-6960.
White Heat to screen along with “”The Well,” as part of the Film Noir series offered by the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian, 5 p.m., (213) 466-FILM.
Jennifer Wolf will exhibit large-scale paintings composed of transparent layers made with saffron, hide glue, dry pigments, plaster and oils, The Sandbox, 1327 1/2 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, through June 10, (310) 399-4164.

Sunday, May 20

Michael Fried, professor of humanities and history of art, John Hopkins University, gives an art talk as part of an ongoing series, MOCA at California Plaza, 3 p.m., (213) 626-6222.

Monday, May 21

David Hyde Pierce, Tom Skerritt, French Stewart and Esai Morales headline Sundance Institute's staged reading of "War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars" at the Canon Theater, Beverly Hills, at 8 p.m. Free

Tuesday, May 22

The Doe Boy, the L.A. Premiere of Randy Redroad’s film, as part of IFP/West’s Festival Buzz series and American Cinematheque’s Alternative Screen Independent Film Showcase, Lloyd E. Rigler Theater, 7:30 p.m., (213) 466-FILM.

Wednesday, May 23

ETC Theatre Company, the USC School of Theatre and USC Summer and Special Programs present “Stagestruck!” USC’s Bovard Auditorium, also Thursday, 5 p.m., (310) 202-6234.