GROOVES

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Center Stage: Sonic Youth

Rock/Pop

   Sojourn Services For Battered Women and Their Children Benefit: Act of Faith, Avalanche Lily, Blind Alley, Buck Johnson and Layton/McCabe at the Bitter Red Head, 6/10, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. All proceeds go to Sojourn Services For Battered Women and Their Children, a nonprofit organization that includes “a 24-hour hotline, a crisis shelter, free legal advocacy, battered women’s support groups, a comprehensive children’s program and an on-call emergency response team.” (323) 644-0526.
   Yellowman at The Malibu Inn, 6/11
   David Carradine and The Soul Dogs, with A Shao Lin Kung Fu Exhibition at BB Kings, 6/11
   I See Hawks in LA, Rick Shea, Patty Booker, Lisa Finnie at The Cinema Bar, 6/14. 3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City 310/390-1328
   The Adicts, Angry Samoans, DI, Narcoleptic Youth, SideKick at The Malibu Inn, 6/12
   Katie Melua at the Roxy, 6/10
   Elijah Emmanuel, Afro Beat Down, Trumystic at Temple Bar, 6/10
   J Mascis, All Night Radio at The House of Blues, 6/10
   Dan Bern at McCabe’s, 6/11
   Chris Smither at McCabe’s, 6/12
   Uketopia at McCabe’s, 6/13
   The Sexy Apes, The Thingz, The Angoras at Bigfoot Lodge, 6/10
   Jann Arden at The Knitting Factory, 6/10
   Speedbuggy at Amoeba on Sunset, 6/10, 7pm. FREE!
   Shannon Wright, Swords Project at Spaceland, 6/10

Jazz, Classical

   Stefon Harris, Kasey Benjamin, Marc Cary, Darryl Hall, Terreon Gully at The Jazz Bakery, 6/10
   The Ralph Bunche Suite, Kenny Burrell, Hubert Laws at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall, 6/10, 7pm. (310) 206-3269
   Kiki Taylor at Lunaria, 6/16
   From Al-Andalus to Jerusalem - The Levantine Festival with Tarik & Julie Banzi, Yair Dalal, Yuval Ron Ensemble, special guests at The Ford Amphitheatre, 6/13, 8pm. Co-sponsored by Beyond Baroque, and presenting “music from southern Spain to Jerusalem, bridging Arab and Jewish cultures.” 2580 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood. Info: fordamphitheatre.org or 310 415-1970.
   Cara Chang, Powergirls at The Magic of Music 2004(Student Music Recital, Pacific Palisade’s Women’s Club), 6/12, 6pm. 901 Haverford Ave., Pacific Palidades. (310) 231-3361, x3.
   Westwood Brahms Festival at Westwood Presbyterian Church, 6/13, 3pm. 10822 Wilshire Blvd., LA
   Ernie Watts Quartet at LACMA, 6/11, 5:30pm. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., LA. FREE.
   Lincoln Family Concert Series presents 60 Lincoln Middle School students in solo and ensemble performance. Free. Lincoln Middle School Auditorium, 6/13, 7 p.m. 14th and California, Santa Monica.

Readings,
Performances

   Curbside Prophets, Raul Midon, Makana (Hawaii), DJ Bob Necksnapp at The Walt Disney Concert Hall, 6/16 & 6/17
   The Thomas Starr King Middle School Writers Club at Skylight Books, 6/13, 3pm. 1818 N. Vermont. Los Feliz, (323) 660-1175
   David St. John, Arthur Vogelsang at POEM.X (Barnes & Noble, Santa Monica), 6/11, 8pm. 1201 Third Street Promenade, (310) 260-9110. FREE.
   The Magic of Music For Children at The Delphi Academy, 6/10 (3pm) & 6/11 (11am). Music classes with Grammy winning David Spears. Parents welcome. (310) 526-2700, 1610 Broadway, Santa Monica. FREE.
   Juliana Margulies reads Dorothy Scarborough, and more at The Great Writers Series, (The MET Theatre, Hollywood), 6/15 & 6/16.

The Week Ahead

Thursday, June 10

   Kennedy at The Rainbow Bar & Grill, 6/10
   Boom Shaka at The Malibu Inn, 6/10
   Robbie Rist at The Derby
   Nebula at The Key Club
   Fred Tackett, Inara George, Buva at Tangier
   Snake Vs. Wizard, Sexy Apes, Year Long Disaster, Sibling at The Silverlake Lounge
   Olivia D’Abo, more at Club Lingerie
   Jmascis, The Fog, Dave Schools at The House of Blues
   The Hate Junkies, Tony 2-Tone, Starskream, Mare Eaco at 14 Below

Friday, June 11

   Speedbuggy at The Thunderbird (North Hollywood)
   Pleasure Club, Washington Social Club at Spaceland
   Isley Brothers, more at The Greek
   Punks vs. Psychos, Lars Frederiksen, NekRomantix, more at The House of Blues

Saturday, June 12

   Kenny Loggins, Crosby Loggins at The Greek
   Cousin Lovers at The Knitting Factory
   Jude at Largo
   The Billy Nayer Show at Spaceland
   The Streets, Dizzee Rascal at The Wiltern

Sunday, June 13

   Alabama Thunderpussy at Spaceland
   Lazy Sunday Evening at Tangier

Tuesday, June 15

   Skating Club, Roomtone at The Silverlake Lounge
   El Gran Silencio, Very Be Careful at The House of Blues

Wednesday, June 16

   The Tim Bluhm Involvement, Tom Watson & The Best of All, Amy Cooper at The Silverlake Lounge
   Let’s Go Sailing, Sara Radle, Goldenboy at Tangier
   Whirlwind Heat at Spaceland
   Black On Sunshine, Donovan’s Fairies, The Chopsticks, DJ Gremmy at Bigfoot Lodge
   Buckwheat Zydeco at The House of Blues
   Home Town Hero, Ananova, NHOI
   P.O.D. at The Wiltern

Club Directory

   14 Below – 1348 14th St., Santa Monica. (310)451-5040. Or go to www.14below.com
   Amoeba Music - 6400 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. (323)245-6400
   Bigfoot Lodge – 3172 Los Feliz Blvd., LA. (323)662-9227.
   The El Rey Theater – 5515 Wilshire Blvd., LA. (323)860-7880.
   The Gig – 7302 Melrose Ave., Hollywood. (323)936-4440.
   Harvelle’s Blues Club – 1432 Fourth St., Santa Monica (310)395-1676
   The House of Blues – 8430 Sunset Blvd., W. Hollywood. (323) 848-5100.
   The Jazz Bakery - 3233 Helms Ave., Culver City. (310) 271-9039.
   The Knitting Factory – 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. (323)463-0204.
   The Malibu Inn – 22969 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu (310) 456-6060
   McCabes – 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 828-4403 www.mccabes.com.
   The Parlour Club - 7702 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood. (323) 650-7968
   The Roxy – 9009 Sunset Blvd., W. Hollywood. (310)276-2222.
   Rusty’s Surf Ranch- Every other Thursday: Women Who Cook. Wednesdays: Planet 80’s. 256 Santa Monica Pier (310)393-PIER.
   Silverlake Lounge – 2906 Sunset Blvd., Silverlake. (323)666-2407.
   Spaceland – 1717 Silverlake Blvd., Silverlake. (213)833-2843.
   Tangier - 2138 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz. (323) 666-8666.
   Temple Bar –1026 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica (310)393-6611.
   The Troubadour – 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Hollywood. (310)276-6168.

Coffeehouses and Other Spaces

   Anastasia’s Asylum – Live music nightly, no cover. 1028 Wilshire, Santa Monica. (310)394-7113
   Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center - Critically acclaimed events, FREE Workshops & Readings. Fri, 6/11, 7:30pm: Nancy Agabian. Author of Princess Freak, Agabian will read from a new memoir-in-progress, Me as Her Again, that explores the impact absence of mourning has for children of genocide survivors. Agabian formed half of the LA folk/ punk duo Guitar Boy, with Ann Perich and was artist-in-residence at Beyond Baroque 1995-99, for the “Writing to Perform the Truth” workshop. Sat, 6/12, 1pm – 4pm: Stories of Place - Workshop with Nancy Agabian. Sat, 6/12, 7:30pm: Cahuenga Press Reading with Holly Prado, Harry Northrup, Phoebe Macadams, and James Cushing. Sun, 6/13, 8pm: The Levantine Festival, From Al-Andalus to Jerusalem. Presenting “music from southern Spain to Jerusalem, bridging Arab and Jewish cultures.” Includes Tarik & Julie Banzi of Al-Andalus, Israeli-Iraqi artist Yair Dalal, and Yuval Ron Ensemble, special guests. (See Jazz/Classical listings) Beyond Baroque, 1681 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310)822-3006.
   Duttons Books Brentwood – Critically acclaimed readings and events. Thu, 6/10, 7pm: Percival Everett signs American Desert (Book Group With Author at 5pm; reservations required). “High-gloss satire and fast-paced adventure, as a guy sits up in his coffin and becomes by turns a media sensation, a devil, and a guinea pig for the military …. The ending is perfect: surprising yet inevitable. Vital signs for this page-turner are all just fine.” —  Kirkus Reviews, starred review. Fri, 6/11, 7pm: Hilary Liftin signs Candy and Me. Sat, 6/12, 2pm: Jean Shields signs Air Burial. Sun, 6/13, 2pm: Hari Kunzru signs Transmission. “When Hari Kunzru’s eagerly awaited first novel, The Impressionist, was published, it was lauded and celebrated worldwide. In that rich, wry debut, Kunzru probed the realms of culture and identity through a savvy boy’s attempts to reconcile the roles of his British father and his passionate Indian mother.” Mon, 6/14, 7pm: Marianne Wiggins signs Evidence of Things Unseen. Tue, 6/15, 7pm: Suzanne Schlosberg signs The Curse of the Singles Table. “She refers to it as ‘the streak’: 1001 days without sex – 79 days shorter than the Kennedy administration – which prompted Suzanne Schlosberg’s friends to dub her the Cal Ripken of celibacy…”Wed., 6/16, 7pm: Gary Glickman signs Aura. 11975 San Vicente Blvd. (310) 476-6263 or go to duttonsbrentwood.com
   Legal Grind – Legal help with your coffee, legalgrind.com, or call (310)452-3160. 7640 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica
   The Talking Stick Coffee Lounge - 1630 Ocean Park Blvd. (310) 450-6052, thetalkingstick.net.
   Village Books – Thu, 6/10, 7:30pm: Cindy Harris signs Keeping House: Hints and Tips for a Beautifully Clean Home. Tue, 6/15, Palisadian Jeanette Griver signs Curio: A Shetland Sheepdog Meets the Crow: A Story of Friendship for Children of All Ages. 1049 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades. (310) 454-4063. www.pp90272.com/books