Jazz at Naz Festival
February 2-11
The Soraya at Cal State Northridge, a new epicenter for jazz in L.A., launches its second annual Jazz at Naz Festival with five nights of the best of jazz performances kicking off on Thu, Feb 2 with Christian McBride’s “The Movement Revisited: a Musical Portrait of Four Icons,” a performance commemorating Civil Rights heroes at the very beginning of Black History Month. Four more Festival performances follow—including the first pairing of rising-star Jazz vocalist Samara Joy with the esteemed Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Just 23 years old, Samara Joy is a Grammy nominee this year for best jazz vocal album and best new artist. More>>
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Heroes, Sheroes and Eros
February 17-18
Luminario Ballet of Los Angeles makes its Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts debut, bringing its signature fusion of ballet, modern dance, acrobatics, and aerial movement with a gravity-defying program entitled, Heroes, Sheroes, and Eros. The program opens with a collection of seven works by Luminario Ballet choreographers and special guests that explore the tangled paths of history/herstory/ourstory. More>>
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Keeper
Get on the bus—we’re going to summer camp! In a simpler time of trust-falls and visits to the medical tent, some wounds are too deep for a camp nurse to heal. Michelle Murphy embodies her innocent younger self to reveal how an early rejection from her father left her fraught with questions of self-worth. From being preyed upon by other 13-year-old girls to coping with (and without) food, Murphy shares how she broke through to find out why she is, in fact, a keeper. More>>
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Jenny Lind Presents P.T. Barnum
When Jenny Lind came to America to tour with P.T. Barnum, she witnessed a nation torn apart over slavery. She embarked on a headline-grabbing tour that shared the spotlight with a political maelstrom. This one-woman opera show, fact checks "The Greatest Showman," and the real reason Jenny Lind quit the tour. Eavesdrop on Jenny’s final, brave confrontation of P.T. Barnum and enjoy operatic gems from Jenny Lind’s concert tour. More>>
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Inherit the Smut
How does a multiple award-winning writer like Roy Sekoff, creator and host of the comedy interview show, The HuffPost Show, dare to be on stage live, in the flesh and utterly alone? Well, whatever possessed him to try this, I for one am very glad he did! Inherit the Smut is cinematic and transcendental. It celebrates the innocence of life, even through the smut. A time when sneaking around and hiding things from your parents was encouraged... Review>>
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Twelve O’Clock Tales with Ava Gardner
Movie star. Femme fatale. Homewrecker. Civil Rights activist. Hollywood, California… 1974. On the set of the blockbuster disaster film, Earthquake, Oscar-nominated screen siren Ava Gardner is focusing on her first big-budget starring role in over a decade. Tucked away in her dressing room bungalow, the “queen of the scandal sheets” does battle with her past. But only a fool would bet against Ava.
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Blood Supply: A Zombie Apocalypse Love Story
A post-apocalyptic rock musical set one year after the zombie virus. Raw and authentic, hilarious and poignant, writer Holly Anne Mitchell debuts in this powerhouse piece on loss, hope, love, resilience, and redemption. Can love survive the end of civilization or even save it?
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Home Front
VJ Night, 1945. Austin Highsmith Garces and C.J. Lindsey star as a white woman and an African American soldier who fall in love the night World War II ends. But can that sense of goodwill and new beginnings wipe away racial mistrust and discrimination in a country mired in the Jim Crow Era?
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Soaring Solo
"My objective in this month’s blog is to help you successfully navigate the next 365 days with some useful tips to live by as a solo artist. Here are five DO’s and DON’Ts of solo theatre to be mindful of in order to make your solo dreams a reality."
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NoHo Bid Update
The NoHo Arts District is an arts district because of the theatres, dance studios, recording studios and the many folks who create art. But there is one group that has helped to #KeepNoHoArtsy (and clean and safe) – the (NOHO BID).
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Call to Artists
The City of Beverly Hills welcomes visual artists to apply to the spring Beverly Hills Art Show on May 20 and 21, celebrating the art show’s 50th anniversary!
Final deadline: February 21.
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Enjoy the NoHo Arts District More!
The NoHo Card is a FREE discount card app for restaurants, bars, theatres, classes, shopping and services at businesses in and around the NoHo Arts District. More>>
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