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African American History Month
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February is African American History Month. See the exhibitions at NoHo Arts Gallery and the Da Vinci Gallery celebrating this month, and make plans to attend the annual Pan African Film and Art Festival. Also, enter our ticket giveaways and mark your calendars for some organ music events.
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 Dr. Allen Bearden, an artist and 30-year arts educator is the featured artist in NoHo Gallery LA’s exhibit The Black Arts — a collection of art representing a variety of mediums and styles saluting our African-American and Afro-Caribbean heritage. The Gallery is also honored to debut Special Guest Artist Metellus Bekens’ work in the U.S. – an exiled Haitian artist who has kept himself and his family alive through his art. This exhibition opened January 25th and runs until February 26th. There is also an artist reception on Tuesday, February 7 from 6-10PM
that will feature jazz music.
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 The Da Vinci Gallery, in collaboration with the Baseball Reliquary, presents an exhibition of baseball-inspired artworks, including Ben Sakoguchi’s "Orange Crate Label Series: The Unauthorized History of Baseball in 100-odd Paintings." Also featured are paintings and mixed-media works by Michael Guccione, Greg Jezewski, and Curtis Wright.
In conjunction with this art exhibition and in celebration of African American History Month, the Baseball Reliquary will also present a display exploring aspects of the Negro Leagues and African-American baseball history from February 6-March 4, 2006 in the Los Angeles City College Library.
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Spotlight: 2006 Pan African Film and Arts Festival |
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At the Magic Johnson Theatres and Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, the 2006 Pan African Film and Arts Festival will take place from February 9th to February 20th. The 2006 PAFF program will showcase a diverse selection of Black films inclusive of features, shorts, documentaries as well as studio/network releases. The PAFF is dedicated to the promotion of cultural and racial tolerance and understanding through the exhibition of film, art and creative expression. The PAFF will feature panel discussions, industry workshops and seminars in addition to its film showcases. There will also be Children Festivals occurring on Saturdays, February 12th and 19th and a SpokenWordFest February 11th and 18th.
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Ticket Giveaways |
 Win tickets to Mother on Fire — 24th Street Theatre offers you tickets to see Sandra Tsing Loh's Mother on Fire. Sandra Tsing Loh is a formerly sane person who became a mother — not just a mother, a mother in Los Angeles. A show for hysterical Los Angeles parents and those who must put up with them.
Tickets are valid for Saturday, February 18th, 2006 at 8pm.
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 Win tickets to see Harriet's Return —Madrid Theatre offers you the chance to win a pair of tickets to On Purpose Production's Harriet's Return, chronicling the private and public life of famed Underground Railroad conductor, spiritual icon and revolutionary Harriet Tubman. Her life spanned nine decades and still influences the consciousness of people around the world.
A pair of tickets are available for Saturday, February 18th at 8:00pm and another pair for Sunday, February 19th at 2:00pm.
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 Win tickets to see Stone Heart —The Autry National Center offers you the chance to win tickets to this exciting new play about betrayal and choice based on Diane Glancy’s novel about Lewis and Clark’s 1804–1806 Corps of Discovery expedition.
Tickets are valid for Friday, February 24th, 8pm; Saturday, February 25th, 2 & 8pm; and Sunday, February 26th, 2pm.
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Did
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Philanthropist and businesswoman Madame C.J. Walker was the first African-American millionare.
-from infoplease.com
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Organ Music
In the month of February, take some time to enjoy the music of the organ, from the classic flavor of organists Lefebvre and Welch to the innovative stylings of Alice Coltrane.
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Philippe Lefebvre, Organist of Notre-Dame, Paris
February 6th
8:15 pm
Philippe Lefebvre performs on the Rosales pipe organ at St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church in Encino. A master of improvisation at the organ, Lefebvre is Titular Organist of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, France. His program includes music of Franck, Liszt, Mendelssohn and Durufle, and an improvisation.
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Alice Coltrane and
Dwight Trible Quintet
February 18th
8:00 pm
Alice Coltrane recently released her first album in 26 years. Continuing her late husband John Coltrane’s investigations of Eastern music, “Translinear Light” showcases the “undiminished brio that Coltrane brings to the keyboard” [The New Yorker] particularly her ethereal Wurlitzer organ and synthesizer playing. In this world premiere event, Coltrane performs with her sons Ravi and Oran. Local vocal talent Dwight Trible and his group will open.
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37th Annual Organ Concert Series presents Bradley Welch
February 26th
4:00pm
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles presents Organist Bradley Welch. Welch is a graduate of Yale University School of Music and is recipient of the Horatio Parker Memorial Prize, the Charles Ives Prize and the Yale School of Music Alumni Association Prize. He is currently Artist-in-Residence at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX.
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