Events

Curious George at the Rainforest Cafe

2009-11-10T09:39:25Z

Join us at the Rainforest Cafe in Costa Mesa to meet Curious George® in person, and the celebrate his first holiday special, A Very Monkey Christmas, airing on KCET November 25 at 8:30 AM.

KCET members receive 10% off entrees and kids meals are just $1.99!* Plus, each KCET family will receive a gift from Curious George!

*Gifts are subject to availability. 10% discount good for up to 4 entrees.

Date & Time:
Tuesday, November 10th from 4 to 8 PM

Become a KCET supporter today to enjoy these benefits. Please join online by (clicking here) or call (866) 523-8200.

The Wall Project Event

2009-11-08T22:29:41Z

Whenever an event is big enough to close down Wilshire Boulevard, it's worth a look. So please check out the Wall Project, an extraordinarily elaborate attempt to recreate the Berlin Wall in Los Angeles. This project is monstrous in scope, and with the destruction of the wall coming this Sunday -- on the eve of the original wall's collapse -- it won't fall short of being, well, completely epic.

]]> From The Wall Project: "The Wende Museum will hold a midnight ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. As midnight approaches, the Wall Across Wilshire will be put in place, stopping traffic on Wilshire Boulevard. At midnight, artists participating in the Wall Projectt will topple the Wall Across Wilshire, and this final commemorative act will be broadcasted live on German television on November 9, the day the Wall first fell in 1989. Prior to the ceremony, The Wende Museum will host an Evening in Celebration of The Wall Project.

$250

For more information or to download an invitation, click here.

This image was taken by flickr user GothPhil. It was used under the Creative Commons License.

"Carbon Black" at the Autry

2009-11-08T04:00:00Z

The Autry National Center presents "Carbon Black" by Terry Gomez (Comanche). Native Voices at the Autry is America's leading Native American theater company. It kicks off its 10th anniversary season with Carbon Black: a gripping, suspenseful, and enigmatic psychological drama portraying a mother/son relationship held hostage by agoraphobia and media-inspired fear.

Inspired by an outbreak of crime in the playwright's own neighborhood, as well as the lingering culture of fear that has grown up in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Carbon Black illustrates what happens when life is distorted through the lens of local television news, and what the ramifications for individuals and society at large can be when the reaction to crime and violence, real or perceived, is denial and solitary confinement.

For more information, visit the Autry National Center.

This image was taken from Flickr user preetalina - Preeti Desai using the Creative Commons License.

Native American Basketry: A Living Tradition

2009-11-07T18:00:00Z

The Autry National Center presents over 250 baskets selected from the world's largest collection of Native American basketry from the Southwest Museum of the American Indian. This exhibition features Native American baskets from 11 different regions, representing more than 100 cultures, from across North America. Ranging in size from small Pomo feather baskets to massive Apache ollas. You will see how the materials, techniques, and designs vary regionally, as do the distinctive styles of individual artists. This display of historic and contemporary baskets, combined with multimedia elements, tells the story of a living art through the voices of the weavers themselves.

The Autry has invited thirteen contemporary basketweavers to serve as consultants in research and planning and will purchase a basket from each consultant to add to the permanent collection. The exhibition will be presented at the Autry's Museum of the American West in Griffith Park. Both institutions are part of the Autry National Center, an intercultural organization dedicated to expanding our understanding of the diverse peoples of the American West.

The exhibition opens November 7, 2009, and runs through May 30, 2010. Visit the Autry Center's website for more information.

This image was taken from Flickr user mharrsch using the Creative Commons License.

An Evening with Orhan Pamuk

2009-11-07T00:03:00Z

Orhan Pamuk is in town for a talk. The author of My Name is Red now edges on being the voice of Turkish fiction in the west, and certainly has a lot to say about seemingly everything and anything. Come downtown as the Nobel-winning Columbia Professor sits down at the Japanese American Community Center for what is warming up to be a fun event with a great mind.

]]> From the Japanese Cultural and Community Center: "In announcing the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy said of Orhan Pamuk: his "quest for the melancholic soul of his native city, Istanbul, led him to discover new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures." Pamuk reads from his new novel, The Museum of Innocence, and discusses his life and work with writer and scholar Reza Aslan."

$25

For more information or to reserve tickets, click here.

This image was taken by flickr user Taekwonweirdo. It was used under the Creative Commons License.

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble

2009-11-06T23:23:45Z

The Chicagp-based 9-piece brass band of brothers will deliver their unique brand of jazz this weekend at the Echoplex. Need some convincing that this is the place to be Friday? I'll just let the music speak for itself. Also for your listening pleasure that night, dj sets by Madlib, B+ and Coleman.

$15 presale; $20 at the door

For more information, click here. To order tickets click here.

This image was taken from flickr user bookenligne. It was used under the Creative Commons license.

Coming Up: Lewis Klahr

2009-11-05T20:59:28Z

Two upcoming screenings of work by L.A.-based artist and filmmaker Lewis Klahr. KCET blogger Holly Willis on Klahr's work: "Mix the detritus of a Robert Rauschenberg collage with the excess and veiled social commentary of a Douglas Sirk melodrama and you might come close to a film by Los Angeles filmmaker Lewis Klahr, who makes his collage animations from images snipped out of books and magazines; these pictures are moved inch by inch beneath a camera to create movement, resulting in powerful visual artworks and deeply engrossing, if enigmatic, stories." Read her entire post here.

FREE

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Our Weekend Event Picks

2009-11-05T20:47:20Z

Plan your weekend using KCET's events listings! We know there are overwhelming amounts of exciting events in this city, so we've sorted through all of them in order to provide you with only the most fun and unique of them. All you have to do? Reap the benefits.

]]> This weekend's top pick:

The Wall Project Event - Whenever an event is big enough to close down Wilshire Boulevard, it's worth a look. So please check out the Wall Project, an extraordinarily elaborate attempt to recreate the Berlin Wall in Los Angeles.

Hoping to volunteer this weekend? This week we're focusing on animals

Four-legged Support - You can help the PetSave Foundation, a rabbit rescue organization, with the daily care (feeding, cleaning, grooming, socializing) of rescued rabbits at their shelter. This is a great project for families!

Other things to do and see this weekend:

"Carbon Black" at the Autry - Native Voices, America's leading Native American theater company, kicks off the season with Carbon Black: a psychological drama portraying a mother/son relationship held hostage by agoraphobia and media-inspired fear.

Native American Basketry: A Living Tradition - This exhibition features Native American baskets from 11 different regions, representing more than 100 cultures, from across North America, and ranging in size from small Pomo feather baskets to massive Apache ollas.

An Evening with Orhan Pamuk - The author of My Name is Red now edges on being the voice of Turkish fiction in the west, and his sit down at the Japanese American Community Center fis warming up to be a fun event with a great mind.

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble - The Chicagp-based 9-piece brass band of brothers will deliver their unique brand of jazz this weekend at the Echoplex alongside DJ sets by Madlib, B+ and Coleman.

Coming Up: Lewis Klahr - Mix the detritus of a Robert Rauschenberg collage with the social commentary of a Douglas Sirk melodrama and you'll come close to filmmaker Lewis Klahr and his collage animations.

Brutalism: A Dance Performance - At MOCA, the Slanguage art collective's teen break-dancing group Dub City Tribe will take on brutalist architecture, exploring the characteristics of these massive structures while providing commentary on our relationship to them.

Heroes and Villains at LACMA - LACMA's current exhibition, Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India's Comics, examines how the archetypal and the traditional surface in modern storytelling. The show zooms in on the contemporary Indian comic book to reveal that ancient narratives and visuals lie at the heart of the artform.

Brutalism: A Dance Performance

2009-11-05T20:14:18Z

How might buildings bust a move if they got out on the dance floor? Thursday, the MOCA attempts to answer that age-old question. The Slanguage art collective's teen break-dancing group Dub City Tribe will take on brutalist architecture (those muscular, concrete high-rises peppered throughout Southern California's cityscape). The group's choreography both explores the characteristics of these massive structures, and provides commentary on our relationship to them.

From the website: For the third installment of their three-month Engagement Party residency at MOCA, artist collective Slanguage presents Brutalism: A Dance Performance featuring Dub City Tribe. The performance will examine the implications of Brutalism, a mid-20th-century architectural style characterized by massive or monolithic forms, usually of poured concrete and typically unrelieved by exterior decoration, within the context of Southern California's urban landscape. Through choreographed movement, the collective's teen break-dancing group Dub City Tribe will play with the monumentality that is central to the Brutalist aesthetic, evoke the Brutalist architecture of Los Angeles and Wilmington, California (where Slanguage is based), and explore the consequences of the "concrete jungles" it has yielded. Slanguage DJs will spin genre-skipping sets to create a soundscape for the performance, collaborating dancers and musicians will also perform, and audience members will be encouraged to participate in a nonstop dance-a-thon-style competition.

FREE, cash bar

For more information, click here.

This image was taken from Getty Images.

Heroes and Villains at the LACMA

2009-11-05T20:06:52Z

It has been said that there are no new stories, only new ways to tell them. LACMA's current exhibition, Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India's Comics, examines just that, how the archetypal and the traditional surface in modern storytelling. The show zooms in on the contemporary Indian comic book to reveal that ancient narratives and visuals lie at the heart of the artform. Thursday night, exhibition curator Julie Romain will present an introductory lecture on the contemporary Indian comic, followed by a private tour of the exhibition.

Members $30; non-members $35

For more information, click here.To make a reservation, call 323-857-6010.

This image was taken from Getty Images.

Northern Trust Open Golf Tournament

2009-11-05T02:50:18Z

Tickets Fore Charity!

This coming February you can go to the Northern Trust Open Golf Tournament and support KCET at the same time.

The Northern Trust Open is proud to introduce the TICKETS Fore CHARITY™ program. Through TICKETS Fore CHARITY™, you can experience the best professional golf, all while positively impacting the lives of those in need right here in the Los Angeles area. The TICKETS Fore CHARITY program is designed to generate revenue for local charities where PGA TOUR events are held.

When:
February 2-7

Tickets:
$100 - Full Week pass!
(Includes professional player practice round days on Tuesday and Wednesday.)
$35 - Only Thursday, February 4, 2010
$35 - Only Friday, February 5, 2010
$35 - Only Saturday, February 6, 2010
$35 - Only Sunday, February 7, 2010
To review all options or to make more than one selection, please click here.

ATTENTION: All tickets purchased post 12/31/09 are to be picked up at Will Call (per Tournament policy). For information on where to pick up your tickets go to the bottom of this page.

Charity:
75% of the proceeds will benefit KCET.
25% of the proceeds will benefit local tournament charities.

For more information, please visit the Northern Trust Open website at http://www.northerntrustopen.com.

NO REFUND POLICY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS TICKET OFFERS

Please be aware that there will be no refunds issued for any donations received in exchange for any of our KCET special event ticket offers.~ Also, please know that KCET in good faith can only inform the donor of the general location of the tickets, but cannot provide specific section or seat locations.~ Once you have finalized your date selection and paid for your weekly & / or daily grounds ticket(s) that date cannot be changed to another date. Thank you for your cooperation.

YOUTH & MILITARY TICKET DISCOUNTS

If we have YOUTHS 18 & under and/or MILITARY Active &/or RETIRED with or without DEPENDENTS who want to receive A COMPLIMENTARY TICKET (one per each Military ID), then please register for these comp tickets through the Northern Trust Open website. KCET will not at any time handle, order or distribute any complimentary tickets for these two groups of people. Once a ticket is purchased - it cannot be refunded.

PARKING REQUIREMENTS

KCET is NOT responsible for guest parking and cannot authorize or organize any special parking for anyone. This unfortunately includes disabled guests who may consider purchasing tickets to this event.

According to the Northern Trust Open website, all parking is free of charge and is located at the VA Hospital. The VA Hospital is located directly off the 405 (San Diego) Freeway at the Wilshire Blvd. exit (West). Again, please confirm this information at the Northern Trust Open website

DAY OF TOURNAMENT HELPFUL TIPS

Carpool whenever possible and remember where your car is parked.
Use cameras ONLY on Tuesday, February 2 and Wednesday, February 3. Cameras are not permitted during the tournament.
Drink plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration.
Be prepared with appropriate clothing for sudden weather changes. Wear clothes and rain gear for stormy weather, and headgear, sunglasses and sun block for sunny weather.
Familiarize yourself with the First-Aid Station located on-site on golfers' left of the 10th fairway.
Stay behind the gallery ropes and cooperate with the Marshals.
Kneel or sit down if you are in the front row.
Remain QUIET and still through each shot and do not move until all players in the group have completed the hole.
Walk carefully, never run.

ATM

There are two ATMs available to the general public, one inside the Longworth entrance and one inside the public dining tent located in The Grove at the Northern Trust Open's Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades.

CONCESSIONS

Concessions on course include hot dogs, sandwiches, soft drinks, coffee, beer and wine. In addition, a public dining tent is located in The Grove between the 9th and 3rd Fairways at the Northern Trust Open's Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades. This venue features a larger menu with grilled fare.

The Grove is the new family and fan friendly venue in the heart of the course with upscale food options, family activities, monitors with tournament coverage and an outdoor sitting area.

LOST & FOUND

A Lost & Found trailer is located at the Security Headquarters along the first fairway.

PROGRAMS & PAIRINGS SHEETS

Complementary pairings sheets are available at the tournament entrances. Official Tournament Programs can be purchased in the Merchandise Tent.

RESTROOMS AND TELEPHONES

Public restrooms and telephones are located at various locations on the tournament grounds.

WILL CALL

The primary Will Call location for tickets purchased online or via phone is the Longworth Entrance or Main Entrance to the tournament. Individuals may park on Longworth Street in a designated area (police will direct) to pick up Will Call tickets.

For more information, please visit the Northern Trust Open website at http://www.northerntrustopen.com.

Mad Men Creator Speaks to Los Angeles Magazine

2009-11-04T23:16:50Z

It's rare to be able to step into the mind of a creative genius just as his career culminates, but that's exactly what Los Angeles Magazine has stumbled upon as it interviews Mad Men Creator Matthew Weiner this Wednesday. The show is hugely popular, perhaps one of the most successful ever, and for only $20 you can find some answers to the millions of questions this mysterious show engenders. Cough it up.

From Writers Bloc Presents: "Writers Bloc and Los Angeles Magazine present Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, in conversation with Mary Melton, Editor in Chief of Los Angeles Magazine. Matthew Weiner knows how to tell a story--he did, after all, work on The Sopranos, and has created one of the most satisfying television experiences around. Hear his stories, his challenges, and his ideas. Perhaps a cast member will turn up. Mary Melton is the new Editor of Los Angeles Magazine. This is the first in a new series of Writers Bloc/Los Angeles Magazine discussions that will take place in and around Los Angeles."

$20

For more information, click here.

This image was taken by flickr user LiGado em Série. It was used under the Creative Commons License.

Behind the Scenes: America's Test Kitchen

2009-11-04T09:31:30Z

Join KCET for a fun evening with Jack Bishop of the hit shows, America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country.

Learn how recipes are chosen
Enjoy live cooking demonstrations
Sample the test kitchen's favorite cookies
Participate in a live taste test
Watch a sneak preview of ATK's 10th season airing Jan. 2010
Purchase a copy of The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001-2010 and then have Jack Bishop sign it!

Date & Time:
Wednesday, November 4th from 6:30 to 9 PM

Tickets:
Available via sweepstakes only.
Enter to win a pair of tickets by clicking here!

Get Involved, Help Animals

2009-11-03T22:31:15Z

KCET invites you to serve your community through service. Our weekly Get Involved page features ways for you to connect with organizations in need of a helping hand.

This week KCET features ways for animal lovers to give back to our four-legged friends.

]]> You can help the PetSave Foundation, a rabbit rescue organization, with the daily care (feeding, cleaning, grooming, socializing) of rescued rabbits at their shelter. This is a great project for families!

Most of the work is cleaning, so be sure to bring work gloves and clothes that you don't mind getting dirty and wear closed-toed shoes. Volunteers for this project must be at least 5 years of age and pre-teens must be accompanied by a parent. For more information, visit L.A. Works.

Another way for you to help animals is to visit the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita. Come see some of the world's great acrobats -- the loudest land mammals that Mother Nature ever created. The Gibbon Conservation Center was established to ensure the preservation, propagation and survival of all gibbons in the wild and in captivity. Most of the gibbons at the Center are on the highly endangered list.

You can contribute your time and energy to assist in feeding, data collection, and maintenance of Gibbons. You will gain experience caring for primates, and you'll contribute to the preservation of an endangered species. For more information, visit the Gibbon Center's website.

The Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is always in need of volunteers. Right now they're looking for help in the Animal Assisted Therapy and Foster Care programs. Through the Animal Assisted Therapy Program, volunteers take their own companion animal to visit various facilities such as: children's hospitals, retirement centers and AIDS hospices. The Los Angeles Animal Assisted Therapy Program was started in 1986 with the goal of promoting the human-animal bond and enriching the physical and psychological well-being of people confined to hospitals and other institutions.

Foster parents take care of bottle babies, kittens, puppies, adult cats or dogs and those with special needs. While fostering,volunteers provide their time and love while the SPCA covers the food and veterinary care. It's a hands-on way to make a difference and save a life. Visit the LA SPCA's volunteer page for more information.

This image was taken from Flickr user dana_welsh using the Creative Commons License.

A Tribute to Fred Wolf

2009-11-03T17:34:32Z

Most of us are familiar with the iconic and far-reaching animation of Fred Wolf. Who doesn't remember the collegiate owl who couldn't wait to bite into the center of that tootsie pop? The Silent Movie Theater celebrates Wolf with a film retrospective. Following the screening, a Q&A with Wolf himself.

From the website: "Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?" The world may never know -- but the man behind this classic commercial does, and will be here to explain it all. Animator Fred Wolf collaborated with Harry Nilsson to create The Point, with Frank Zappa to produce 200 Motels, and with Peter Yarrow to make Puff The Magic Dragon. He's the man behind the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series, Marlo Thomas' TV special Free To Be You And Me, the animated feature The Mouse And His Child, and won an Oscar for his short The Box. He even hand-animated the iconic opening sequence to The Flintstones! Animation historian Jerry Beck will present a tribute to Wolf, with rare clips from his movies, TV shows and vintage 1960s commercials, and present a live on stage interview with Wolf himself, as he discusses his career in film, and his relationships with his famous collaborators. The first 100 admissions will receive a free DVD of The Point, Fred Wolf's classic collaboration with Harry Nilsson -- and every admission will receive a free Tootsie Pop!

$13

For more information, click here.