Compiled by Bridgette M. Redman
As the calendar fades from summer to fall, arts across the Westside are in full swing, bringing in a variety of creative experiences from gallery exhibitions to musical performances to theater and dance.
Come partake of the cultural feast being served with the sneak peek below of must-see events in visual arts, music, theater and dance from now until the end of the year.
Visual Arts
18th Street Arts
3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica
310-453-3711, 18thstreet.org
Tom Van Sant: “An Earth Twin at the Digital Dawn”
Sept. 7 to Feb. 1
bG Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, Suite A2, Santa Monica
310-906-4211, santamonica.bgartdealings.com
“Upside” by Frank Paletta, Sept. 14 to Sept. 29
Ralph Allen Massey: “Private Lives,” Oct. 1 to Oct. 29
“Discoveries (Getty PST: Art and Science Collide),” Nov. 16 to Dec. 2
Craig Krull Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, Suite B3, Santa Monica
310-828-6410, craigkrullgallery.com
Greg Colson: “Heliocentrism” (not to scale), now through Oct. 12
Rose-Lynne Fisher: “Stardust: Bone and Botticelli,” now through Oct. 12
James Griffith: “Small Paintings of Infinity,” now through Oct. 12
Woods Davy: “Denying Gravity,” Oct. 19 to Nov. 30
Debbie McAfee: “Between Earth and Sky,” Oct. 19 to Nov. 30
Michael Deyermond, Dec. 7 to Jan. 25
Robert Grinder, Dec. 7 to Jan. 25
Elizabeth Scott, Dec. 7 to Jan. 25
ESMoA
14929 Hawthorne Boulevard, Lawndale
424-374-8135, esmoa.org
Xicana! Sept. 16 to Dec. 14
Galerie XII
2525 Michigan Avenue, Suite B2, Santa Monica
424-252-9004, galeriexii.com/en
Mona Kuhn: “The Schindler House, A Love Affair,” Sept. 7 to Oct. 12
Lois Lambert Gallery Bergamot Station,
2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica
310-264-0640,
loislambertgallery.com
Juan Luis Jardi, Nov. 16 to Jan. 4
Raquel Alvarez, Nov. 16 to Jan. 4
ROSEGALLERY
2525 Michigan Avenue, Suite B-7, Santa Monica
310-264-8440, rosegallery.net
“Alchemy in Materiality,” Sept. 14 to Nov. 9
Music
Boulevard Music
4316 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City
boulevardmusic.com
The Transatlantic Trio, Sept. 21
James Lee Stanley, Oct. 5
Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys, Oct. 19
Dennis Witcher and the Brew, Nov. 9
Hot Lips and Fingertips, Nov. 16
Jonathan Stout, Nov. 23
Susie Glaze & The New Folk Ensemble, Dec. 7
The Broad Stage
1310 11th Street, Santa Monica
310-434-3200, thebroadstage.org
Future Sounds of Jazz, Sept. 21
Maria Bamford, Sept. 27
Cyro Baptista’s CHAMA, Oct. 19
Chad Lawson, piano, Oct. 2, Nov. 2
Storm Large: Holiday Ordeal, Dec. 15
John Beasley’s HOLIDAZE, Dec. 20
Tres Souls: Boleros de Navidad, Dec. 21
McCabe’s Guitar Shop
3101 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica
310-828-4497, mccabes.com
An Evening with Vienna Teng, Sept. 15
Steve Poltz w/Tom Howard, Sept. 22
Joe Robinson, Sept. 27
Christie Lenee, Sept. 28
Tony Trischka’s EarlJam, a Tribute to Earl Scruggs, Oct. 4
Susan Werner, Oct. 5
Jordan Tice/Cameron Knowler, Oct. 12
Jill Sobule/Jesse Lynn Madera, Oct. 13
Billy Bremner’s Rock Files, Oct. 19
Richard Shindell, Oct. 25
Rick Holstrom Band, Oct. 27
Jeffrey Foucault, Nov. 1
Grant-Lee Phillips, Nov. 2
Laura Cantrell, Nov. 3
Maya de Vitry, Nov. 15
Carla Olson presents “A Gene Clark 80th Birthday Celebration,” Nov. 16
Jane Siberry, Nov. 22
Jonatha Brooke, Nov. 23 and Nov. 24
Hiroya Tsukamota, Dec. 6
Willy Porter, Dec. 7
Jerron Paxton, Dec. 13
Bobby Rush, Dec. 15
UCLA Center for the Art of Performance
340 Royce Drive, Westwood
310-825-440, cap.ucla.edu
William Basinki Bethan Kellough, Oct. 17
Black Lodge, Oct. 19
Madame Gandhi, Nov. 2
Whispers from the Underworld, Sussan Deyhim, Nov. 17
Alarm Will Sound and Liquid Music, Sun Dogs, Nov. 23
Verdi Chorus
First Presbyterian Church, 1220 Second Street, Santa Monica
verdichorus.org
Fall Concert, Nov. 16 to Nov. 17
Dance
The Broad Stage
1310 11th Street, Santa Monica
310-434-3200, thebroadstage.org
“Is It Thursday Yet?” Oct. 3 to Oct. 5
Westside School of Ballet
1709 Stewart Street, Santa Monica
310-828-2018
westsideballet.com
“The Nutcracker,” Nov. 30-Dec. 8
UCLA Center for the Art of Performance
340 Royce Drive, Westwood
310-825-4401, cap.ucla.edu
Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero, Gregory Maqoma Vuyani Dance Theatre, Sept. 21
WAKE, Jay Carlon, Oct. 11
The Land We Carry, Gregory Maqoma, Dec. 14
Theater
The Actor’s Gang
9070 Venice Boulevard, Culver City
310-838-4264, theactorsgang.com
“Topsy Turvy,” Sept. 26 to Oct. 20
The Braid
2912 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica
310-315-1400, the-braid.org
“True Colors,” Sept. 21
“Remembrance of Things Present,” Sept. 22
“The Art of Forgiveness,” Sept. 28, Oct. 12
“I Love Jew, I Loved Jew Not,” Sept. 30, Oct. 25, Oct. 27, Dec. 10
“A Time to Laugh,” Oct. 12
“Dwell,” Oct. 20
The Broad Stage
1313 11th Street, Santa Monica
310-434-3200
thebroadstage.org
“Nat Geo Live: Wild Wolves of Yellowstone,” Oct. 17
Angela Gheorghiu & Freddie de Tommaso (opera), Sept. 26
“Nat Geo Live: Adventures in Caving,” Dec. 19
City Garage
2525 Michigan Avenue T1, Santa Monica
310-453-9939, citygarage.org
“If I Needed Someone,” now through Sept. 22
Kirk Douglas Theatre
9820 Washington Boulevard, Culver City
213-628-2772, centertheatregroup.org
“Puras Cosas Maravillosas,” Oct. 26
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 Fourth Street, Santa Monica
310-394-9779, santamonicaplayhouse.com
“Cinderella,” now through Sept. 29
“Cringe: The Musical,” Sept. 14 to Sept. 15
“Naked at My Age: A Grandma’s Surprising Sexual Renaissance,” Sept. 19 to Sept. 20
“Drunk Theatre,” select dates through December
“A Very British Lesbian,” Sept. 22
“Guardian Angels,” Sept. 26 to Sept. 29
“Absolutely Halloween,” Oct. 5 to Oct. 27
“The Hebrew Hillbilly,” Oct. 13
“The Cost of Living,” Oct. 20
UCLA Center
for the Art of Performance
340 Royce Drive, Westwood
310-825-440, cap.ucla.edu
“Walking the Beat Fountain Theater/Elizabeth Youth Theater Ensemble,” Sept. 23
“Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World/The Javaad Alipoor Company,” Sept. 27 and Sept. 28
“ROOM-i-Nation,” Aditya Prakash, Oct. 4 and Oct. 5
“Disclaimer,” Oct. 25 and Oct. 26
“Arms Around America,” Dan Froot & Company, Nov. 15 and Nov. 16
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