To listen to LA news, the sky is falling, but it is just rain. What this means for those of you headed out to take in some of the MANY magnificent dance shows and film screenings tonight is that you WILL take the streets. Steer clear of the freeways as they have absolutely horrible drainage and most of the lane dividers are not visible during downpours, let alone during downpours at night. Give yourself some extra extra time to get to the show, which means as soon as you are done reading this, head to the theater of your choice!
REDCAT, 631 W. 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Winter Studio, Saturday & Sunday, February 19 - 20, 8:30 PM; $15/$12/$8
Winter Studio 2011 features some of my fav fools of the performance art scene: Marcus Kuiland Nazario and Kristena Wong. This round of STUDIO is INSANE! OMG, looks ridiculously good. I am especially interested in BEATRIX*JAR: B. LUXX & J. STARR but I am wondering about putting an ensemble piece with six kids, EMILY MAST: WE PLAY NOTHING, on the same bill as Cat Lady. Wong's Cat Lady is nasty nasty nasty. I laughed so hard at Anatomy Riot #38, almost dropped my camera phone. MKN's Drift is most assuredly not all about sleep neither, ahem. Well, who am I to talk? Gregory Barnett selects his outrageously revealing outfits based on whether or not my kids will be in the audience.
PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL, Culver Plaza Theater, 9919 Washington Blvd, Saturday night February 19th, tickets at the box office, $11
Fantastic fantastic fantastic line up of films, and the rain even gave us a break a bit earlier today, atypical for the festival which almost always takes place during a torrential downpour. Oh the black girl hair angst! Right, so films to go check tonight, seeing as I missed "The Prof" by Abena Busia this morning at 11 AM (walking pneumonia is no joke). Well, tonight, there is quite a range of things to see, so please go "flip through" this pretty happening film guide. Desert Flower, about a refugee from Mogadishu finding a career as a supermodel in London sounds interesting for 8:30, Mountains Take Wing at 6:30 PM could be both depressing and incredibly inspiring, especially if you love you some Angela Davis; at 8 PM definitely go check Flags, Feathers and Lies, a documentary on the Mardis Gras Indian and the possible disappearance of this unique art form; and PAFF staff highly recommend Scheherazade,Tell Me Story, a narrative film depicting a female talk show host in Egypt who unwittingly oversteps her boundaries
A Little Louder: Performance in Conversation #1: DOUGLAS KEARNEY, Kristi Engle Gallery, 5002 York Blvd., Los Angeles, CA Saturday, Feb 19, 8 - 11:30 PM
Highland Park is in for a treat. This is one bad-ass poet. Brotha can ROCK IT! I might end up there, though Studio doth call. If you have never seen this man do his do, you gotta get there.
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