Posts by Bondo Wyszpolski
La Mer Consort and Renaissance music
Renaissance fare Early music group La Mer Consort performs Sunday in Manhattan Beach What if you could delight in a freshly painted Botticelli, leaf through a crisp new edition of Boccaccio, and swoon to the latest music by Telemann and Palestrina? But you can’t, because the heyday of the Renaissance was 500 years ago and…
Read MoreSouth Bay arts calendar for Nov. 29-Dec. 5
Thursday, November 29 Now it’s in their court The artists’ reception for the “Faculty Show” takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. in the El Camino College Art Gallery, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, and it’s exactly what the title says. There’s a gallery talk at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Closes Dec. 12. Call (310) 660-3010…
Read MoreA visual journey with artist Peggy Reavey
“Sometimes you look at a cartoon and it might be really clever, but it’s like finding Waldo. Might take a little while but then it’s just a quick ‘aha’ and it’s over. Peggy’s art emits layers and layers of wonder and meaning. She’s not trying to hide anything from you, but it’s not simple either.…
Read MoreEarly season’s greetings from Surf City Theatre
Christmas and Hanukkah stories, gift-wrapped and parodied Surf City Theatre’s “A Very Special Holiday Special” opens Saturday Here’s how it started. At last year’s cast party for “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” the actors read aloud a few vignettes that were in the holiday spirit. They must have had a few chuckles…
Read MoreSouth Bay arts calendar for Nov. 15 to 21
Friday, November 16 Death was no obstacle “Forever Plaid,” the musical comedy about four lads (an all-male harmony group) who die tragically in the 1950s but manage to return from the great beyond for one last (and presumably memorable) concert, is being performed on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.…
Read MoreSouth Bay arts calendar for Nov. 8 to 14
Thursday, November 8 Opening night, take two “Ephemeral,” featuring the spatial seascapes of Andre Snyman, is on view from 6 to 9 p.m. at Resin, 618 Cypress Ave., Hermosa Beach. Sad death of a young man “The Laramie Project,” by Moisés Kaufman and the Techtonic Theatre Company, is being presented in Mira Costa High School’s…
Read MoreWords of wisdom: PVHS class of 1968 looks back 50 years
A letter to our younger selves 50 years on: Palos Verdes High School’s Class of 1968 reflects and looks forward By the early summer of 1968, pop music was at its peak, social unrest was beginning to brew across the country, and baby boomers were booming and blooming. Released into this era of the tumultuous…
Read More“Satyagraha” shimmers on the opera stage
“Satyagraha” by Philip Glass at LA Opera, a review A fantasia or meditation on the life of Mohandas Gandhi might not seem like the ideal choice for an opera, but “Satyagraha,” which Philip Glass composed nearly 40 years ago (it premiered in 1980), is musically spellbinding. It is also, in this co-production of the English…
Read MoreSouth Bay arts calendar for Nov. 1 to 7
Thursday, November 1 Through the viewfinder The San Pedro Photography Association’s “San Pedro Photographer’s Show” features work by Vince Pirozzi, Janine King, Lisa Greget, Mark Radmilovich, Lena Milos, Bobby Fabro, and Larry Hodgson, and it takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. at Dekor Gallery, 445 W. Sixth St., San Pedro. Hosted by Lisa Medina-Guthman,…
Read MoreSouth Bay art calendar for October 26 to 31
Friday, October 26 Concert season opener The Beach Cities Symphony, under the direction of Barry Brisk, performs at 8 p.m. in Marsee Auditorium at El Camino College, Crenshaw and Redondo Beach boulevards, Torrance. The program features the “Festive Overture” by Joel Feigin, the “Violin Concerto in D minor” by Jean Sibelius (with soloist Aubree Oliverson)…
Read MoreVideo animation & painting by Carla Viparelli opens Friday in Manhattan Beach
Artistry in motion “Mimesis,” with painting and video animation by Carla Viparelli, opens in Manhattan Beach Simply put, most local art venues feature local artists. However, working with the Manhattan Beach Art Center, curator Homeira Goldstein has turned this idea on its head in a big way: Carla Viparelli, whose solo exhibition “Mimesis,” opens this…
Read More“Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden” – some enchanted evening at the Huntington
“Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden” – a theater review Immersive tales of love across time and space at the Huntington The evocatively titled “Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden” has everything but the fireflies, the cicadas, and the crickets in their bamboo cages. But it’s easy to imagine that they’re present as well. Written, and I’m…
Read MoreSouth Bay arts calendar for Oct. 18 to 24
Thursday, October 18 Indian blood “Matriarchs” opens at ESMoA, 208 Main St., El Segundo. The work on view by 12 contemporary womxn (?) indigenous artists includes fashion, metalwork, photography, painting, basketry, and video. Through Jan. 26. More at esmoa.org. Friday, October 19 First wife’s ghost returns “Blithe Spirit,” a witty and amusing play by Sir…
Read MoreThrough it all he kept dancing
In step with Bollywood choreographer Nakul Dev Mahajan
Read MoreSpeaking Up for Planet Earth
Robert Glenn Ketchum and the visual aesthetics of environmental awareness
Read MoreSouth Bay arts calendar for Oct. 11 to 17
Thursday, October 11 Wide-ranging, vibrant “Caminos and Passages,” a solo show devoted to artist, educator, and collector Raoul de la Sota, opens with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. in the El Camino College Art Gallery, located at Crenshaw and Redondo Beach boulevards, Torrance. A gallery talk is set for Tuesday at 1 p.m.…
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