Posts by Bondo Wyszpolski
South Bay arts calendar for August 3 to 9
Thursday, August 3 Royalty rocks King Chris plays funk and soul from 6 to 8 p.m. on the west end of the Redondo Beach Pier, where the Octagon meets the International Boardwalk. Free. More at redondopier.com. Photographic possibilities PADA (or the Photographic and Digital Artists group) is having their third and final reception from 6…
Read MoreSouth Bay art calendar for July 27 to Aug. 2
Thursday, July 27 Wild and restless Franks & Deans gives us a rock and roll Rat Pack tribute from 6 to 8 p.m. on the pier in Redondo Beach, at the octagon where the pier meets the International Boardwalk. Free. Still need help? Redondopier.com. The Doctor is in The Aerospace Players are presenting “Seussical the…
Read MoreSouth Bay arts calendar for July 20 to 26
Thursday, July 20 In the city of planes The second of three El Segundo Art Walks takes place throughout downtown El Segundo, from 5 to 9 p.m. Info at participating venues, including El Cuervo Gallery (featured in last week’s Easy Reader). You can start at 212 Eucalyptus Drive for a map and drink. Artists include…
Read MoreEl Cuevo’s Mark Waldman Bares All
Dark Carnival of the Soul Mark Waldman’s “Flea Circus” opens Saturday at El Cuervo Gallery A few years ago, when things were looking really good for him, Fate stepped in and threw Mark Waldman three straight strikes. Prior to that, he’d been a family man with a supercool gallery in El Segundo called Gasoline. Based…
Read MoreSouth Bay arts calendar for July 13 to 19
Thursday, July 13 A potent mix Pale Chubs, a name you have to love, performs jazz/reggae from 6 to 8 p.m. on the ocean side of the Redondo Beach Pier. More love at redondopier.com. A wild one, ain’t she? “The Taming of the Shrew” is being staged outdoors, under the stars, by Shakespeare by the…
Read MoreReal News, Fake News, in the 18th Century
Pomp and Pageantry “Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe” at the Getty If we didn’t have cell phones, camcorders or cameras, how would we document and later commemorate historic events like the assaults on Pearl Harbor or the twin towers in New York, let alone the allegedly unsurpassed attendance at this year’s presidential inauguration?…
Read More“Off with their heads!” It’s a Queendom at ShockBoxx Gallery
Killer Queens A new game of thrones opens Saturday at ShockBoxx in Hermosa Beach It’s back. Huh, what’s back? “Queendom,” the installation piece by Patty Grau and Diane Strack, which was one of the highlights or hijinks of last month’s “CA 101.” Despite its resemblance to a kitschy photobooth, the work mesmerized nearly everyone who…
Read MoreSouth Bay arts calendar for July 6 to 12
Thursday, July 6 Back to our roots? Popravinas plays Americana at the Octagon on the Redondo Beach Pier from 6 to 8 p.m. Free. More at redondopier.com. Camera magic PADA, or Photographers and Digital Artists, are showing their work through August 3 at The Loft, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro. The group includes Judy…
Read MoreJudy Herman and PADA artists on view at The Loft in San Pedro
Aiming High for that Desired Result Judy Herman is among the PADA artists with new work at The Loft in San Pedro When Judy Herman is asked whether she considers herself a painter or a photographer, her reply is that she employs different mediums. “My approaches (to making art) range from realistic to completely non-objective,”…
Read MoreSouth Bay art calendar from June 29-July 6
Thursday, June 29 Brain drain Manhattan Beach-based Kairos Dance Company presents “Light in the Moonless Night” at 8 p.m. in the Ivy Substation, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City. This dance piece explores the stories of six individuals touched by mental illness, and it shows mental illness in its past, present, and hopeful future through dance.…
Read More“Beyond the Waterfront” – Site-specific dance theater with an operatic spin
Sailors and Sirens Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre’s “Beyond the Waterfront” – a review A dance opera that takes place aboard two tall ships at the Port of Los Angeles? That was something far too tempting to pass up. “Beyond the Waterfront,” presented by the iconic Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre in collaboration with LA Opera, the…
Read MoreMore razzle-dazzle in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Magic in the Air “Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle” debuts at Universal Studios Enter Hogsmeade Village, and dozens of children can be seen flittering to and fro with their magic wands, waving them expectantly at designated sites and perhaps muttering spells and incantations. But the real magic as of this weekend is the Nighttime Lights…
Read MoreFriday Kahlo: Sensuality and Sorrow
Long Beach Opera presents “Frida” – a review We may think that artists, highly regarded in the present, have always been recognized as a breed apart and above, but fame is fickle even when the talent seems obvious. In the years after her death in 1954, Frida Kahlo lingered in the immense shadow of her…
Read MoreSouth Bay Film Festival starts Tonight
Cause and Effect A film festival with something to say The South Bay Film + Music Festival, now in its second year, opens this evening with “Under an Arctic Sky,” and continues through Sunday. The screenings will largely take place in the Hermosa Community Theatre, with additional events at the Manhattan Beach Art Center and…
Read MoreSaturday shindig at Torrance Cultural Arts
All Together Now Torrance art festival has music, dance, painting, and more Envisioned as a celebration of the diversity of the arts in the South Bay, from San Pedro to El Segundo, the Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation, or TOCA, has made big plans and is about to bring them to fruition. The inaugural South Bay…
Read MoreSouth Bay art calendar for June 22 to 28
Thursday, June 22 Soon to be friends Strangers on a Saturday Night, featuring organist Carey Frank, guitarist Will Brahm, and drummer Jamey Tate, perform from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Torrance Art Museum, 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, as part of the ongoing Thursday Tunes at TAM music series. The current exhibits are “Why…
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