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Santa Monica, a Lifelong Learning Community
JANUARY 2010 Tuesday, January 12, City Council discusses possibility of Broad Art Museum City Hall 1685 Main Street Free Really Big News! It looks like a new Broad museum of contemporary art will be coming to the Santa Monica Civic Center! The City Council will discuss principles for concluding the negotiation with the Broad Foundation to establish the museum here in Santa Monica. The staff report is online at http://www01.smgov.net/cityclerk/council/agendas/2010/20100112/s2010011208-A.htm Wednesday, January 13, 7 p.m. Author’s talk & book signing: Mindsight Barnes & Noble 3rd Street Promenade 1201 3rd Street, Santa Monica Free Rsvp to adit@drdansiegel.com Dr. Dan Siegel spoke at our very first Lifelong Learning Community Conference about brain development in children from birth to age three. His new book, “Mindsight:The New Science of Personal Transformation” sounds like it is applicable to all ages. Dr. Siegel is an excellent speaker with a fascinating expertise. If you can make this event, please do! For more information, please visit www.drdansiegel.com Wednesday, January 13, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Can I Retire? How Do I Know? YWCA Santa Monica / Westside Community Room 2019 14th Street Moderator, Hollis Harman $45. To register, please call 310 452-3881. The YWCA hosts this financial literacy seminar for women. Thursday, January 14, 7:30 p.m. Christopher Knight: "Criticism, Journalism & Looking @ Art" The Broad Stage at Santa Monica College Santa Monica Boulevard at 11th Street Free The Santa Monica College Art Department, in conjunction with Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, is pleased to present "Criticism, Journalism and Looking @ Art," a public lecture by Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight. Knight is the 2009-10 visiting critic in Fine Arts at Otis. His lecture will roam far and wide over art, journalism, history and critical art writing by journalists and others and will include examples found in traditional print media and online media. Distinctions will be made among journalistic, trade, academic and theoretical criticism. Friday, January 15, 7:30 – 9am Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Interfaith Prayer Breakfast Calvary Baptist Church 1502 20th Street Suggested donation is $25 per person or $200 for a table for ten. Free parking across the street at St. Anne's This year’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will feature speaker Reverend Louis Chase, Minister of the Hamilton United Methodist Church of Los Angeles and Acting Chair of the Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace. Rev. Chase works on issues of race, environment, immigration, promoting peace, and nuclear disarmament. This is the first of three events to celebrate the birthday of the slain civil rights leader. The celebrations are presented in cooperation with the Westside Interfaith Coalition and the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra. To make reservations or for more information, please contact westsideinterfaithcoalition@yahoo.com or call 310-452-1116. Friday, January 15, 3:30 p.m. Julianne Bruce in Concert Santa Monica Main Library, Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium 601 Santa Monica Boulevard Free This delightful concert of flute and piano pieces by a variety of composers including Ibert, Poulenc and Mozart is an event of The Living Room …a place for adults. Julianne Bruce began studying flute at age nine. She was principal flute of the Santa Monica High School Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, as well as flute section leader in the Marching Band. She was also principal flute of the All Southern California Honor Orchestra and the California Orchestra Director's Association Orchestra. Julianne is now studying with Michel Debost at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and will graduate this spring. Sunday, January 17, 3:30 p.m. 4th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Concert SGI-USA Auditorium 525 Wilshire Boulevard Free The 4th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Concert features the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Allen Robert Gross with tuba soloist Christopher Miller performing Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky, suite from "the Firebird" by Stravinsky, Tuba Concerto by Vaughan Williams, and Danzon No. 2 by Marquez. This is the second of three events to celebrate the birthday of the slain civil rights leader. The celebrations are presented in cooperation with the Westside Interfaith Coalition and the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra. For more information, please call 310/395-6330 or go to www.smsymphony.org Monday, January 18, 9am 25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration Keynote Speaker: Dr. Adena Williams Loston SGI-USA Auditorium 525 Wilshire Boulevard Free This multiethnic interfaith program includes inspirational readings, music, and presentations of scholarships, along with a keynote address by Dr. Adena Williams Loston who serves as the 14th President of St. Philip’s College, our nation’s only Historically Black College and Hispanic Serving Instituion. The celebration is followed by a Community Involvement Fair, from 11 a.m. to noon at 606 Wilshire Blvd. Free parking is available on 7th Street, behind the 7-11 store on Wilshire Boulevard. This annual celebration on the official King holiday has become one of the largest and most diverse celebrations of its kind in Southern California. It is co-sponsored by Santa Monica College, Santa Monica College Associates, the City of Santa Monica, City TV-Santa Monica, RAND Corp., and SGI-USA. For more information, please call (310) 434-4303 or (310) 453-5511. Tuesday, January 19, 7:00 pm Santa Monica High School Jazz Band Santa Monica High School, Barnum Hall 601 Pico Boulevard $10 at the door; $5 for students/seniors Featuring special guest artist Bob Mintzer, world-renowned tenor saxophonist and jazz arranger. Bob Mintzer is the Director of Jazz Studies at USC. Wednesday, January 20, noon – 1:00pm Navigating the Senior Care Maze Speaker: Bonnie Davis, Elderly Advisor – A Place for Mom Santa Monica YMCA, DeWind Room 1332 6th Street FREE Learn the different elder care options that are available and how to determine the one that fits the specific needs of a family. In addition, Bonnie will clarify available funding sources. For more information contact Lidia Magarian, Senior Physical Director at the YMCA (310) 393-2721ext. 129 or email lidiam@ymcasm.org. Free underground parking is available. Picture ID is required. School Budget Presentation Wednesday, January 20, 7:00-9:00pm Santa Monica High School Cafeteria 601 Pico Boulevard Free California’s continuing budget crisis means cuts in public education. Our school district cut 4.5 this year and will probably need to cut another $8 million for the 2010-11 school year. Superintendent Tim Cuneo writes: "During the next six months, the Board of Education will be studying potential revenue enhancements and budget reductions. Examples of these include: a new parcel tax to offset a portion of this shortfall a reduction in the school year by five days increases in class size at all grade levels additional positions being cut at the district office and school sites additional energy and utilities conservation fewer summer school class offerings reductions of support staff such as librarians, nurses, counselors, and classroom aides" Superintendent Cuneo invites school and community members to attend meetings to learn more about the impact of the states funding short fall on the district’s budget. This January 20 meeting is the first of four budget presentations (January 20, 21, 26, & 27) that the superintendent will be making this month at school sites. Everyone is invited to attend. For more information, please visit the district website at www.smmusd.org. Budget materials can be found at http://www.smmusd.org/fiscal/0910BudgetInfo.html. Thursday, January 21, 7:30 a.m.-10 a.m. State of the City Breakfast The Broad Stage at Santa Monica College Santa Monica Boulevard at 11th Street Tickets range from $35 to $60. For tickets, call (310) 393-9825 ext. 10 or go to www.smchamber.com. Santa Monica College is pleased to host the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce's State of the City 2010 breakfast honoring Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and featuring keynote speaker Bill Allen, president and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp. In addition, the event will serve as a platform to say goodbye to outgoing Santa Monica City Manager P. Lamont Ewell and to welcome his successor, Rod Gould. January 21 is Ewell's last day as city manager. Thursday, January 21, 7:00-9:00pm School Budget Presentation Malibu High School Auditorium 30215 Morning View Drive, Malibu Free For more information, please see the description for the January 20 Budget Presentation at Samohi. Saturday, January 23, 2-3:30pm The New Retirement: Women in Transition Santa Monica Public Library, Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium 601 Santa Monica Boulevard Free For the first time in history, millions of working and career women are facing retirement with few, if any, role models. This life stage is creating new expectations, challenges and possibilities. Learn how women are facing the “new retirement,” their key issues and the emerging resources relevant to their professional and personal lives. This event is part of The Living Room Series and is sponsored by The Older Adult Task Force (OATF). The OATF, part of the Lifelong Learning Community Project, is a consortium of over 35 organizations. OATF promotes lifelong learning for adults through its various projects and collaboration amongst its member organizations. Tuesday, January 26, 7:00-9:00pm School Budget Presentation John Adams Middle School Cafeteria 2426 16th Street Free For more information, please see the description for the January 20 Budget Presentation at Samohi. Wednesday, January 27, 7:00-9:00pm School Budget Presentation Lincoln Middle School Cafeteria 1501 California Avenue Free For more information, please see the description for the January 20 Budget Presentation at Samohi. Saturday, January 30, 2:00 p.m. Forum of Local Artists: "Art with Cultural Folk Stories" Santa Monica Public Library, Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium 601 Santa Monica Boulevard Free The Senior Arts Foundation and the City of Santa Monica present “Art with Cultural Folk Stories.” This forum will present local artists who infuse their work with cultural folk stories. Through their art, they inspire us to learn more about the different histories, traditions, humor and lifestyles of their unique cultures. Ronn Davis, Santa Monica College Art Department Chair, will moderate a panel discussion, featuring American artist Ramona Otto, Persian artist Badri Borghei, and Korean artist Younghee Park. Ramona Otto has been a teacher of academically gifted children for 35 years, and her classes have always been a receptive audience to her work. Born in Tehran, Iran, Badri Borghei expresses her work through the ancient form of Persian Miniature Art. With her art, she tries to inspire younger generations who know little about Persian tradition and culture. Born in Korea and educated in Japan at the Ikenobo School, Younghee Park uses cloth flower arrangement as an expression of her interpretation and perception of nature. Her cloth flowers are also symbolic representations of family stories and experiences. The Senior Arts and Community Forum series is sponsored by the city’s Cultural Affairs and Human Services Divisions, the Santa Monica Public Library, and the Senior Arts Foundation, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to making the arts more accessible to seniors. For more information about the Senior Arts Foundation visit www.SeniorArtsFoundation.org. This Forum is also endorsed by Santa Monica College’s Emeritus College. This Program is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Senior Arts Foundation at (310) 393-0701, ext. 21, or the Main Library at (310) 458-8600. Sundays, Thursdays, Saturdays, January 31 – April 25 The Wonder of Learning - The Hundred Languages of Children Exhibit Thursdays 4-8pm ; Saturdays 10-4pm ; Sundays 12-4pm 1129 Second Street Free It is fitting and hopeful and a testament to Santa Monica’s status as a lifelong learning community that we end this month with the opening of this very special exhibition that celebrates and supports learning in young children. “The Wonder of Learning - The Hundred Languages of Children” is the newest North American version of “The Hundred Languages of Children” exhibit that has been touring the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1987. From birth, children use many “languages,” such as art, music, play, drama and literacy, to learn about and make meaning of the world. To help educators, parents and other advocates for children to better understand the powerful learning that occurs in early childhood, the world-renowned Reggio Emilia approach to education gives visibility to the values of its experience through this interactive traveling exhibit. A series of professional development initiatives has been organized in connection with The Wonder of Learning - The Hundred Languages of Children. exhibit in Santa Monica, including: "Dialogues for Quality in Education: The School as a Place of Community, Collaboration, Research and Innovation" will be presented January 28-30, hosted by First Presbyterian Nursery School. For more information about the exhibition and the presentations, please go to http://www.reggioexhibitla.com/ or email reggioexhibitla@first-pres.net For more activities, I strongly suggest you monitor or subscribe to the following: City Master Calendar Sortable by Location, Event Type, and Age Group http://calendar.smgov.net/city/eventcalendar.asp ................................................ The Palette If you are interested in the arts and cultural events, be sure to subscribe to the Santa Monica Arts Palette at http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=902 You will receive a weekly email telling you about visual and performing arts events for that week and weekend. This is a great service! ................................................ Santa Monica Pier eMailing List Go to http://www.santamonicapier.org/subscribe.html to sign up for “Beyond the Pier” so that you will receive updates by email regarding events happening at the Santa Monica Pier. ................................................ Santa Monica College offers the community performances, lectures, exhibitions, Friday night planetarium shows..... you can find out what’s happening each month by going to http://www.smc.edu/events ................................................ The Broad Stage is a wonderful, still new, elegant, intimate, acoustically fine-tuned theater at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center that has just finished a remarkable first season. The Broad Stage maintains a website (separate from the SMC website) for events featuring professional artists. Please visit The Broad and www.thebroadstage.com ................................................ Planetarium shows on Friday nights at SMC are listed at http://www.smc.edu/apps/agenda.asp?Q=9&G=1&C=agenda ................................................ The Santa Monica Public Library is a must-bookmark-site! Our libraries offer a great menu of interesting and varied programming for people of all ages and interests -- films, lectures, book groups, and other special events. The library events calendar is posted at http://www.smpl.org/libraryevents.htm The City’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment has a new, very informative website that includes a calendar of environment-related events. http://www.smgov.net/departments/ose/ ................................................ The School District website has a useful color-coded calendar that includes special school events as well as Board meetings. Please check it out at http://www.smmusd.org/calendar/index.html ................................................ The Santa Monica Visitors and Convention Bureau maintains a Calendar of Events at http://www.santamonica.com/events-calendar/ City of Santa Monica now posts upcoming events and some full calendars if you click on the appropriate headings in the top right hand corner of the home page at http://www.santa-monica.org/ Lifelong Learning Community Links lists these and many other useful websites including local theatrical companies – listed under "Local Museums and Special Venues." Please use these links to stay abreast of these wonderful local organizations. Links can be found at http://smllc.org/links.html Art Exhibitions SMC Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery http://events.smc.edu/art_gallery.html Bergamot Station www.bergamotstation.com/ Highways http://www.highwaysperformance.org/ Santa Monica Art Studios http://www.santamonicaartstudios.com/ Santa Monica Museum of Art www.smmoa.org/ 18^th Street Arts Complex http://www.18thstreet.org/ Book Groups http://www.smpl.org/reading/bookgroups.htm Film Screenings Aero Theater Calendar Listings http://www.americancinematheque.com/Aero/aeromastercalendar.htm SMC's Film Series http://www.smc.edu/apps/agenda.asp?Q=5&G=1&C=agenda Santa Monica Film Festival http://www.artsfightingcancer.com/santamonica.html Lectures California Lawyers for the Arts www.CALawyersForTheArts.org Library Events http://www.smpl.org/ SMC Lectures http://www.smc.edu/apps/agenda.asp?Q=7&G=1&C=agenda Museums & Tours California Heritage Museum http://www.californiaheritagemuseum.org/ Santa Monica Historical Society http://www.santamonicahistory.org/ Santa Monica Museum of Art www.smmoa.org/ Santa Monica Conservancy http://www.smconservancy.org/mtpages/main.shtml Music, Theater, Dance Santa Monica Symphony www.smsymphony.org/ SMC Events smc.edu/events Edgemar Center for the Arts http://www.edgemar.org/Edgemar/Home.html Highways http://www.highwaysperformance.org/ Miles Playhouse http://www.milesplayhouse.org/ Morgan Wixson Theater http://www.morgan-wixson.org/ The Powerhouse Theater http://www.milesplayhouse.org/ Ruskin Group Theater Company http://www.ruskingrouptheatre.com/ Santa Monica Civic Light Opera http://www.smclo.org/ Santa Monica Playhouse www.santamonicaplayhouse.com/ Virginia Avenue Project http://www.virginiaavenueproject.org/ Planetarium Shows http://smc.edu/events What's Happening on the Pier www.santamonicapier.org Looking for even more things to do? 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