Dancing, Bicycling, Hunting & Gathering THIS WEEK IN L.A.FRIDAY:
- Kick up your heels - Dance Downtown is back on the Music Center Plaza featuring two Latin dance styles this month - Cumbia and Merengue.
- Prick up your ears at the End Times Opry - the Eagle Rock Music Festival presents comedy, music, poetry and spoken word at the Center For The Arts.
SATURDAY SPECTACLE ALERT: The Amgen California Tour comes to Downtown L.A. for Stage 7 time trials. Cyclists will go two laps on a 10.5 mile course through the downtown area. The start and finish is at L.A. Live.
SATURDAY/SUNDAY:
SUNDAY:
- The Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra presents Lights! Camera! Music! a tribute to movie music.
- The Autry offers up some Sunday Jazz - music and dancing with the Afro Latin Ensemble
There is more of course... Just visit the Eye Spy LA Calendar and explore all the options this week and beyond.
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A CLASH OF CULTURES IN GRAF'S WORLD PREMIERE OF "BEHIND THE GATES
by M.R. Hunter
 Wendy Graf's latest drama explores the Orthodox world behind Jerusalem's Haredi settlement of Mea Shearim-literally interpreted from Genesis as "100 Gates." From behind the wall separating this community and its laws from secular interference a troubled American teenager, Bethany (Annika Marks) disappears after converting to the faith. Seduced by the fervent devotion she believes gives her life significant meaning, the newly named Bakol soon discovers a silent but insidious attitude towards women that challenges the very tenets she tries to uphold.
Thoughtful and provocative, Graf goes behind the gates and asks hard questions about what lies beyond for the people of Mea Shearim, Israel and the outside world that rarely looks within...
READ THE FULL REVIEW
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SOUTH PACIFIC AT THE AHMANSON
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2 Fantastic Offers for SOUTH PACIFIC at the Ahmanson Theatre!
Winner of Seven 2008 Tony Awards® Including Best Musical Revival
"Gorgeous! South Pacific doesn't just float; it soars."
- Elysa Gardner, USA Today
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GOT PLANS FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND?
Maybe you're getting outta town. But if you aren't there will be plenty to do.
Such as...
- Rock'n Comic Con in Pasadena
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The 24th Annual Jazz Reggae Festival at UCLA
- The Wicked Wilde Shakespeare Festival in Santa Monica
... and tons of other options to take up that extra time off. Keep your eye on the
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