Weekend Plans? Frogtown Artwalk, Blended Worlds at the Brand & Ms. Tucker Will See You Now!
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Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and… stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to ‘walk about’ into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want? – Vasily Kandinsky
With so many choices on a weekend, in a town that has everything happening all at once, we thought we’d share three things we’re looking forward to this weekend. Have fun, take care, make sure you’re registered to vote.
Frogtown Artwalk September 21st
Saturday is the biennial Frogtown Artwalk hosted by the Elysian Valley Arts Collective, from 4-10 pm. People can wander the LA River path and the streets of Frogtown to discover new artists like RabbleRouse amiga, Patricia Rae’s gorgeous artwork while you’re there. Find her exhibit behind the FSY Architects Inc. building.
Enjoy great music and cultural performances and please, grab a bite from a rich variety of food trucks. Attendee’s are encouraged to walk, bike, take public transportation or a ride-share to Artwalk. For more information go to the website EVArtsCollective.com. MAP
“Blended Worlds: Experiments In Interplanetary Imagination” at The Brand Library & Art Center
Saturday the 21st also marks the opening for an exciting new exhibition titled “Blended Worlds: Experiments In Interplanetary Imagination,” at the Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale The exhibit is presented by Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide a fascinating and mind-opening series “exploring the intersections of art and science-past, present and in the imaginable future.”
“Blended Worlds” will be on view September 21-January 4, 2025. It is a collaboration between the City of Glendale’s Library, Arts & Culture Department and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), an operating division of Caltech, a Federally Funded Research and Development Center for NASA.
Through a series of art and science collaborations, “Blended Worlds” explores the landscape of human relationships with our ever-expanding environment. The exhibition includes artists collaborating with a team of JPL scientists and engineers to present a vision of the future that invites the viewer to consider the impact of greater connectedness with nature and its ability to foster a renewed sense of wonder and curiosity with our planet and the cosmos. Spanning a range of multimedia and cross-disciplinary works from 11 artists.**
Sunday it’s Laural Meade’s Ms. Tucker Will See You Now with Special Guest Gregory Nabours at the Piano
Songs! Stories! Foul language! All inspired by late great jazz icon Sophie Tucker! Combining the pizzazz of Tucker’s risqué song catalog with raucous audience interaction, this cabaret-inspired show serves up the extraordinary life of one of the first adults-only female performers. Come enjoy the rollicking energy that made Tucker the most sought-after nightclub entertainer of her day. Ticket Information at Ovation Tix: HERE
Laural Meade’s live theater creations explore titillating figures from early 20th century American history and have been seen in venues near and far, from L.A. ‘s Mark Taper Forum to Chicago’s Bailiwick to Speeltheater in Edam, Holland. Laural writes and directs – and often takes over the mic, delivering a special brand of torchy-jazz-pop. She has kicked up her heels while singing material both sacred and profane at Largo at the Coronet, The Bootleg, Fais Do-do, Getty Villa, The Mint and the Los Angeles Theater Center. The historic Gardenia Supper Club recently featured her in a year-long performance residency, belting out the saucy songs and stories of jazz great Sophie Tucker. When she’s not telling Tucker’s dirty jokes, you can find her in a professorial role at Occidental College – goading young theater artists to be louder, faster and funnier..
“Meade aces the material…delivering knockout interpretations of Tucker classics! Arrestingly poignant and indelibly memorable… a perfect evening!” Travis Holder ticketholdersLA.com
Gregory Nabours lives and works in Los Angeles as a composer/lyricist and music director. His life in music has forayed into classical piano, jazz, film scoring, and choral music, with a focus on musical theater. He is the Resident Composer and a founding member of Coeurage Theatre Company. As a music director, Gregory’s work on the intimate theater production of The Color Purple earned him an Ovation Award, the LA Drama Critics Circle Award, the LA Weekly Award, and the NAACP Award for Best Musical Direction. Other credits include In the Heights, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Falsettos, Rent, The Wild Party, A New Brain, Spring Awakening, Into the Woods, Assassins, and The Full Monty. Current projects include music directing the immensely popular bi-monthly (Mostly) Musicals cabaret, in local appearances at The Write-Off Room, The Rockwell, Vitello’s and The Federal.
