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Feb.
20 (Sun.), 6/7 pm—Salam Shalom at the Whitmore-Lindley
Theatre in NoHo
Join
other Levantine Cultural Center members and subscribers for this benefit
performance of Salam Shalom. Food/wine reception at 6 pm, play at
7, meet the artists/discussion 9:15. Tickets $25 all inclusive. Seating
limited to 50 0nly. Reserve at 310.559.5544 or click below
to purchase your tix now:
When two men, a Palestinian and an Israeli, are thrown together as
housemates the last thing they expect to do is fall in love. It is
a love affair that must transcend many taboos to survive. No matter
what your creed, color, race, or sexuality, this play demonstrates
the tenacity of true love in seeking acceptance. The play explores
the articulations between nationalism and homosexuality in the Arab
world and Israel.
Directed by Ty Donaldson, written by Saleem, featuring David Brickman,
Kara Greenberg, Yasmine Hannaney, Noah Jordan, Amro Salama, Micki
Schloss, Helen Siff, Adam Wassar and Saleem. Set design by Jurney
Suh, lighting design by Lance Charles, stage management, Brett Vice.
For the last half century the Arab/Israeli conflict has been a complex
one. Bloody confrontations, distrust and animosity characterize the
relationship between the two parties. Salam Shalom attempts
to deal with this issue from a thought-provoking and human point of
view. Written by Saleem, Salam Shalom was the winner of the
1996 Harvey Fierstein award for best original writing, presented by
GLAAD. The first workshop and main stage production in L.A. was at
the Open Fist Theater company in '95 and '96. It then toured Southern
California and had a highly successful international tour in Sydney,
Australia in 1997. In September 2003, Salam Shalom played in
San Francisco Bay Area at the New Conservatory Theater to sold out
performances. Saleem has now dramatically revised the play and made
it more relevant to the current situation in Israel and Palestine.
Salam Shalom attempts to humanize the complexities of the ethnic
conflict with thought-provoking dramatic situations and strong characterizations.
Notes Saleem, "The timing has never been better to bring back
this this piece of work to L.A. and showcase it to the film and TV
industry as a potential film project."
Previews thru Fri., Feb. 11. Tix $15. Gala opening and food/wine reception,
Sat., Feb. 12. Tix $30. Runs through March 27, Fri/Sat at 8 pm, Sundays
at 7 pm. General admission $20. Call for tickets, 323.933.9214,
ext. 3. or email for info.
Visit Salam Shalom web
site for details. Whitmore Lindley Theatre, 11006 Magnolia Blvd.
at Vineland, North Hollywood 91601.
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March
5 (Sat.), 6:45/8:30 pm—"Peace of Music" with Don
Grusin & The Hang/Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Ensemble in Culver
City Double Bill
See Grammy-winner composer, arranger and jazz great Don Grusin,
along with world music star Omar Faruk Tekbilek and his ensemble
at cabaret prices in this exclusive double bill. A mix of contemporary
jazz, traditional Sufi music, folk and contemporary Middle Eastern
world music.
Don Grusin starts at 6:45 pm and Omar Faruk Tekbilek at 8:30 pm.
Omar Faruk Tekbilek is amaster of the ney (a hollow reed-like instrument
with seven holes) as well as numerous other Middle-Eastern instruments.
He writes, composes, performs all around the world, and is considered
to be one of the true pioneers who has brought contemporary Middle-Eastern
sounds to the West. He is of Turkish and Egyptian roots and his
music emanates from the depths of Anatolian soil, as well as Greece,
Mediterranean, Persia, Arab countries, North Africa, reaching as
far as Spain as do his Sufi spiritual roots. Faruk, as he is often
known, has released numerous recordings, including "Beyond
the Sky," "One" and "Alif." For more, see
Omar Faruk
Tekbilek's site.
About Don Grusin: In 1975 a call from Quincy Jones to join his band
and tour Japan & US proved to be the catalyst that focused Don
Grusin's intentions. He settled in Los Angeles and began working
as a studio musician, playing piano, Fender Rhodes, and synthesizers.
He played on records (as they called them in those days), for many
of the great ones: Billy Eckstein, Peggy Lee, Tom Scott, Quincy
Jones, Lee Ritenour, Sergio Mendez, Sadao Watanabe, Milton Nascimento,
Gilberto Gil, Dori Caymmi, Patti Austin, and his brother Dave Grusin.
Since then, Don Grusin has recorded many albums, including most
recently "Banana Fish," "The Hang" and "Signatures."
For more about Don Grusin visit
his site.
Robert Frost Auditorium, Culver City High School, 4401 Elenda Street,
Culver City CA 90230. Tickets only $12 if purchased in advance,
by March 3, and $15 at the door. Call 310.842.4200 ext. 6064
or 6016 for info.
You can pick up your tickets in person at the following music store
locations: Musicall, 517 N. Fairfax, LA 90036, 323.951.0011 or Musicall
in the Valley, 12450 Burbank Blvd., 818.980.9849; or at Aron's Records,
1150 N. Highland Ave., 323.469.4700; or at Hear Music, 1429 3rd
Street Promenade, Santa Monica, 310.319.9527.
 March
6 (Sun.), 7:00 pm—Savina Yannatou at Schoenberg Hall, an evening
of Greek and Mediterranean Vocal Music
with Primavera en Salonico
ECM recording
artist Savina Yannatou is one of the most respected singers in Greek
music today, hailed for a style that is "little short of astonishing
as she adapts her voice—sweet and childlike in some cases,
harsh and masculine in others—to songs from Greece, Sardinia,
the Hebrides, the Carribean, Sephardic Spain and beyond" [Los
Angeles Times]. In this intimate, acoustic concert Yannatou and
her group mesmerize audiences with their combination of traditional
music and free improvisation.
Tickets through UCLA
Live's web site, or call 310.825.2101. Tix $40, $28 and $15
(UCLA students).
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