Fela Afrobeat on stage at Ahmanson in L A
Reviews celebrate Sahr Ngaijah as Fela in the Ahmanson run through January 22. The production blends Afrobeat power with multimedia elements and a cast including Adesola Osakalumi, Paulette Ivory, Rasaan Elijah Green, Gelan Lambert, Ismael Kouyate, Melanie Marshall, and others. The piece, tied to choreographer Bill T. Jones and book co writer Jim Lewis, draws on Fela Kuti’s political music and life in a high energy, provocative theater experience.
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Adesola Osakalumi
Sahr
Fela
Let's
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Rasaan- Elijah
Taku” Green
Gelan Lambert
Ismael Kouyate
Melanie Marshall
Jela
Finmilayo
Bill T. Jones
Bill
Jim Lewis
Sahr Ngaijah
Adesola Osakafumi
Shakespeare Club Auditions For The Music Man
Pasadena group holds auditions the weeks of January 16 and 23 2012 at the Shakespeare Club Villa and San Gabriel Mission Playhouse for Meredith Willson's The Music Man benefit production at the San Gabriel Playhouse on March 24 25 2012 No Pay Non Equity auditions limited to barbershop quartets men and children contact (626) 281-1313 or visit www shakespeareclub org for appointments and tickets available online
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Pasadena Symphony Opens 2012 with Elgar and Mendelssohn
Pasadena Symphony and conductor David Lockington present Elgar's Cello Concerto with Andrew Shulman on January 14 at Ambassador Auditorium. The program also features Philip Sawyers The Gale of Life and Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony, reflecting a British Isles-inspired theme as the orchestra enters its second season at Ambassador. Shulman, principal cello of Pasadena Symphony and LA Chamber Orchestra, discusses Elgar's quintessential concerto and the program's goals. Tickets begin at $35 and are available online or by phone.
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Los Angeles
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Elgar
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Pasadena Symphony
Ambassador Auditorium
North America
Lockington
Symphony
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Mendelssohn
Highlands
Washington Post
Southern California
Shulman
Jacqueline du Pré
British Isles
Sam
The
Philip Sawyers
Andrew
National Youth Orchestra of
Great Britain
PasadenaSymphony-Pops.org
Noises Off comes to A Noise Within Pasadena theatre
A Noise Within presents Michael Frayn Noises Off at its new Pasadena venue from January 6 to 15, 2012, featuring the original Glendale cast. Tickets range from 16 to 46 dollars with group and school group rates. venue at 3352 East Foothill Blvd. in Pasadena.
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Pasadena
A Noise Within
ANW
Classical Repertory Theatre Company
Michael Frayn
Glendale
Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
Geoff Elliott
Los Angeles Times
Elliott Rodriguez- Elliott
Frayn
Shaun Anthony
Tim Allgood
Apollo Dukakis
Selsdon Mowbray
Lloyd Dallas
Jill Hill
Foothill Boulevard
Sierra Madre Villa Avenue
East Foothill Blvd
North
Halstead Street
SGV Physician Honored For Assisting Great Health Needs of Community
Dr. Matthew Y. C. Lin, orthopedic surgeon since 1978, receives CHA Leadership in Governance award for advancing cancer care and hepatitis B education in the San Gabriel Valley. He serves as AHMC Healthcare vice chairman, guiding seven hospitals including Garfield Medical Center and San Gabriel Valley Medical Center. The honor will be presented December 15, 2011 at the Hilton Orange County Costa Mesa.
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California Hospital Association
CHA
San Gabriel Valley
Dr. Lin
Gies
Lin
Ahmc International Cancer Center
AHMC
San Gabriel
NSF Awards 1.1 Million to Science at Occidental
The NSF grants 1.16 million to six Occidental College scientists in biology chemistry and physics to advance dark matter research and fund a laser scanning confocal microscope. Physics professor Daniel Snowden-Ifft receives 840000 over three years for dark matter detection, while Eileen Spain and five other faculty secure 318771 for confocal imaging to study cells and proteins. The microscope aids developmental neuroscience neurophysiology plant physiology microbial ecology and microbial biofilms with 40 plus undergrad researchers set to use the instrument. Snowden-Ifft notes the potential cosmology impact of discovering new material and physics beyond the standard model.
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National Science Foundation
Occidental College
Daniel Snowden-Ifft
Eileen Spain
Renee Baran
Gretchen North
Joseph Schulz
Shana Goffredi
North
NSF
Snowden-Iift
Spirit of Uganda to perform at Caltech Beckman Auditorium
Spirit of Uganda under Peter Kasule brings 22 young performers ages 8 to 18 to Caltech Beckman Auditorium on Friday January 27 at 8 p.m. The group highlights East African histories and dance while raising funds for Uganda orphans amid AIDS and civil war. Tickets range 26 21 16 youth 10 senior rush 10.
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Spirit of Uganda
Caltech
Beckman
Peter Kasule
East Africa
Uganda
Africa
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