CRITICS' PICKS : FILM.A star is born: ``Guinevere'' isn't a perfect movie by any means. But it does offer the extraordinary talents of young actress Sarah Polley - and, really, what more do you need? Polley plays the junior half of the older-man, younger-woman dynamic that is as old as ``Pygmalion.'' Her character, an unsure young woman named Harper, takes up with a Bohemian photographer (the charming Stephen Rea) and learns many a lesson about life and love in the process. Writer-director Audrey Wells imbues the movie with a tough-minded realism that goes a long way to explaining the workings of the May-December thing. And Polley, with her subtle, remarkable intensity, makes it all worth watching. - Glenn Whipp art The best things in art are free: Yes, we know it's college football season, and we know you're loathe to leave your laptop for even 15 seconds, let alone two or three hours. But that's the price you'll have to pay if you want to visit the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Arts Open House on Sunday. Fortunately, it's the only price you'll have to pay, because this fifth annual cultural cornucopia cornucopia (kôr'ny  kō`pēə), in Greek mythology, magnificent horn that filled itself with whatever meat or drink its owner requested. of 150 events spread across 40 different L.A. communities is absolutely free. Among the centers of activity is California State Northridge, where Benita Bike's DanceArt Company and Bethune Theatredanse are performing; North Hollywood, which is hosting an appearance by Flights of Fantasy Story Theatre; and the Space, at 18216 Parthenia in Northridge, home to the 7-year-old, highly regarded Diavolo Dance Theatre. Diavolo will be presenting a work-in-process, ``Catapult: La Comedie Humaine'' at 3 p.m., followed by a discussion with the company and collaborators. From Studio City to Chatsworth, Westwood to Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , and Long Beach to Pomona, patrons can look at art, hear taiko
- Reed Johnson Reed Cameron Johnson (born December 8, 1976 in Riverside, California) is an outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League East division of Major League Baseball. He weighs 180 lb (82 kg) and is 5'10" tall. dance Hawaiian eye Hawaiian Eye was an American television series that ran from October 1959 to September 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company television network. Description Actors Robert Conrad and Anthony Eisley starred as detectives in Honolulu, Hawaii fighting crime. : In the worldview world·view n. In both senses also called Weltanschauung. 1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. 2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group. of Hawaii's great warrior chief Kamehameha Pai'ea, human and divine activity were spiritually linked. The gods supplied humanity with land to cultivate, and the humans reciprocated by treating the land as the god itself. This sense of cosmic interconnectedness permeates the epic production of ``Kamehameha,'' the full-length theatrical work that will be presented this weekend by Hawaii's Halau O Kekuhi troupe. This colorful depiction of the birth and life of the Hawaiian king who united the islands is a rarely seen exploration of a people's coming of age. Performances are at 8 tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Japan America Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St. in downtown L.A.'s Little Tokyo district. Tickets are $30 and $26 ($9 for UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX students with valid ID). Call (213) 680-3700 or (310) 825-2101. - Reed Johnson television `Sessions' continues: Acclaimed songwriter and just-plain-regular guy John Hiatt assumes the hosting duties for PBS' third season of ``Sessions at West 54th Sessions at West 54th was an American television program that featured music performances, and was in some ways a pop music variation on the theme set by the long-lived Austin City Limits, though the featured musicians represented a number of musical genres. ,'' returning tonight at 12:30 a.m. on KCET KCET Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (Japan) KCET Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology (Channel 28). Each episode features live performances in intimate settings, which, granted, doesn't mean a whole lot because we're watching it all on TV, but you can imagine it was pretty cool to be there. What sets this series apart is its good taste in selecting guests: Tonight, Hiatt chats with Ruben Blades, who joins salsa/jazz ensemble Editus. Next week will feature Sheryl Crow performing from her latest disc, ``The Globe Sessions,'' and soul singer-songwriter Macy Gray; Los Lobos appears Oct. 15. Blues guitarist Robert Cray Robert Cray (born 1 August, 1953, in Columbus, Georgia) is a blues musician, guitarist and singer. Career Robert Cray was among artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood, who got wider radio airplay and regular MTV video exposure during the late 1980s. , un-Nashvillian singer-songwriter Kim Richey, Parliament/Funkadelic and Japanese pop duo Pop duo is a term generally referring to a pop band with only two members. Many pop duos have made a name for themselves as much as or more than bands with 4 or 5 members. Famous pop duos of the 1980s include the Pet Shop Boys, Eurythmics, Erasure, Red Box, Savage Garden, Roxette, Cibo Matto will turn up later in the month. - David Kronke music Meet Mr. Wilson: As the son of West Coast big-band leader Gerald Wilson Gerald Stanley Wilson is an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer/arranger, and educator. He has been based in Los Angeles since the early 1940s. [1] Wilson was born in Mississippi in 1918. He graduated from Cass Technical High School in Detroit. , guitarist Anthony Wilson grew up exposed to diverse strains of jazz. Anthony's take, though, is uniquely his own. With a style and sound that combines the focused swing of a small combo with the fullness of a jazz orchestra, the guitarist pens and arranges hard-driving tunes for his nine-piece group. Wilson and band appear tonight through Sunday at Catalina Bar & Grill. Catalina is at 1640 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood. Show times are 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., and admission is $15. Information: (323) 466-2210. - Fred Shuster For classical fans: A recipe for a crowd-pleasing evening of classical music: Mozart, Beethoven and a Van Cliburn Van Cliburn (b. Harvey Lavan Cliburn Jr., July 12, 1934), is an American pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958, when at age 23, he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War. medalist making his Los Angeles debut. Mix well, and you've got the season-opening concert of the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra on Saturday at the Wilshire-Ebell Theatre. Aviram Reichert, a young Israeli pianist who won the bronze medal in the 1997 Van Cliburn competition, will perform the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor with the orchestra. The orchestra will play Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in D major and the Leonore Overture at Saturday's concert. The Wilshire-Ebell Theatre is at 4401 W. Eighth St. Tickets ($25 to $36) are available by calling (818) 705-5860. - Marla Matzer CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) Sarah Polley stars in ``Guinevere.'' (2) Benita Bike's DanceArt Company performs Sunday for the Los Angeles County Arts Open House. (3) John Hiatt is the new host for ``Sessions at West 54th,'' airing on KCET (Channel 28). |
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