THE BEST OF THE WEEKEND.MUSIC WE'VE GOT A RODNEY JONES: On his ``Soul Manifesto'' disc, guitarist Rodney Jones shows how gospel begat blues which gave way to r&b. Jones, who punched the clock with James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933[1][2] – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and " horn star Maceo Parker and appears tonight at the Knitting Factory Hollywood, mines a soulful jazz-blues vein that recalls Grant Green and Wes Montgomery. The Knitting Factory is at 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Show time is 8 p.m. and tickets are $15. Information: (323) 463-0204 or www.knittingfactory.com/kfla. - Fred Shuster MAGIC TIME: It's season-opener time for classical buffs. Saturday, the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Symphony kicks off its concert calendar at Pierce College with an intriguing program that includes ``The Sorcerer's Apprentice.'' The concert also features pieces by Debussy, Ernesto Cavallini and Valley composer Rocco diGiovanni. Music director James Domine conducts the orchestra, which consists of professionals and some students. The Pierce College Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. is at 6201 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills. Show time is 8 p.m. and tickets are $20. Information: (818) 347-4807. - F.S. CURRAN EVENTS: Guitarist-singer Nick Curran emerged from the vibrant Dallas blues scene with a twist of rockabilly. Tonight, Curran brings his ear-catching set of shuffles, ballads and slow blues to Cozy's Bar & Grill. Curran's debut, ``Fixin' Your Head,'' is being hailed as one of the best Texas blues efforts of the year. Cozy's is at 14058 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Show time is 9:30 p.m. and tickets are $10. Information: (818) 986-6000 or www.cozysblues.com. - F.S. FILM SOARING PERFORMANCE: ``The Blue Angel'' established Marlene Dietrich as the personification personification, figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstract ideas are endowed with human qualities, e.g., allegorical morality plays where characters include Good Deeds, Beauty, and Death. of fatale femininity for the first generation of talking cinema. Now the original German version of Josef von Sternberg's 1930 classic is back for the first time in 40 years for a one-week run at the Nuart Theatre in West L.A., in a glistening glis·ten intr.v. glis·tened, glis·ten·ing, glis·tens To shine by reflection with a sparkling luster. See Synonyms at flash. n. A sparkling, lustrous shine. new print and translated subtitles. Dietrich astounded a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, the world with her portrayal of Lola Lola, an amoral a·mor·al adj. 1. Not admitting of moral distinctions or judgments; neither moral nor immoral. 2. Lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong. cabaret performer who engineers the emotional destruction of Emil Jannings' repressed re·pressed adj. Being subjected to or characterized by repression. schoolteacher. A metaphor for the rising Nazi movement's ruthless disdain for propriety and rationality, the film not only launched Dietrich's international career but initiated a series of baroquely designed melodramas with Sternberg that are among the greatest actor-director collaborations in all of cinema. As an extra, can't-miss historical bonus, Dietrich's original screen test is included in the program. - Bob Strauss CLASSICAL SWEPT AWAY: Walt Disney's classic ``Fantasia fantasia (făntā`zhə) [Ital.,=fancy], musical composition not restricted to a formal design, but constructed freely in the manner of an improvisation. In the 16th and 17th cent. ,'' with its cartoon magic, may have made Paul Dukas' ``The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' a popular composition. But it's no Mickey Mouse music. Based on the Goethe poem ``Der Zauberlehrling,'' ``The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' has remained the composer's best-known work since his death in 1935. On Saturday, the San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra under the direction of James Domine conjures the magic of this popular piece in a concert at Pierce College Performing Arts Theater. Clarinetist Steven Piazza will perform Rocco di Giovanni's ``Aria for Clarinet and Orchestra'' and Ernesto Cavallini's ``Adagio a·da·gio adv. & adj. Music In a slow tempo, usually considered to be slower than andante but faster than larghetto. Used chiefly as a direction. n. pl. a·da·gios 1. and Tarantella tarantella (târ`əntĕl`ə), Neapolitan folk dance that first appeared in Taranto, Italy, in the 17th cent. It had rapid 6–8 meter with an increasing tempo and was thought to cure the bite of the tarantula, which supposedly .'' The program also features Debussy's ``La Mer.'' Concert time is 8 p.m. Tickets range from $10 to $15. Call (818) 347-4807. - Sandra Barrera STAGE YOU'RE GONNA CARRY THAT WEIGHT: Continuing a tour of college campuses, Lynn Manning's one-man play ``Weights'' arrives Saturday morning at the California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff St. It plays at 11 a.m. There will also be a performance at 7 Wednesday night at Southwest Community College in Los Angeles, 1600 W. Imperial Highway, in L.A. Both performances are free. In ``Weights,'' Manning takes audiences through his upbringing in South Central Los Angeles, including the shooting that deprived him of his sight. The play has twice been a part of the Mark Taper Forum's Taper, Too series. ``Weights'' is part of the fall season of the Mark Taper Forum's Performing for Los Angeles Youth series. Call (213) 972-7589. - Evan Henerson 'MISERABLES' LOVES COMPANY: A life without ``Miserables'' entertainment is apparently a life not worth living. Hence the return, for the umpteenth time, of ``Les Miserables,'' the mega musical from Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg, which arrives at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 E. Green St. in Pasadena, through Sunday. In case you still don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. the story, Jean Valjean is a convict pursued by a relentless police inspector. There's a love story and a revolution. It's based on a very long novel by Victor Hugo, and, as the title suggests, folks aren't especially happy. Tickets are $26.25 to $67. Performances are 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Call (213) 480-3232. - Evan Henerson EVENTS A FUN RIDE: Family fun is scheduled at the 38th annual Autumn Fest and Car Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 13. Arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , carnival games, classic car show, live entertainment, silent auction, barbecue and ethnic foods will be part of the free event. All proceeds will go to New Horizons, a nonprofit agency serving the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys, providing services to adults with developmental disabilities developmental disabilities (DD), n.pl the pathologic conditions that have their origin in the embryology and growth and development of an individual. DDs usually appear clinically before 18 years of age. and acquired brain injuries. The award-winning color guard of the Reserve Officer Training Corps unit at James Monroe High School James Monroe High School may refer to:
- Holly Andres DON'T MISS THIS: Get in on the ground floor with the year's Next Big Thing - singer-guitarist John Mayer, whose debut, ``Room for Squares,'' is being talked about in the same breath as Dave Matthews. Mayer appears tonight at the Roxy. CAPTION(S): 6 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Rodney Jones) (2) DOMINE (3) no caption (Nick Curran) (4) no caption (``The Blue Angel'') (5) Randal Keith plays Jean Valjean in ``Les Miserables'' at the Pasadena Civic. (6) MANNING |
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