WHAT'S HAPPENING : DINING.Gallic food and fun: It'll be a bit of France in Woodland Hills on Saturday when the Taste of France takes place at 5650 Shoup Ave. from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will held on the grounds of and benefit L'Ecole Francaise de 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. , as well as the City of Hope medical center in Duarte. Participating restaurants and food establishments are the Wine Bistro in Studio City, Le Sanglier in Tarzana, Le Bon Bread in Woodland Hills, La Fondue Bourguignonne in Sherman Oaks, Lunaria in West Los Angeles
For entertainment, there are magic shows by Medieval Magic, puppet shows by the Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: Master Puppeteers and singing by Christine Marquez. An auction of vacations to France will benefit the City of Hope, and attendees will be able to participate in a free raffle that offers prizes of a dinner for two or a lunch for four from participating restaurants. Admission - $7.50 for adults, $5 for children 4 to 11, free for children under 4 - includes one puppet show and two magic shows. Also for children there are pony rides, a petting farm and a bouncing castle. Restaurant food samples will cost $1.50 to $4 each. Tickets and information: (800) 404-3352. SOURCE: - Larry Lipson film Animal crackers: ``The Truth About Cats and Dogs'' is really about a duckling duckling baby duck. and a swan. Janeane Garofalo is a smart, talented radio talk-show host with low physical self-esteem. Uma Thurman is the statuesque stat·u·esque adj. Suggestive of a statue, as in proportion, grace, or dignity; stately. stat  u·esque neighbor she gets to impersonate im·per·son·ate tr.v. im·per·son·at·ed, im·per·son·at·ing, im·per·son·ates 1. To assume the character or appearance of, especially fraudulently: impersonate a police officer. 2. her when a sexy caller (Ben Chaplin) comes a callin'. The deception leads to a birdcage full of complications. But even though Audrey Wells' plot is as synthetic as they come, genuine emotion and admirable behavior keep shining through the contrivance. Most attractively, the movie is really funny, and boasts the best phone date ever filmed. SOURCE: - Bob Strauss family Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo (Spanish; “Fifth of May”) Mexican holiday commemorating the Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. The French army, better-equipped and far larger than the Mexican army, had been sent by Napoleon III to conquer Mexico. celebration: Families will want to visit the brick-lined courtyards of Olvera Street this Cinco de Mayo weekend for a special, free, three-day festival called ``Celebracion Cinco 1996.'' Beginning at 6 p.m. today, the historical attraction will offer visitors traditional Mexican food, entertainment, music and special programs showcasing the region's cultural diversity. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Olvera Street is located at North Main and Alameda streets, in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . Take the Hollywood Freeway (101), exit on Main Street and go north. For more information, call (818) 441-2993. SOURCE: - Barbara Wood music Tasty salsa: An inspired virtuoso, five-time Grammy Award winner and salsa pianist Eddie Palmieri has broadened Latin music by using odd rhythms and unorthodox instrumentation. His innovative '60s group Conjunto con·jun·to n. pl. con·jun·tos 1. A dance band, especially in Latin America. 2. A style of popular dance music originating along the border between Texas and Mexico, characterized by the use of accordion, drums, La Perfecta was dubbed ``the band with the crazy roaring elephants'' because Palmieri featured a trombone trombone [Ital.,=large trumpet], brass wind musical instrument of cylindrical bore, twice bent on itself, having a sliding section that lengthens or shortens it and thus regulates the pitch. The descendant of the sackbut, it was developed in the 15th cent. section in place of the usual trumpets, something that was rarely done in salsa until then. More than 25 albums followed, including the famous debut disc from the Fania All-Stars. Palmieri's latest, ``Arete a·rête n. A sharp, narrow mountain ridge or spur. [French, from Old French areste, fishbone, spine, from Late Latin arista, awn, fishbone, from Latin, awn. ,'' was nominated for a Grammy last year for Best Latin Jazz Performance. The pianist, who appears tonight with his octet An eight-bit storage unit. In the international community, octet is often used instead of byte. (jargon, networking) octet - Eight bits. This term is used in networking, in preference to byte, because some systems use the term "byte" for things that are not 8 bits long. at the UCLA-run Veterans Wadsworth Theater, also served as consultant to Paul Simon's ``Rhythm of the Saints'' project. Born in Spanish Harlem to Puerto Rican parents, the 59-year-old Palmieri is fond of calling himself ``a Puerto Rican of Italian descent born in a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Jewish hospital, who composes and plays Afro-Caribbean music.'' The Wadsworth is just off Wilshire Boulevard at the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. (405) in West Los Angeles. Show time is 8 p.m. and tickets are $26.50 and $29.50. Information: (310) 825-2101. SOURCE: - Fred Shuster theater Play the `Game': Insightful direction and committed acting can turn even the most predictable play into a powerful piece of theater. Case in point: the Actors Forum Theatre production of ``The Only Game in Town.'' Frank D. Gilroy's edgy 1968 comedy focuses on a Las Vegas showgirl torn between two lovers: a rich but mostly absent older lover and the handsome loser of a lounge performer she's just met. Although it deals with such serious issues as addiction, the play is a mostly by-the-numbers piece of romantic fluff. Yet Deborah Sclar and Don Scribner portray the showgirl and gambling-addicted loser with absolute conviction, making us feel the heat of their passion as well as the pang of their heartbreak. Shawn Michaels adds a hint of menace as the jealous older lover, and director Audrey Marlyn Singer keeps it all breathtakingly modulated. The Actors Forum Theatre is at 10655 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood. Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays, through May 19. Tickets are $15, available by calling (818) 506-0600. SOURCE: - Daryl H. Miller CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) A three-day Cinco de Mayo celebration beginstoday on downtown's historic Olvera Street. (2) A sort of sex-reversed ``Cyrano de Bergerac'' for the '90s, ``The Truth About Cats and Dogs'' features Ben Chaplin, Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo in a tale of deception, friendship and genuine affection. (3) Eddie Palmieri |
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