WHAT'S HAPPENING : MUSIC.Merchant class: Always a distinctive singer, Natalie Merchant has truly come into her own in the last few years. Originally having sung with a church choir, she joined the acclaimed 10,000 Maniacs while studying in 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 in 1981. Merchant would leave that group a decade and seven albums later before making her solo bow with ``Tigerlily,'' which she also produced. Along with a tour that stops at the Wiltern Theatre The Wiltern Theatre and adjacent 12-story Pellissier Building are an Art Deco landmark located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The entire complex is commonly referred to as simply the Wiltern. tonight and Saturday, Merchant has released a short film in which she plays the roles of seven characters introduced on her current album, ``Ophelia'' (Elektra/EEG). They include a suffragette, a faded silent-film star, a mob courtesan cour·te·san n. A woman prostitute, especially one whose clients are members of a royal court or men of high social standing. [French courtisane, from Old French, from Old Italian cortigiana and a human cannonball
The human cannonball is a performance in which a person (the "cannonball") is ejected from a specially designed cannon. . The long-form video, ``Ophelia: A Film Companion to the Album,'' is packaged with videos from ``Tigerlily'' as well as two new clips from her latest record. Merchant is a staple at album alternative radio, thanks to the singles ``Break Your Heart'' and ``Kind & Generous.'' She co-headlined the summer's highly successful Lilith Fair Lilith Fair was a concert tour and traveling music festival, founded by musician Sarah McLachlan, that consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led bands; it ran from 1997 to 1999. tour. The Wiltern is at 3790 Wilshire Blvd., 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. . Show time is 8 p.m., and tickets are $35. Information: (213) 480-3232. - Fred Shuster Hammond's musical history: Blues artist and Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards) are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. The current President of the Academy is Neil Portnow. nominee John Hammond John Hammond may refer to:
In addition to his recordings, Hammond has served as an on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. guide for the British documentary ``The Search for Robert Johnson'' and has won the W.C. Handy Award in the acoustic blues category. He has played up to 200 dates a year at festivals, clubs and concert halls. His latest recording, ``Long as I Have You,'' is on the Pointblank/Virgin label. The Skirball is at 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets are $18 general, $16 Skirball members and $12 students. Tickets: (213) 660-8587. Information: (310) 440-4500. - Andrea Hescheles stage Another shot of `Gin': A play about two senior citizens playing cards might not sound like the setup for a knock-your-socks-off evening. But suppose those seniors are being played by Julie Harris, grande dame of the American stage, and Charles Durning, simply one of the funniest men anywhere from Broadway to Hollywood, where he's been a standout character actor for decades. And imagine those tumultuous card games really are comic windows on the souls of two lonely, self-deluded retirees staring at two lifetimes' worth of painful emotional cover-ups. That's the premise of D.L. Colburn's ``The Gin Game,'' which earned the first-time playwright the Pulitzer Prize for drama From 1918 to 2006, the Drama Prize was unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes: during these years, the eligibility period for the drama prize ran from March 2 to March 1, to reflect the Broadway 20 years ago, with Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn bringing a patrician flair to their Geritol generation characters. The current anniversary revival, starring Harris and Durning, was widely praised when it played in New York a year and a half ago, where it was produced by Tony Randall's National Actors Theatre. It's in town this weekend for five performances - 8 tonight, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday - at the Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills. Tickets are $35-$50. Call (213) 365-3500. - Reed Johnson film Beautiful horror: Lovers of classic horror films have a major treat in store, and we don't mean the remake of ``Psycho.'' The great Universal fright films of the '30s and '40s are back, in sparkling and shadowy new prints, for a 12-day festival at the Nuart Theatre in West L.A. All the iconic greats will be there: Boris Karloff's Frankenstein monster and Mummy, Bela Lugosi's Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr.'s Wolf Man and Elsa Lanchester's Bride of Frankenstein. The festival begins tonight with screenings of ``Frankenstein'' and ``The Bride of Frankenstein,'' two immensely stylish, expressionistic ex·pres·sion·ism n. A movement in the arts during the early part of the 20th century that emphasized subjective expression of the artist's inner experiences. ex·pres works by the great James Whale (himself the subject of the current, highly praised ``Gods and Monsters''). There will be a costume contest at 8:30 p.m.; come as your favorite creature. The two ``Frankenstein'' features continue through the weekend; among next week's offerings are Tod Browning's creaky creak·y adj. creak·i·er, creak·i·est 1. Tending to creak. 2. Shaky or infirm, as with age; decrepit: creaky knee joints; a creaky regime. but still creepy 1931 ``Dracula,'' Whale's excellent ``Invisible Man,'' Edgar Ulmer's amazingly designed Karloff-Lugosi duet ``The Black Cat'' and even ``Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein.'' Horror has never looked so good. Ever. Don't miss this chance to see it at its best. - Bob Strauss CAPTION(S): 5 Photos Photo: (1) Blues soloist John Hammond closes out the ``American Roots'' concert series with a Saturday performance at the Skirball Cultural Center  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . (2) Charles Durning and Julie Harris star in a revival of ``The Gin Game,'' at the Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills. (3) Singer Natalie Merchant, whose latest album is titled ``Ophelia,'' performs tonight and Saturday at the Wiltern Theatre. (4--5) ``The Wolf Man,'' starring Lon Chaney Jr., left, and ``The Mummy,'' with Boris Karloff, are two of the films being shown during a 12-day festival at the Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles
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