tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19065058033081007992024-02-07T02:28:29.630-08:00Kids Off The Couch BlogKids Off The Couch offers a free, weekly e-newsletter that shows parents how to use what kids love, ranging from great films and books, to music and digital media, to create fun, kid-friendly adventures.PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-63863250574456177252012-01-22T09:47:00.000-08:002012-01-22T09:47:58.488-08:00The Family Savvy - A Parent's Guide to What's Worth Seeing, Doing, Reading and Thinking Right Now (Los Angeles Edition)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thefamilysavvy.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhYOjEKSs9v4CoeRrKlz9Got2GC8K4oOqVdkhwOIzey_G_KrxKtiSqhq79jy7tYBgd5ulBhrL4BYSvUYPIKScyEHVcrkk0n2iuRbU6NbZkhjlIyEXlewYOyCfKYm-13ENeB6K9TV1_VI/s1600/TheFamilySavvyLogo.png" /></a></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 10.8pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Click on over and peruse<a href="http://thefamilysavvy.createsend1.com/t/j/l/chhlyy/jklddkjy/w/" target="_blank"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">the new site<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></a>for things to do this weekend. You'll find our picks listed by age group under<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://thefamilysavvy.createsend1.com/t/j/l/chhlyy/jklddkjy/yd/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">This Month</span></b></a>. Feel free to poke around the site to check our reviews of interesting new art and culture around town. Then, if your coffee cup is still full, spend a few moments reading our<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://thefamilysavvy.createsend1.com/t/j/l/chhlyy/jklddkjy/yh/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">blog</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 10.8pt; margin-bottom: 9pt; text-align: -webkit-left;"><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Tickets are still available for Cirque du Soliel's<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://thefamilysavvy.createsend1.com/t/j/l/chhlyy/jklddkjy/yk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">IRIS</span></b></a>, at the Kodak Theater - we loved it. And a new show from Cirque du Soleil,<a href="http://thefamilysavvy.createsend1.com/t/j/l/chhlyy/jklddkjy/yu/" target="_blank"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">OVO</span></b></a>, opens today at the Santa Monica Pier. Music fans will love the family show for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://thefamilysavvy.createsend1.com/t/j/l/chhlyy/jklddkjy/jl/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">They Might Be Giants</span></b></a>, at UCLA Live on January 28.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 10.8pt; margin-bottom: 9pt; text-align: -webkit-left;"><strong><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Fast Breaking Idea:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> </span></span><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">There is an unusually<a href="http://thefamilysavvy.createsend1.com/t/j/l/chhlyy/jklddkjy/jr/" target="_blank"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">large pod of orcas</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>off the coast, so a whale watch is not a crazy idea for the weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNqGJv0PUbsTT7q-BxCE7PhkY_g3IWP-Nv9EC0ODoFVWXCQsJqpnaqLNGSVtdnFE45ozLXkeA0pK3_bs_lz-EHzOUakGaGlVf9rGu8mF271320mj-Qdl6sMw3br0Tj0Nj9tgsyfjQbDLs/s1600/DiigitalDarkRoom+-+The+Family+Savvy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNqGJv0PUbsTT7q-BxCE7PhkY_g3IWP-Nv9EC0ODoFVWXCQsJqpnaqLNGSVtdnFE45ozLXkeA0pK3_bs_lz-EHzOUakGaGlVf9rGu8mF271320mj-Qdl6sMw3br0Tj0Nj9tgsyfjQbDLs/s200/DiigitalDarkRoom+-+The+Family+Savvy.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 10.8pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">My kids are as obsessed with taking pictures and editing them onto <a href="http://thefamilysavvy.createsend1.com/t/j/l/chhlyy/jklddkjy/jy/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Instagram</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>as I am with pinning pretty images on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://thefamilysavvy.createsend1.com/t/j/l/chhlyy/jklddkjy/jj/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Pinterest</span></b></a>. How'd we get so visual? And... when did everyone become a photographer!?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 10.8pt; margin-bottom: 9pt; text-align: -webkit-left;"><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">You'll pick up some clues when you take the family over to see The Annenberg Space for Photograpy's new show,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://thefamilysavvy.createsend1.com/t/j/l/chhlyy/jklddkjy/jt/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Digital Darkroom</span></b></a>. Everything - from gorgeous portraits of athletes, to dreamy shots that originated in the imagination of a romantic 20-something year-old, to sophisticated collages made of found objects. Each image is more intriguing than the next, and were all cooked up by contemporary artists with the help of the folks at Adobe Photoshop. You'll head back into the world wondering what's real and what's not.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 10.8pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: #984806; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Kalpa at the Getty</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #984806; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-left;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #984806; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">-- Kicking off 11 days of Pacific Standard Time's Performance and Public Art Festival is a one-time installation called Kalpa. Dancers and musicians will take over your senses in a performance like no other.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><a href="http://thefamilysavvy.createsend1.com/t/j/l/chhlyy/jklddkjy/ji/" style="text-align: -webkit-left;" target="_blank"><b><span style="background: white; color: #984806; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Click here for details.</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-53015046261640013362012-01-10T13:51:00.000-08:002012-01-11T10:52:46.278-08:00The Family Savvy - Using Our New Site!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BPhJ4vozSo9mSZRll_G3E5-f36HIDuuwxEdlfqc1eKuQwCcJyoGFfxYJkif1iYgj0r-W7SzxsH8u8ghibf2IIpS4R6_9R14hEw1xhPkpqxuaCh2EYItM4MtlL0OhlU6A1jeWfUhgV-0/s1600/TheFamilySavvyIntro.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BPhJ4vozSo9mSZRll_G3E5-f36HIDuuwxEdlfqc1eKuQwCcJyoGFfxYJkif1iYgj0r-W7SzxsH8u8ghibf2IIpS4R6_9R14hEw1xhPkpqxuaCh2EYItM4MtlL0OhlU6A1jeWfUhgV-0/s1600/TheFamilySavvyIntro.png" /></a></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-left;">As a subscriber to <b>Kids Off the Couch</b>, you'll also be subscribed to <b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1109066242418&s=7606&e=001LUHLtu5eVol88bDZz3fMQSw991tRd3xxMUrjoO71NJQg2KKmiq0_stJ2DmUwxDjm6iRO6Jbqxz_X2zv0AtUToPV9DU2a9EW7soEyARqca8ODNyLO3C6ybLFMNXqtckm_" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The Family Savvy</a></b>, so please be sure your email provider recognizes our address:<a href="mailto:info@thefamilysavvy.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">info@thefamilysavvy.com</a>.<br />
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</tbody></table>PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.com0Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.243684933.735427200000004 -118.50012840000001 34.3690412 -117.9872414tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-42078514306295254302012-01-04T13:57:00.000-08:002012-01-04T13:57:06.267-08:00The Family Savvy Launches! A New Website to start the New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTXSHphh0NvJ-48bbaeU4Euo6yk8bxbctTkEez9N6HX9_yTothaAGovKOGUVUmk1OixNBrOKdIyUNwldnNR6Q-ArdSoZ4UZ3wGwiW0pBFByiiy3OKXRgIFDx-SYto2tn12k0IFkEv8Ls/s1600/TheFamilySavvyBikes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTXSHphh0NvJ-48bbaeU4Euo6yk8bxbctTkEez9N6HX9_yTothaAGovKOGUVUmk1OixNBrOKdIyUNwldnNR6Q-ArdSoZ4UZ3wGwiW0pBFByiiy3OKXRgIFDx-SYto2tn12k0IFkEv8Ls/s640/TheFamilySavvyBikes2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There's a new website in town called <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1109024558550&s=0&e=001-kiybiNk-41Trs8Y2tapg5zc-RQRrRr_yiQKfeYxEwIS7-fO7gsZGUYegAqyV-JX44phdl8ftv-s0YbO149MT_9shv3Xtc5zf0M2X_wv68w=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">The Family Savvy</span></a>. I spent the last six months creating a robust calendar-based site for families looking to interact with the city and with each other, and I am excited to share it with you. It's where I'll focus my attention from here forward, so check it out and start 2012 equipped with up-to-the-moment information about culture and kids around LA.<br />
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<i>We don't know about you, but we can't stand having this conversation: "What-do-you-wanna-do"," I-dunno. What-do-YOU-wanna-do"? The Family Savvy was created in order to let you skip past the planning inertia and find ways to keep the whole family engaged. By staying up-to-date on everything cultural and cool around town, we are in a great position to help you make the most of your family's time together. We know from experience that family outings help to change up the weekly scenery, are useful for oiling the joints of inter-generational communication, and - most importantly -- are a fun way to introduce your family to many wonderful events, art and ideas that crop up in our world-class city.<br />
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Sarah Bowman<br />
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</div>PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-46596856769057586712011-12-21T10:02:00.000-08:002011-12-21T10:02:28.797-08:00Los Angeles Kids Off The Couch: Happy Holidays to All!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CkbTmksk3yDPTfoIwnmpYWlN0ey6Z_mw3ZF3p33RCHPTMUve6y__K7rtpiecycWqSCOZ7o-ia5S3co8c-k1jS5FjCKI5PGfVOm7M85caK7Ke1unhBwlthUapYhPWic6ZXcBpaMDLBEA/s1600/KidsOffTheCouchHolidays2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CkbTmksk3yDPTfoIwnmpYWlN0ey6Z_mw3ZF3p33RCHPTMUve6y__K7rtpiecycWqSCOZ7o-ia5S3co8c-k1jS5FjCKI5PGfVOm7M85caK7Ke1unhBwlthUapYhPWic6ZXcBpaMDLBEA/s1600/KidsOffTheCouchHolidays2011.jpg" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;"><span style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Fill your Days from Now until 2012</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">Ticket Giveaway: Family 4-Pack for OVO on February 15</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<b>Ticket Giveaway:</b> <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5x4TXaKQZECiTI5nssFnXoUE9k2Dbmt-9yzV1FWO9P4IN-w4doSWOG_CZmPnMI-T0zkgBoyXlawgJbnnSKplqNbYGv9JTsVreYPwJdLM_I3oL7YL-J0ar9TMt5afGIeCaQO2SxCae6a9uarF0U_4A6djEztHG5nlIUw2kNt8zIEmg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">OVO </span></a>from <i>Cirque du Soleil </i>opens under the big top at the Santa Monica Pier on January 20, 2012. This family show is set in the teeming, buzzing world of insects. We have one Family 4-Pack to <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5x4TXaKQZECiTI5nssFnXoUE9k2Dbmt-9yzV1FWO9P4IN-w4doSWOG_CZmPnMI-T0zkgBoyXlawgJbnnSKplqNbYGv9JTsVreYPwJdLM_I3oL7YL-J0ar9TMt5afGIeCaQO2SxCae6a9uarF0U_4A6djEztHG5nlIUw2kNt8zIEmg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">OVO </span></a>for Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 8:00 PM. If you are able to attend that show you can enter to win by writing to us at<a href="mailto:familysavvy@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">familysavvy@gmail.com</span></a>. Can't go that day? <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5x4TXaKQZECiTI5nssFnXoUE9k2Dbmt-9yzV1FWO9P4IN-w4doSWOG_CZmPnMI-T0zkgBoyXlawgJbnnSKplqNbYGv9JTsVreYPwJdLM_I3oL7YL-J0ar9TMt5afGIeCaQO2SxCae6a9uarF0U_4A6djEztHG5nlIUw2kNt8zIEmg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Click here</span></a> to purchase your own Family 4-pack.<br />
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<b>Chilly Fun: </b>Take a break from shopping to strap on some ice skates and twirl the year away. Outdoor rinks in <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5yzv5RgJMpcw0R5cf0_Z0J8K22z9zoHbFFYZPCd-TCZ5gMicGC1e4ZnWDXfTjgn-4Yr19qthYPe9WM4hOTBuNs3Gsa4X8L3GVOvaHV6PjdavQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Santa Monica</span></a> and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5x9jnF-6N3rdEbLdnI-y8mJzdGFg_5Di0jdn8d_2GDyWm-X5VzpnDX1b5A69U0BU3uYGP_jY-O1W3B46hT-JvvzZd6LLjOgIZymljFs4i2XgOLqiMrDMW4n" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Pershing Square</span></a> are open through mid-January. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5zY-OTvQuTzD8GnHXslZw0JkzsNgkx1-PnIotM5mB33-38_P-AiHe3zrXO5LWFF_5iAWIoJqA2HgQBzimyk5X42wCBX7OgPEV2ouRUq8r2N0FKSH2c8mPnYBMLruelXrfG73Mzf3pcxBuubUCvvXW6Hd8p1Pfrfwlo=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">The 4th Annual Snow Days</span></a> will be celebrated at Pasadena's Kidspace Children's Museum during the week after Christmas. Teach your kids how to make a snowman!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What to do with Out-of-Towners?</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Besides catching up on your <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5yEga-kD-Smpy-fOdJ2ruiQxKUoDk1_P_1rGbKZZZ_XjUB-OAVTjGtbxJsDdvB1vatolVf1WDr6USql8va13X8Kkx9vuE-ZP3-mSrJ5spYT_oksHyEeMjWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Pacific Standard Time</span></a> options, here are a few shows that are worth catching: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5xFpKUwy3c27ZapolpCR-dmvtWMTEVVVZeq-Yf4jSm7pIQMF_N20dTPc8IKkYHasfKQnP6ZnjrBi3M4_eGDPyg_BhsxIM99gLtzb1mKcnGiKmzbF13N8txKK_CZLpB4nf4w7oFZ55UEZWDyV5oFrxNIBDQ3t8_mdL462Y6sEYwa_w==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Digital Darkroom</span></a>, just opened at The Annenberg Space for Photography, and if you are any type of shutterbug, you'll be inspired to take your casual snapping to a new level. Sponsored by Adobe Photoshop, Digital Darkroom showcases the finest artists working in this "new medium", displayed in the most advanced digital facility in the world. The whole family will enjoy seeing the variety of the manipulated images - from dogs dressed as people, to incredible athletic portraits, to dream-like flights of the imagination by new artists, young and old. Best of all, it's pretty easy to dash over from the Century City Mall and take a gander. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5xG0kSdJAbcXKF3w_RJ9hj9Tju-7Y2vYdDkcjOHfYaLNzAwtSDDSUbyB0LLSaDqVuylyF0dazt8vvmfVVijEj1Si3zCdOoCdmrRYPvCT7QpysG51TA-SKR3uurT8uB6P2f0e5lOpYdSWEazPzDQPh7n0gppnjuu5rAQCCFbGmSPUgKyYzNkY-WU" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Click here</span></a> for our detailed review of the show. If it turns out you love Jerry Uelsmann (whose work is featured at Digital Darkroom), you're in luck because he has a show up at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5z4HnkNCqunPNHzaXreutxZzHykxmdL1GMm9aNEJSxYTEvDJpGx1aOeiNPB5obfbuMumK8zrpkDZUqOBvJz7f5jgWQcRhAPOwK3NnanuZk-aVKte44-lNDVp0Uih_Fg99EivSd7aMK7-_T4KoLTUsUQ6bo1_Dnh6CMoSCSwJJMJ8w==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Peter Fetterman Gallery</span></a> in Bergamont Station. We also really enjoyed <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5wpOGdOHG41Iu2Tm62u_mt4eIW52joVZVx7XMPfjPmj_WualGo_XEjVjGt3LVmenaxjNrwlpWFfLdERgt_yzj94YqkO4JCGkBmo18qKqVN2hJjStCvWrF-7SROHb14oETsqjJt2LRmanYmuM9_sTyfIpNsYlyR5_FfzJJ7MtmLYHw==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Modern Antiquity </span></a>at the Getty Villa (it's free, but call for a parking reservation), that juxtaposes classical busts and sculptural remnants with spectacular modern paintings by Picasso, Leger and others. Open only through January 16, 2012 - so drop by on your way to or from Malibu, where browsing and people-watching at the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5x3pz5MGgohGY_CRwEH1P25fjP5tr2baLVnpOkW3-nqf5fAn4uEAXqU8thGI4RmQ40gL3VPNbcfo0WATqZAs6bQftYhr5HwKlqn7blxRfXWqaqOr1MzgBCp" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Lumber Yard</span></a>will make anyone from out-of-state green with CA envy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">New Year's Plans:</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Still looking for a cool way to ring in the New Year? You can help build the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5xXySY5JWMLLss0WUWVS2fjgrBveHKAr_JNgoZmQf8tAJp5RCijSIFluCRainSHLxwqhmpc2SwbNBzokATGvvrZn9QeKz3O1FkJLlSAjKeSPvghAqja3nR1aYpV2vd1BlujWpn1UiWxjg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Natural History Museum's first-ever Rose Bowl float</span></a> (some shifts still open!). There's <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5wumnwoFUvdW-pfbPpNvgapMmUH7aIOqhKHMpMTB5jTfyPtFvZUYaIwljTfGET_mYiDkPek1M_PX1ixEnK9Mz0yBywWLU6BBmiaSnaa5gjLW1QYukIw5ek8F2fXcUWr81ZtYj5Fc7MwEZfZdR6u_kMt0FVq-ncXOiw=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">New Year's Eve with Pink Martini </span></a>at Disney Hall, or <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5x7T5p24rEtLZnNhVNWDrDlBe5yHYtSvsVRSwTkYkFqCWjQqDfRHLLYnjKq0Z-sAap7vPhro-je1CyHdz8JF7ozqDmCV3tAyOjqIIBduvdgAaamUBXX5q0Qktmw7CqElDCWpzrBkOuuww==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">The Golden Stag New Year's Eve Party</span></a> at LACMA, with big band swing and Roaring 20s style. Or, for the kids - celebrate at noon at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5zY-OTvQuTzD8GnHXslZw0JkzsNgkx1-PnIotM5mB33-38_P-AiHe3zrXO5LWFF_5iAWIoJqA2HgQBzimyk5X42wCBX7OgPEV2ouRUq8r2N0FKSH2c8mPnYBMLruelXrfG73Mzf3pcxBuubUCvvXW6Hd8p1Pfrfwlo=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Kidspace</span></a> in Pasadena, or at 6:00 PM and 9:30 PM try the<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5y9s3Q9_89ou6IW2yUJltJjF3efeKdKjEcVEF2_ytN7bP9taazS1Y18XhnD__R96QQMjD98XppabkhfS8JTzHmy70a3qtVosBZPQFPiv9r3LJo_Wc7eQmJ5" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Santa Monica Playhouse's Musical Review</span></a>.<br />
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<b>Year-End Giving: </b>A few years ago we decided to start a family tradition of setting aside some money that everyone in the family gives away together to those who most need our help. Here are links to some of our favorite charities, as well as some first-hand knowledge of a program we participated in for the first time. Our son's soccer team adopted a family through the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5yV3iio358VgEywX6CvjM75g3NhuKXbkExcJrTVFqTPxXYf37o1vPv3DhgALrZOi3K56SpCLSchKSLONSxJmxT7u__Nm1JCK2gFMu29j5iW_pZQJ5GVTTYdT5wObcG7025Lqv3o3vASwU0GsJWRux_uC_VeW4UKnBsiKlm3QcOwb6Q18Hc9OzAUs8vDyVjNsDVxTxj3iRFMAUkq4q5YmbMorqxL4eF34Zcj7YuJ3pVT8g==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Children's Hospital Holidays from the Heart</span></a> program, and our teens were touched to meet the patients and their siblings and hand deliver the gifts on their wish lists. If you like to get involved locally, consider helping a soup kitchen (they're all particularly needy this year), picking up a few extra gift cards at Target and sending them to foster kids through a charity we work with<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5yfvqil543hEAzHZJs_npXtYvPAHUO7Wuh5Jw_NLk-K_O3SqjS5mFVzK201hbxqdTPHLO_De4GE4FyCPEEnGTPgaRNcQsqJcF2GMh7k8csrMQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">(United Friends of the Children)</span></a>, or sending money to support writing and tutoring in under-served neighborhoods through <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5wS55u52vMhocqWrJslyUqp255LS6rGXCQY4uBmBZSGBqMySFbAo4YuL3k_VGB8sis_Az1gFvFnN-7ax1nxu8D1PvZcwwo6BfM=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">826LA</span></a>. If your family decides they want to donate to an environmental cause, look into building wells in Africa with<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5wtKwddC4BGp8d7p8U1j6YMlRj1rXR8OtbBkYhFZUTfwHSKe-dTbNeRvHvTUktmZhvUEA1IWXMWecfH7fRuSzs8JxywVdgKy-kNa6mkhQ8mYQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Charity:Water</span></a>. We are big fans of <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5zbFgEKEoULo42_Mivx-4ivvgW1QZFEHZnn3-pp97IlMTGSgAXbLM-J0KlzzjIykyNnYzSx_Q9qNouMS3_OEsFGtG-HsoAP_PTxiveTpsqk5A==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Heifer International</span></a> (help a family sustain itself by giving animals - an idea that's easy for kids to grasp) and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5z-DkC2Rnh8MMCVrHlB-lAU_uZwKcHv6PcIjZ4O1PgIR6R4yb_3riLhsIfJKelmjH9WFOldTWMI8QDEVY9uCyE4GDacW71nWEsEv33Jo6E8_8W5Qq7E2Ilc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Operation Gratitude</span></a> (care-packages for US soldiers overseas, started by our a mom in Encino).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Looking ahead to 2012: </span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For all you super-duper advance planners -- you know who you are -- think about a family show from <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5xAfWKDW5ew7uNauiD5eNmY17kaXV3Bh6vcsMLdJvOjr4d3_nkbtCJeDfFTZbUChStLsqP7k50b_lx4owoAy1Eu-dqQ-feEqYZ0VEPTnlE-CBQ1m5ffkcK8CurbYg_cX50ad5CypW_6-WCOVGE1D-nClRpXs0Y57S0=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">They Might Be Giants</span></a> at UCLA Live on January 28, 2012 at 2:00 PM or one of two free <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108982371666&s=6275&e=001GBCvqOe9K5xH2CpH6pSllbMkwk0fRaU7yKHk9Y9N1lnBs-D2OanoRzKCkmBD-3K-tplyfdGE_zhRZ8TV3UjUS-_-M439UszOnE0VTbrcj3WvfiU1KEnHsR108c7gqEORtfPgQNsmDdSCBjACsRzvfQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">World City concerts</span></a> on January 14, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</div>PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-69001868431110754992011-12-07T11:41:00.000-08:002011-12-21T10:29:29.805-08:00Scorsese's First Family Film<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOkOwIxDtVnICbl_XqhEL17kCcGWiPv6evjGYLJG8Qdd0yvVAcq2os2ekrt_VkCmgOdKUvNkrSt__ncyRHZeD9gPo2mlgX2Jj99yLNhQ70G70Q1mDw1Nm-c5_cxrko_6JMZMvvfN8Bng/s1600/KidsOffTheCouchScorsese+-+Hugo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOkOwIxDtVnICbl_XqhEL17kCcGWiPv6evjGYLJG8Qdd0yvVAcq2os2ekrt_VkCmgOdKUvNkrSt__ncyRHZeD9gPo2mlgX2Jj99yLNhQ70G70Q1mDw1Nm-c5_cxrko_6JMZMvvfN8Bng/s320/KidsOffTheCouchScorsese+-+Hugo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hugo - A Holiday Gift for All!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 9.6pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 9.6pt;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our favorite in this season's varied crop of family films is <i><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108928236662&s=6275&e=001TKX1idLCKLB6ZcluD17CgnaCSC8eYR2vKis536MEL4t9OHrJs2EDuhHDe0BtpNRvRxvECL9nbOyvvvN2aN8bYIZFWu-3PpzyhuBh8i7wkySiGO2m0NDy2L4KULi1KQ-hC4bQVwKIc1WIumGI-2cPLEX49K3MBMih9AGiel_z81Y=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Hugo</span></a></i>, director Martin Scorsese's sumptuous 3D adaptation of Brian Selznick's award-winning, best-selling novel, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108928236662&s=6275&e=001TKX1idLCKLDrhZpWKmd6fvjGUpRAX7nMRlgv06e_6hY75Z3exMerGjELH8bDyxCwF4FQtVBHK4Zs47rfevYHS2L_EFXKynHNKlMvi0tL90FTxNK366OjLtIY83bK5UJaAAJKdwsuEJw6DIiLTIuFWD2E-nxB0qoQ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">"The Invention of Hugo Cabret"</span></a>. At first glance, <i>Hugo</i> would seem to hail from Spielberg territory, so it takes until the final reel to understand why Scorsese chose to helm this captivating PG film. The film opens with an extended tracking shot that flies over the roofs of Paris and swoops down through a busy train station, signaling the technical proficiency of the celebrated director, and drawing the audience dramatically into the life of an intrepid child living between the walls of the Gare Montmartre. Hugo, orphaned after the death of his clockmaker father, has taken over for a drunken uncle, whose job it was to maintain all the clocks in the busy station; not even the nosy Station Master (a curious turn by <b>Sasha Baron Cohen</b>) knows a child is the one keeping the trains running on time.<br />
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Hugo spends his extra time repairing an automaton figure that his father was working on at the time of his death, but one day, while swiping the workings of a toy mouse from a toy shop, he is caught red-handed by the shop keeper, a brilliant and enigmatic <b>Ben Kingsley</b>. Kingsley finds the tattered notebook that Hugo's father used to fathom the mystery of the automaton and a flash of recognition is borne. Hugo's quest to unlock the mystery of his automaton leads him to unravel the mystery of the shopkeeper's true identity.<br />
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Hugo is a loner, watching the world go by from the safety of his Hunchback-like perch above the train station. Much has been made of Scorsese working through his childhood demons in this story (as an asthmatic, he spent time isolated from other children) and in the end this is a very personal story that is pitched at the broadest possible audience. Everyone over seven will be caught up in it's elegant storytelling. Visually, the film is stunning - from the incredible sets which are augmented by 3D technology, lending a story book moodiness that lets us know we are in the netherworld of make-believe and magic. Scorsese turns the station into a rollicking maze of wheels, slides and hidden compartments. While full of kinetic energy, the story unravels at an unhurried pace true to Selnick's inspired book - <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108928236662&s=6275&e=001TKX1idLCKLDrhZpWKmd6fvjGUpRAX7nMRlgv06e_6hY75Z3exMerGjELH8bDyxCwF4FQtVBHK4Zs47rfevYHS2L_EFXKynHNKlMvi0tL90FTxNK366OjLtIY83bK5UJaAAJKdwsuEJw6DIiLTIuFWD2E-nxB0qoQ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">a must-read for anyone who wants to pore over the simplicity of the original narrative </span></a>- a novel told for the most part in line drawings.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 9.6pt;"><br />
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And this is where Hugo's ability to put things back together comes into play. The boy's simple insight is that when people lose their purpose, they become broken. In putting the automaton back together, he fixes his friend Méliès, and he fixes himself. We promise you'll leave the theater a bit more in touch with your dreams -- for that is what cinema represents in this parable.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-45100553950981654362011-12-01T15:33:00.000-08:002011-12-01T16:02:16.925-08:00Los Angeles Kids Off The Couch: What's On Our December Radar!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7hrnlOBmp9kD5qjOw9Agq1VN2DOA0XiUNY6d4KEfaLMIqzZBstwPgSG7grSOvap1yX5s9U-hQLHdJ9PDcEcw5vu5SQVP0Ce6e1gh0VEYeuzOnDfX9974MgOMfmWvpnUUO8hQcfSfbDg/s1600/KidsOffTheCouchDecemberRadar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7hrnlOBmp9kD5qjOw9Agq1VN2DOA0XiUNY6d4KEfaLMIqzZBstwPgSG7grSOvap1yX5s9U-hQLHdJ9PDcEcw5vu5SQVP0Ce6e1gh0VEYeuzOnDfX9974MgOMfmWvpnUUO8hQcfSfbDg/s320/KidsOffTheCouchDecemberRadar.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">'Tis the season to lift our voices in song... or at least to hum along as professional singers ring out the music of the season. We love that in our diverse city we can enjoy the holiday classics in multiple ways - we can sing along with the Messiah, or listen to the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_hpMxPMcLWWLcH8TdAhGenyYcPPjGPElZ71aIZXXP8EB0ke_kxYeZCrzVSJTzA1O8mV0qPUNSnD08E6bPZNdIrQxkF8bDBa5wEm-JfoM6wEUQuu9Zy5EOOmDswjFxoDojA=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">LA Master Chorale </span></a>do it perfectly. We can watch the Joffrey Ballet dance the Nutcracker, and can also see local kids offer up their rendition at the<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_heAwwbmc4rC7SQ8Lz24ue8qaclI-P4GFC0EewLBhxUXFUe8BR45J_Y1U06BG8cttIACYl9W_ynL7cKJ1eWhXMIl4Q6OMAhjkl8bLlAoeD2Q0Fy1rP0m3M1h1BqEVIxgvg=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Westside Ballet Company</span></a>. We never miss the chance to revisit classics like <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_iD-x8tSB13h4b2UVzW6T0bcvS76Epxgrhn_8HuxQFFJcP5Lf3rDTGUeg0xJEwhlYYcbX9mVA04SsZTPboM74jIaRrClE602U8o8-MLk9qQ0ASLnlxpVU8XyNd0IeiwR_vwC1m87WRPfxQx7kH2Ot50eBWIJgOKwqM=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">A Christmas Carol</span></a> but also like to learn seasonal traditions from other cultures.<br />
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<b>Ticket Giveaway:</b> Kids Off the Couch subscribers may enter to win one pair of tickets to the LA Phil's 11:30 AM <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_hcrWTuUG6-Dr-OAH7wuZ7AxkSYFA1VxhTOm1t9sInU0R4T1f7O87eWVdHNLAXjv9wA-GeiABDmNMneHqxLtVT2ACZFoXzAEVzN1pAtNNu0CiBeoFcqnQ7NHDyNJXW9lhJS7kk_LaoKc5WkuI30-Gsrk8mu1K9ymME=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Holiday Sing-A-Long</span></a> event on Saturday, December 17th. Tickets are still available for both shows on Saturday, December 17 (11:30 AM & 2:30 PM at Walt Disney Concert Hall), so bring the whole family to celebrate a cherished holiday tradition. Lyric sheets provided to all. Enter to win by writing to us at<a href="mailto:familysavvy@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">familysavvy@gmail.com</span></a>. Tickets are available to all the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_i_nJp0a834HwcImNPG3729ObWBcUIacqeAMEDoJomCwjXpNNfIYqfsuXq-BQyqCIYOghJ3yAOhdAnXta0RT3sJa2W8_ZxRt3yz1yYD5J9Tu1ZZ7NaelwtjYfzzhaau4vmZZkloSnHsyJtWWH6vQgi9" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">2011 Deck the Hall</span></a> concerts so check out the many ways you can get your fill of music this month.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Movie Update:</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> Apparently families spent more of their Thanksgiving together time shopping than film-going -- a trend which could explain why two of our local theaters are shutting down this month (the Crest and the Avco, both in Westwood). The truth is that there is a surfeit of entertaining family movies in the theaters between now and the end of the year. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_gwPiQ8dZl_XLfKgFroTxkTQAk-VA2-b5zH-2VSUnOBkRGQdXb9bGV2rL6OpCdN1ElxpfNeSOFlrdIVPf_P-NJcUB0Rxv816LHog1SXqZu6SfXPyKS2KENC" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">The Muppets</span></a> are thriving, <i>Puss in Boots 3D </i>is still lapping up box office receipts, and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_h9XzOwbB6OaeM4ZLX9nhAojsVy7RloXeJCwPvrQUkxOJ82W1H-Ho6_dq5kML-B2jEdQG5JX0iOiMK-4eTcGSr4hbk1_5iIem-rVaC3bleQpNcAX4BhbjDlpslw9PD17XHZQomrMOm0pIGuAY4AI_fnlnWbUQ8psVs=" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">Hugo</span></i><span style="color: #0000cc;">, </span></a>which arrived with critical acclaim, gets our Must-See award for the holiday season... at least until Spielberg's two holiday gifts arrive in late December: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_jRKP5pnGZSYS0DwNbTgGdgiUuh8ETgAmcxJ-IEBwnxts6j7pkV_aQ6eVRtAysRBXfUpodyGMxa3eTo4MXY0GSK19QxX8lPv8YetXgaNAJq2klwepveasyU" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">The Adventures of TinTin </span></i></a>and<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_gaBMO61xQty3YvASYReoyounetV8VyYjBbEDfMTSmSJaltL2penJ_N6D-Y0GbOsF3-Cvz7od_B1N147CnzrVgc1LINyo8CeTQipXD7D6CSrQ==" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">War Horse</span></i><span style="color: #0000cc;">.</span></a> (<i>Hugo</i>, based on the wonderful book, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" is directed by Martin Scorsese and we thought it was truly magical).<br />
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<b>Elementary: </b>Another wonderful World City event takes place on December 3 at the Music Center. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_jIjUC92bcExnnNd0s5yz4YhxrVlHKXzUZFczaqGtNyRK7YZam1zxnJhBm3jib0DKSJIurbZEi9qTzRlKnzyFaas8AY_sqs1SPG3zvmbZcAIlm4FeMnzwU60IukMtz5PbRn7-P3FzODRSr-6G46wMCm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Kitka & Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre</span></a> features an all-female singing group accompanying a marionette show performing stories and skits handed down from the puppeteer's Czech grandfather. Performances take place on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 11:00 AM and 12:30 PM. FREE tickets are distributed on Grand Avenue at 2nd Street. Tickets for the 11:00 AM performance are distributed beginning at 10:00 AM. Tickets for the 12:30 PM show are distributed beginning at 11:00 AM. FREE Art Workshops are available during each World City engagement.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Middle School:</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> A nice thing to do while in-laws are in town is to head on up the coast to the Getty Villa and take in <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_gHDLwRucZZfCizUi0W36XWcVejzMR4gFriT1tWOCih0CiOvkk-JdYKJYPRKqJFN9COdQ4zW4aunGSmGzbfabMoW08VkwrUkeVoclXy2BDxIhYJhQgowXlPkfTAlN8kj-a6lkUXGIurFeHgR40oDiV5" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Modern Antiquity: Picasso, de Chirico, Leger and Picabia in the Presence of the Antique</span></a> - which examines how the artists looked to ancient sculpture to inspire their work. The show will be in town only until mid-January when it travels to the Picasso museum in Antibes, France. And, while you're at the Villa, grandma will adore <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_iSaRLf0dr7l1zHtOhk92jMv4hp8ZxGHAmR1Ir6UEjFvSpETciOr9fVwifHNiG0s6m1eiyU8w_fjYYjzoGUMpURFLONDuoW3FWdxlmfgqvJgpOn4RVA8R69whjLklAu-ErRGEXUMa8h2Q==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Tea by the Sea</span></a>. Get ready for the holidays by purchasing a boxed set of <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_iB9QleWYldZMag7J5rfqSLrSMh-7Gi-JcvXR3DEvPQFEBMmiPpQp5VG78J1OmDcBdyg6lLwvYzcX3NUvmbhnJ043pDeQOcJ6SgPEsA_ttrQtBTgrDcTIMCwTtyJf19vC0qSiTtzWPkJUFgIYfPzjLT" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Harry Potter DVDs</span></a> -- the studio is pulling all of the movies off the shelf at the end of 2011 and will then plan limited releases of the titles (as Disney does with its classic titles).<br />
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<b>Teen:</b> Reading a little Shakespeare at school? Let actors help with your homework by heading out to <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_ioD5U4x4MmDRcRiognP89X3dmdf3zTyZRqOSpxbnwpieUdqJU9OyMkXz3mmB65qRj8tN1xDJDki6xL0OyFQS3tMEmTC5C3yIO6Xpo-3nMCrg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">A Noise Within's Twelfth Night, or What You Will </span></a>from now until mid-December at the company's exciting new stage in Pasadena. And find some cool gifts for your teens by <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_iBxWuG8In5N0HYw69-2r4hQ0AvgY3wf5xe-tfiJO9fH-GeC5M5br_cZY-ItLMjopaaxq4E8Jz_znYrCGlb5tnO2Qxl-mQWXeOi2lWZJfCPcBfX7Sd2jwQl0Ef0Ye3xaGOuCBRjye8o6Y8RtHXsaiyGPi-zsYFxM3dJbFEoA2rp74h1vImOqIaygIUZWMsI3xpC5UGGC6W8vIt67h5XtnLlEt_tbzmDlzX0Mptvvr0pbF6tsa6QTcyJRfnuzasV6SDa2O3VZiTgaA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">shopping (RED)</span></a>, Bono's line of products that helps fight the spread of AIDS (today is World AIDS Day).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Adults:</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> Possibly the coolest film title sequences of all time were created by Saul Bass -- you know him from the opening credits of countless Hitchcock movies. Come learn more at a lecture titled <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_h4pmCkUpig10OoprW0C_7WCY9nyGtebzyQPcmUYQVfvKZjJz4hg5FoCRtghimnMbokTjXKeJDRe6mixL6KZH3t2FO3G5E86spb_w8JI904pvYL9Q9oTHRfjl_J6dVWCzgOI_tjbo6310fiZDrZpUom" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design</span></a> at the Hammer on Tuesday, December 13, and meet the author of a beautiful new book about his life's work (this book is at the top of our holiday gift list!). Annette Bening and friends will do two readings of <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_grslh6tKcu_6VHL0HFxxDQratkVJ2Ya2JzGH9HvMLSE-3gHhP14ifgEuuLTnVpQJqibapburtWnT8-Dk4g5Wmu9sQzNmSH7_8BxBjC7Zcf4JHTi3USTguUBt-0TnAHXELmVI1yiEQ8GY-JaDu-Bbmn" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">It's A Wonderful Life! </span></a>at the Geffen Theater on December 10.<br />
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<b>Ready-Set-Shop:</b> <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_jp6LKRoewCxPn3hs4wkpnpof06zI0oR-TJcz4t8_To0qNToAGOKOkynes5QO7SmLlp7QZDkUeej0xXvq7V83L8c0yAjfzJPTQNKnIrSbje1FeeRlMXArE2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Unique LA</span></a> will be held December 3-4 downtown at the California Market Center, where you can get hand-made, original gifts for everyone on your list. Kids under 12 get in FREE. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_hNFlp-9QpNYnyNZuNp1N8c9KIDN9UNNvETyxPJPOjFS19kem4RmNfwFxTEkgZcsUVWJeYYWRKOCoTuOgu2D7xAYy-FfvNo_y-cdWOcV2yffQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">The Craft and Folk Art Museum</span></a> holds a boutique this Saturday, as well, from 10-4. If you haven't gotten your holiday card yet, check out our new fave design shop, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_hCS-BDx9uhdMv_ANrJmx582LvRd1UnkcoBK-nwY8h8XmYTjMSs9sZJE8b0rz_ognI6TApavIY5wqZ0-b4_I4qDxdyPJ709ZtlE_Lq1pT5YVlacIhIkyShq" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Pinhole Press</span></a>. Also, the gals at Cool Mom Picks put out their<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_g_v66PNfHhkShnbbFqmamI3BMtyYToynDFbliq3s1YNU7QcSI_8MIO91-akEUF88FcDHh-KPf99EjhguATHJvg0beVcLukhZc9xPElsEFEaxrislS36WYDnbIexThJJ-l_7OQhHYmYmw==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;"> 2011 Holiday Gift Guide</span></a> today and it rocks. Did you know Lego had an Architectural series??<br />
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<b>Looking Ahead: </b>Pick up tickets to a family show by <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_iU-kgB0T-sKGio87CP9rr6u5fYJNSkwwcEPeYJkMzHQ3LEbBgqWjMH2S5SrqfL6geYKRRooXCTksLyNGYaJmv9pnE3AZCI5gEbD8wfBm9W82W7yTS71dcmRb40MGKVKKM8vxvs10JXNxGkxPmdciJrYMWNyk-wZvU=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">They Might Be Giants</span></a> at UCLA Live on January 28 at Royce Hall. Teens might be into a traveling show from the Discovery series, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108882323190&s=6275&e=00100Gih6GRp_h-Lvs5CGHypsWANBXT_jvXCi4RrbFSktfcUlKSqFOgc0eO5InZJdBM1M6VDw7hTmSKOiWP-eW9L8wDPuwni3dM-_hhv0bcdJn1LZJoITtx43fG12VCrGj6srEPaduUW5YnthxFf5341WohQYfJHGx8x_7G9k4d86U=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Mythbusters</span></a>, coming to town on January 15.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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</div>PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-40100275489311270052011-10-28T10:34:00.000-07:002011-12-01T15:36:04.328-08:00Los Angeles Teenagers OFF the Couch: Women Hold Up Half the Sky Open Now at the Skirball Cultural Center<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.skirball.org/programs/tours/expert-insights"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsmpbAdMBwIVDM0Yhdwvc_aUHf1iIwzyZzdHJfMmds1dltOrY1fsdBf0aCvhBWuE45FYzt5hMF1NIne7ZCThKd2Jw9x9v4w65kCwDFPYQ3Z4R9NFxBHIrSMKlbPZo8mDRT_B0hAHLxuQ/s320/skirballculturalcenterWomenHoldUpHalfTheSky.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="background: white;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">It's not easy to explain, or even understand, why bad things happen in the world, but a new show at the Skirball Cultural Center goes a long way towards helping families turn their outrage into action.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108317669618&s=6275&e=001Od8PM_xqae44a8D5ki8HutkXkL6UVYYxZAPSdmON9mRFMWObngf7FmXcnkftJteOHppyPmMzLz9zkntqNM1wOtKoB_m1THcwF1FTRxvPrJc3pFrgZhsmzyossgIzbmM88XLKLYm8GGMp3SISyr1BjQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Women Hold Up Half the Sky</span></a>, in town through March 2012, was inspired by a book that proclaims the worldwide oppression of women and girls as the central moral issue of our time. Pulitzer Prize winning authors Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn also believe that "the best way to fight poverty and extremism is to educate and empower women and girls." Kristof and WuDunn, the first married couple to win a Pulitzer Prize together, worked with the Skirball's curators on this landmark exhibit not only to heighten awareness of these issues, but also to spur visitors to action.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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Inside<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108317669618&s=6275&e=001Od8PM_xqae44a8D5ki8HutkXkL6UVYYxZAPSdmON9mRFMWObngf7FmXcnkftJteOHppyPmMzLz9zkntqNM1wOtKoB_m1THcwF1FTRxvPrJc3pFrgZhsmzyossgIzbmM88XLKLYm8GGMp3SISyr1BjQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Women Hold Up Half the Sky</span></a>, we wove around sail-like walled spaces, and learned about inspiring women who are fighting for the rights of abused women around the world. Then we spent a few moments inscribing wishes on blue wing-shaped paper. The wishes, addressed to a woman facing a difficult situation, will be tucked inside a plastic sleeve in an elegant<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Wish Canopy</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>that hangs over the exhibit space. Our wishes, along with those of countless other visitors that will flock to see<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108317669618&s=6275&e=001Od8PM_xqae44a8D5ki8HutkXkL6UVYYxZAPSdmON9mRFMWObngf7FmXcnkftJteOHppyPmMzLz9zkntqNM1wOtKoB_m1THcwF1FTRxvPrJc3pFrgZhsmzyossgIzbmM88XLKLYm8GGMp3SISyr1BjQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Women Hold Up Half the Sky,</span></a>will turn the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Wish Canopy</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>"sky" from white to blue!<br />
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The metaphor, of course, is that a simple act can help a woman change her circumstances. We learned how CARE put locked boxes in an African village, allowing a woman to save a few dimes and start a thriving potato farming business. We learned how a Pakistani woman received a micro loan and began an embroidery business that freed her from an abusive relationship and now employs thirty other families. We were inspired to take simple actions for change, from sending postcards to our Senators, to picking up a bookmark with instructions on how to interact with specific charities, to shopping at a wonderful pop-up shop with handicrafts from women's cooperatives around the globe. We particularly loved an iPad station where we could make a micro loan with a dollar that comes with our exhibition ticket -- a direct way to prove the point that what might be pocket change to one family could change the lives of another. When we got home, we received an email that the dollar had been sent to a 36-year old woman from Kenya who runs a clothing shop to support her family.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; text-align: -webkit-left;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Who Should Go:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">We think the show is an important one for young adults who are ready to tackle injustice, but we know it will be tricky to convince kids who aren't naturally inclined towards tough subject matter to come to the gallery. (The subject matter of abuse is not appropriate for elementary or middle-school aged children -- human trafficking and genital mutilation are just some of the horrors faced by women around the globe). You can tell the kids that Angelina Jolie and George Clooney use the power of their celebrity to support causes such as these, or suggest the show as a field trip for a school community service group; in fact, just watching<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Girl Effect</i>video (listed below) may be inspiration enough to get your kids through the door. Once on site, parents will appreciate that their kids will feel empowered to take action, whether by assembling a care package or gardening kit, sponsoring a woman in a war torn nation, donating food at a local women's center, or learning more about sexual slavery here in LA. One tidbit we gleaned from Kristof is his excitement for how college grads leap into action on issues such as the ones raised in the exhibit - they are notably more sanguine about the ability to address global issues than older generations, so bring your college kids over their holiday break.<br />
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<b>Read and Discuss:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Nicholas D. Kristof is a New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who wrote<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108317669618&s=6275&e=001Od8PM_xqae5uJFZGlh6YQXuaLQZlKW8cVX1AmVTu8z8UYFQJ6qrt8fxb7-1C-FwYdFN7gvyaXEYhtYVVVqfZ6o79SHRojbhXuXRMwnUYoiFK8l2uhrzxGiKPR8konwhYH5ldFPom98sT_LmIuUJ6BBwZ4hQtcZnW" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide</span></a></i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(Knopf, 2009) with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn. The book is a great choice for an adult book group. To learn more, click here to visit the<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108317669618&s=6275&e=001Od8PM_xqae4vrbTNj9fQ93J6vd8BitJJgSCr67UlZijP3X2XzA2perl-GFbs2EUaqQSsxge41KbQWSmuLb2JCj-fGp7mRtS-uA5kzclrMB7xuz2x1pUne55FZEhFD6Hb" target="_blank"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #0000cc;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0000cc;">Half the Sky Movement</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>webpage.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; text-align: -webkit-left;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Don't Miss:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">A fabulous pop-up store features items produced by female artisans and women's cooperatives from around the world. Each is tagged with a story, and we particularly loved the beaded animals and a spectacular necklace made from bullet casings. Shop for the holidays with a clear conscience! The shop can also be found online next week on the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108317669618&s=6275&e=001Od8PM_xqae6YdNmznbzNq4K-b9nF8EyRRJ7SGFjjmELlyxA8Hgp5RgppQxJIHWeCxZ5MAPAooEylsaf_GAt6xQei8QwXjW_f7SFx-gf0C8B2iX7KFO87QQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Skirball website</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="background: white;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Doing:</span></b><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">During the holiday season, we make donations to charitable organizations. Why not help your kids get in this habit by giving them a small amount of money (as little as $25) to make a micro-loan to someone in another country? Check out </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108317669618&s=6275&e=001Od8PM_xqae4eBFOCFg6DfA9S4nSV1oYkc3lHhqiLSsbNyMclgMFtEvoQYOyfDOVXKAtuozP0prf52JBQpz2A5-ELV4niwkap_r7gaxrpGt0=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Kiva.org</span></a><span style="color: #663300;"> and let your children choose a project they'd like to fund. Once the loan is paid back, your family can choose another project to fund. We've found that a one-on-one approach makes giving tangible to kids. Other interesting approaches include </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108317669618&s=6275&e=001Od8PM_xqae5sDxXfDDlVaTjG-WtNi2D-MuuqkM2WfXxYvtq6UbSz209GATapU8-KUIXXVI-zQyLI-07AvJyjxoxCGoyBE9KEcx64vDF62ENBvIkyMHkjJQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Women for Women International</span></a><span style="color: #663300;">, whose founder Zainab Salbi is featured in Women Hold Up Half the Sky, and whose model is for donors to become pen-pals with a woman in a war torn country.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="color: #663300;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">One More Thing: </span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Check out this clever campaign from <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108317669618&s=6275&e=001Od8PM_xqae5o8v3gI475APigsrpVMsHPjSqBFCCKwM2KIMF-aIdELrHzYHYuQ_JKqQVAQccYwH_lFwvQSmRt0cvffUijxrzaHYI3T7qRgem-mqdJQPJj_y0vpNdU0FWM" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">The Girl Effect</span></i></a>, a charitable wing of Nike, about how changing one girl's life can change the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100.0%;"><tbody>
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</div>PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-53040523638293112272011-10-24T16:15:00.000-07:002011-10-24T16:16:10.755-07:00Los Angeles Halloween Radar Screen - Part 2!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeO3NYoJ0Vt82AfmuWF1cCRQsVHG-nN9Utz1o0k72YgTdot58VpxvF75ez-Gf05eMG-Pe2BKSf5XbFhr3DGaOovaPu6J6iMvYyCs0rHWNcLZHmpQ6m_OmJkT9-gNY1Nmx_wAzfFFzUmo/s1600/KidsOffTheCouchHalloween2011part2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeO3NYoJ0Vt82AfmuWF1cCRQsVHG-nN9Utz1o0k72YgTdot58VpxvF75ez-Gf05eMG-Pe2BKSf5XbFhr3DGaOovaPu6J6iMvYyCs0rHWNcLZHmpQ6m_OmJkT9-gNY1Nmx_wAzfFFzUmo/s320/KidsOffTheCouchHalloween2011part2.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">A Few More Scares!</span></span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Endangered Animals, Ed Keinholz Tableau and Teen Drivers</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">We're back with a few more seasonal tidbits, and an update on our latest ticket offer (see below). In thinking ahead to our trick-or-treat plans, we were wondering when Daylight Savings Time kicks in; turns out it's not until Sunday, November 6. If you're nervous about having the kids roam around on their own in the dark, check out</span><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108214443047&s=6275&e=001GyqR53LOg9O4_OBT1zClym9SlwrEGxIft7BpTSZ2WwiPxdQKTghYZxyvxhjpFp065KLB8D2jFVZqkiFNzq6dDNqM7q50Fdepi8kPmcj8ezynp86h22EXvn6s1Qh7pQNKqToRVadQmW4YacfHZXio_p5dxsrXc_XkgOJUPjmW6uOlJ0-fffLXtHBhFlUf7nN3FUcLLlOO7kk=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">an article in today's </span><i><span style="color: #003399;">Los Angeles Times</span></i><span style="color: #003399;"> </span></a>about tracking your kids on Halloween. Yes, there's an app for that! Though we're not sure how we feel about it...</span></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> <b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Tots and Elementary:</b></span><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">There's absolutely nothing frightening about the new carousel that opens at the LA Zoo on October 27, except for the fact that instead of horses, children will ride around on animals that are endangered. The carousel, which includes a komodo dragon, a poison dart frog, a Sumatran tiger and a dung beetle chariot, and includes beautiful murals of endangered</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> California </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">flora and fauna, is created by exceptional craftspeople and your $3 fee goes toward Zoo programming to protect many of these endangered species. Parents will enjoy that the carousel spins to music from recording artists from the A&M label (such as the Police, Go-Go's, Cat Stevens, Amy Grant, Janet Jackson, Herb Alpert and the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> Tijuana </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Brass) which was co-founded by Jerry Moss with Alpert. Moss and his wife Ann have given generously to bring the<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108214443047&s=6275&e=001GyqR53LOg9PS5cex0bK_dqDnMr4otA_30TizbJ-scThEmvUMVAW3A_5S8SWSdc2yRkKNe_Jh8DT8oZTfJEcrq4J0mNwEAJF5kFd4kpZep55AmC08NrnONhNfwVILjRVgBzKFTy2ZpgolAdPrxn2Eqw==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Tom Mankiewicz Conservation Carousel</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">to life.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Middle School:</span></b><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Take a tram ride up to</span><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> the Getty Center <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">this Saturday, October 22 for a day-long</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108214443047&s=6275&e=001GyqR53LOg9PV6F3aSYIOHB_0xiJVjfulgT9bAWCgIX9knF-Bn21O88Bj-uwLyI3kvJsuFxGfW4A0XIIN4ZguVnoUPRDQVuH3Aqrg8JuerirARIEInMpP7VXEh9JdZfaOMKc1pkpilAWNHhg8S-XbHbMHBXhNYCodiEcVSykKAxVDodj6CrzJM8FAEIq8qQB1ZkveuoO6zdg=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Pacific Standard Time Family Festival</span></a>. Enjoy musical performances, workshops with local artists in the traditions of the celebrated PST artists (like poster-making, mail art, guerrilla clothing), and take in the new PST show,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108214443047&s=6275&e=001GyqR53LOg9NlVCWYyABNQadM_ndaSnaasFMw4CGHhRQb7207Zot2yhZtInZtDWesqUrS_-8M62P8ZLKVrjj9xKkwLVnoCRjguPgplQmdXwgGalHUJ4d1nv9F452i_126oeFPgZ5JT0FeRSoHkB_KE6cyn-VyitK98BejLlQcmP2mLtE2uNIpLR0TqoAZop84" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Crosscurrents in LA Painting and Sculpture: 1950-1970,</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">with monumental sculpture by De Wain Valentine and a room of large-scale paintings by Ed Ruscha, Richard Deibenkorn and David Hockney. We thought this show was satisfying in a big way.<br />
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<b>Teens:</b></span><b> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Our son turns 16 on Halloween, and the scariest thing we're doing this fall is anticipating the moment when he will drive off alone. It's National Teen Driver Safety Week, and</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108214443047&s=6275&e=001GyqR53LOg9Pv3Z_LII7eUwQFNd8FE1raysIBHyNDfjI4FCGy1WszSKIHfvW03Web0b4MfRhHqlFronskAxzDbOwz1j5YGSoEGg-YOxSEAhCQZOj6SucSrszmz7pSKjzI7M-xUoy08DWcJECnpQzpegUFS_O_KJt5IWgj4WDcTpSHp08nvwnAFUbWZvP2kDijTDacahCHmHwrxMqJ3p9LNL8d21hGpRSRj62bsiAcSVg=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">here is a powerful article</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">about the odds your kids will have an accident in the first month or two of driving. New technical developments to keep them from texting behind the wheel are encouraging, like the new iPhone's SIRI virtual assistant and</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108214443047&s=6275&e=001GyqR53LOg9MjBGyejhEqUYD4YPt7kxF9jOeIAI7SRa-QzH_sj3w9DkDvCuheYcwx-D7OC6pWdZ8yOqIw4i-QTdxpVNJmXMx7TYSWxKwL-xF8gR0yJ-zaZ4Dfk8y36SIcIQ7rE2Tadlw=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Ford putting a device in cars </span></a>that can read text messages. But to stave off trouble, we enrolled both our kids in Jim Snelling's driving course at the Toyota Speedway. Although it's not cheap,</span> Snelling <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">gives a crash course is safety (the kids get to spin out in soapy water and learn to control the skid). It's exciting stuff, but Snelling tempers the action with sobering messages about safety. Click here for more information about</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108214443047&s=6275&e=001GyqR53LOg9OzIZ2RlkAliqvc9i1wUGKHXb7SyShoHksggFh0csQhT-iHqE6e1LuVlZvxCqmTfvuNwlvjdwj9QGBCR0caDkBlJcE95ort_Key0CO0s7KW870B8XY0UWdoEV4tWDA519WJP4McAUaThA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Advanced Driving Dynamics</span></a>.<br />
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<b>Adults:</b></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">You'll have to have a strong stomach to visit<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108214443047&s=6275&e=001GyqR53LOg9M3GdseQUhqJ8pnZ95tOn4v6oV2xxhYSJZ6kENbDrP_8gSivaXdO3dqwCOS_iN_dtOJt__mBX6_trAQiYBn0OtQyLfjBMM9H8pGPTEr6cNkehQeFPYjcV_fpPC7HO9ff1pM2sgH72gTwqmGcR8yCDBAw-tH5mHJQVc=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;"> Five Car Stud 1969-1972, Revisited</span></a>, an arresting diorama that has been hidden from the public for 40 years, and is on display in the US for the first time at LACMA. Edward Keinholz's graphic and violently upsetting tableau takes up an entire gallery and makes a powerful statement about civil rights in this country.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ticket Giveaway:</span></b><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">In Tuesday's ticket offer for</span><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108214443047&s=6275&e=001GyqR53LOg9P_p-M9LbTfifZY0hCG7IZ1rnKHZRVQ1zN2dole5-pTUYLK95ZMsGDI31079avm8b2Otlvt5MhkBLwCwhWvSTQnKJVGsqQ9U62YfaqM--VoFerAJ225iRY6TGhfwAPaM7Fajy8CxpJ223PkPYNA3uYZ9NTcz_2HmvIgW2eNC72h_HmnYjlGskLl" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Bring It On: The Musical</span></a>, we were mistaken about the dates - the new musical is going to be in town for<b> SIX weeks not TWO</b>, giving families a larger window to catch the show that explores the competitive, high-stakes world of high-school cheer squads. At the Ahmanson Theater from October 30-December 10.</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108214443047&s=6275&e=001GyqR53LOg9P_p-M9LbTfifZY0hCG7IZ1rnKHZRVQ1zN2dole5-pTUYLK95ZMsGDI31079avm8b2Otlvt5MhkBLwCwhWvSTQnKJVGsqQ9U62YfaqM--VoFerAJ225iRY6TGhfwAPaM7Fajy8CxpJ223PkPYNA3uYZ9NTcz_2HmvIgW2eNC72h_HmnYjlGskLl" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Tickets are still available online</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">and by calling 213/972-4400. For special ticket pricing to shows in the first two weeks call the box office and mention code GAME or</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108214443047&s=6275&e=001GyqR53LOg9OGeWjM6FoHKtOjTtGl3dFUp0mnvrn7vnTLra6dekfm9d6JG01JoFt8tXmPw8X79ddz30AUMOhhN-9iX2XoYNcJszNFxWc8ETr_dZlhoUqOXWKeF_hm5Qy-zFN_hb44dxNBZcNgml34sMHlIN28EOJC" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">click here</span></a>. Exclusions apply. We're giving away one Family 4-pack to Kids off the Couch readers (and will choose a winner next week, so there's still time to enter by writing familysavvy@gmail.com).</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
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<b>Ticket Giveaway:</b></span><b> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">If your teens were glued to the screen for the high stakes world of competitive cheer-leading in the film</span> <i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Bring It On</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">, you'll want to book tickets for the brief run of</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlS_jI5IYXLNjuCdb-hqSQGwrwnwoHbhHcRMOmMmiV27Qyg-0Z4hOgq1e03jIAYFGRuL5EfAQvXFEXMblAowoGEH_2BbjaGnsO_ODaKdCUPM8JOWZPgK7Tpq0E8rugX6hdT0PDgEPncK-7YvYoiEKP_r2NoMl_VUXl1xat8vZi6MLe4pCVNd7DLK" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Bring It On: The Musical</span></a>, lifting off from the Ahmanson Theater stage from October 30-November 10.<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlS_jI5IYXLNjuCdb-hqSQGwrwnwoHbhHcRMOmMmiV27Qyg-0Z4hOgq1e03jIAYFGRuL5EfAQvXFEXMblAowoGEH_2BbjaGnsO_ODaKdCUPM8JOWZPgK7Tpq0E8rugX6hdT0PDgEPncK-7YvYoiEKP_r2NoMl_VUXl1xat8vZi6MLe4pCVNd7DLK" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Tickets are still available online</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">and by calling 213/972-4400. Kids Off the Couch subscribers are eligible for a Family 4-Pack ticket giveaway to the 8:30 PM show on Friday, November 4. Write to us at</span> familysavvy@gmail.com <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">and please include your cell number.</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
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<b>Elegant Creepiness!</b></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlRlkntMA_run7yaoPilrccC8gT7YY5edQrsZ9oPNwCv-Rg12QQsRqqCjBNTCU4SUSw3wVJV0BIRUKM09hCUkrzvq7J9QL-vAVqpSuZyvzivDzCDRG-gRQ-gIbjfgXfC7FP4_BUyHif5pWLSnVg50ySmZ02D2a1E5ePo3Jj99H2Ltg5-QisiM8HR" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">is the place to be this month for cool, spidery programming: flashlight tours of the Spider Pavilion (October 22 and 28 from 5:00 - 8:30 PM), a Halloween Festival (trick-or-treat in the museum on October 30), and a Haunted Museum costume ball for the whole family on October 23. LACMA celebrates the final days of the</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlRb0Ci0zs3lJB3zTlNQQHzX-8oRh8fhyq73lFtmQue0-QM7SgBgHUIM2TRTkg01LXztoSI-YPsCjMHKZYT2ysGS3Mlz2hnNRHgb_zuuBVXDhMmsGvCgz2W0qKeUK_PblDjsx2zqa78t6g==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Tim Burton Show </span></a>by staying open all night on Sunday, October 30 and until midnight on Halloween, and hosting all manner of family-friendly activities throughout the blockbuster's closing weekend. Tickets are required for entry to the exhibit.<br />
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<b>Tots:</b></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Even if they're not quite ready for</span> <i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Edward Scissorhands</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">, younger kids can participate in LACMA's</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlTqXwmCI1kthyFFEFA818HxmCPWwM57tDOrdA_z6mFlE4jYu4ptAmBuHd11zkfhbnuR3TJzdH1sYemfLa7iPjeZ2xQDA_fqyzwh7qeecYUo-dnE3ynOTyGhwQUhnzjfDY_MH3elcjkMsw==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Andell Family Sundays "Tim Burton: What a Character!"</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">on Saturday, October 23 from 12:30 - 3:30 PM. Fall is the ideal time of year to visit Kidspace</span> Children's Museum <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">in</span> Pasadena <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">- both for its wonderful</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlRxe7FN7qTkmGUD4ARpk-r95D1oMiLe0Jom3k0YL1hNWEePXTqBNNFzsrDH0g_l0J615O1CdPjp8ktDRvdkoXtAEmB6rM4iOtVqKE7KkY_QCbioUfUqzxhbQ0B9CFLxqzi43Ndop3P5xeIb3aIcPkmrgkhdRjo-6EdrAZ8aWVuwXw==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Pumpkin Festival</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">over the weekend of October 23-24 and for the</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlSRGLMAM-2a10GjQQUFBcAg6in-Leu_JAWj38SeJyaw2RPht9IMn_zlqUrrL9lm8YsiAoVCRYPEYx0L3Mf8wDSW9XQO0mKTPVjAac2Fl_jk-D2hM_aaYTSKsny9do4yt2rAkFPapruO8q_5BAzjodXPiw3BYkOE7kM=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Halloween Pumpkin Hunt </span></a>on Sunday, October 30. Magic lovers should drop by and meet some roving magicians at the</span>Skirball Cultural Center <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">for</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlS7ZZ3ruMnpP4c6_nzIafQ05vjQxEVdFQEA9ggwA8OEADThYlxFy-QxpckI6Br5zcbatOc5cSrbz2ZuD9Kf6svaJ60QMPJNvcCEMKQj31VqBr58NSfsPS6_exV-LF6sIwY=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Spellbinding Sundays</span></a>, between 12:00 - 2:00 PM. If your youngest are itching for more than just a trip to the pumpkin patch, check out</span> Santa Monica <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Playhouse's</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlSN5GB3n-oEELaPX0q4-sn-x8Jt37wV4unJVgk_xruBsHXgIWkA4Xb5mYfw3EaAhXRBqxQKfsTK_1tYMEqsPvRyup2FuEABZNXiecHekUkRtcjilNLCv-GW" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">A Halloween Hullabaloo</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">between October 22-30.<br />
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<b>Elementary:</b></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlRNg9sgo3Rmdq0dO604T_9Ss6VCuYVz4FGDqc6JaxLnvOnBvpROZU_ZJUhwu8I-IdAbfx0soGe9XxDCej2az92iKMM9nxOpAvY41ElgYBBuFN3NoPFXT0MKw7c2M6SI-_vODNHicXKJ-A==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Forneris Farms Harvest Fest </span></a>is perfect for an old-fashioned outing, offering pumpkin hunting, train and pony rides, and a friendly (as in not haunted) corn maze. Click here for our</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlRCX9jXxwQ2goNv4uqqcD1NKyHLorzs_CBLxG4Oajxgy_CqQ4ZqLP9ealvqaLNIG7HLL-2IjxK7U_H0f7r-HfhoP2RzGqRzj7V-Iyvn-SKOkTl8VyaZBB7IE4sQVaQy8gwpDNZOr5Qb9QgT0jRFX5rgFmpP4d_53fg0vbqljlWK_4Fww_v-oI946qgbhuysWjaAweC94FfGOg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Popcorn Adventure </span></a>about visiting Forneris Farms, which we paired with the Halloween classic,</span> <i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">. Celebrate the Day of the Dead at a FREE</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlSC3ZG7GYamA5rflVjB8vrD2QuT_PwioWRDu0mUnLm43syjzbRRPjHMd8MOvuFNFb3lv72eLA55gU-_2aEBPzRPb5YHhiR45lIM2cbbqYSCmfQFCzSpLM6kBUSv4I-0aBp_sTEcS3cb-r0BW4OqvIt9FjdxQz-5AiGDtY-IDAznwOE0O3oNuhwR" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Kids in the Courtyard</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">event at the Fowler on Sunday, October 23 from 1:00 - 4:00 PM.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Middle School:</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">We love the</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlRu8ZlT4GGf6HCAozd3RRefe0YhO5HalqyaJyNTMq9gJXlo1DLsOzQQ11BfyC-GXEVHNXcoy_CojML1W5TRwN1-AhUECDNTpqrG2IUPMuEIVPHOxp3ARZzYkpaIXwP43cA=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Halloween Harvest Festival </span></a>at</span> Pierce College <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">(Winetka and Victory in the Valley), which this year added a corn maze and sells produce grown by students. World City at the Music Center has three FREE concerts on the roof of the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Saturday, October 22.</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlSxB_WIDlWiLmXAVV1qIECpAudkpoLCAnOVj7Sq99BhN_JYE3K-dOey6mBsw8umv9BXyOv44QAoCCX_a5gA7lzZ5gnEekX7sqXqrZp22vJsGDrpjGqCH4oXquopZkJd-smd3wWXNjDTZ1IDA-ma2RHS" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Click here for information about show times and ticketing</span></a>, and for more details on the performances, which tie in neatly with the Day of the Dead celebrations this month. For an unusual art tour at<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlQ_YqGZhGZZi2zVJsGg-L-FsCj3igE6bftsDdwc3HLqriljgz8_cWeX4lN2FP-d8f7wWHEhEKvSjZiqb5loG59qkx4mH9mpneU=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">The Getty, </span></a>check out</span> <i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Demons, Angels, and Monsters: The Supernatural in Art.</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Created by kids for kids, the audio tour features imaginative children sharing their impressions of fantastical art that reveals how past cultures have viewed the supernatural, and how belief in such creatures influenced everyday life. All audio tours are FREE at The Getty until February, and are available at the main audio-tour kiosk in the lobby.<br />
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<b>Teens:</b></span><b> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlQ1WVvlPSXvMD1XJv8juYltHSvIVkmL7zvHxCpOmiNFCc2UnlERluLh0nVGNB4YoxvDUVEjCEA2zCBT9I0oCv8qK6NuNbJzhXfOvsNAvE_HuA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">is underway on the grounds of the Zoo, but don't confuse it with a bucolic ride in the country - it's definitely not for kids under ten! The theme parks also produce rabid shock-fests for kids over 13 --</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlSzOU9QTaylSPXlWslb-YS-xo2d8vrwrAGVNt9H-IghXacYAbunjC4YapruSHhCF1fymXv2a13g0g-LoA8UhPXomjE5qRiUIDW_3LzmDg_jyA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Knotts' Scary Farm</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">and Universal's</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlTDvzjSxfXog5wtPlG2l4mZSX3TbIWl5W3tVqp7iTmJlC7A7_jzmz8NrGyH54KJsqIWLFeV45U5hfkux2fPhCB_JdJFpfICFwxuYMtES5Rxw5zlClm4zJSY" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Halloween Horror Nights</span></a>. With loads of add-ons available, the price tag for these adventures climbs steeply, so be sure your teens know the ticket price is as scary as the ghouls and zombies. For a milder price and scare-level, take in<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlRgUE4N7KXlQMy552eJeDa-Fb1KsKzzJzSlNmK4zJOFJHLHbEgUQQ6wtNbrIstQSAFoE5GrZlGOWb-nY61CG9xZG-oXJRWvJFPS-G36ruwH6SbIaMKCEk6uPnyArS3UmNWTtUAiWudmKn_FCPNBog5f" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #003399;">The Nightmare Before Christmas</span></i><span style="color: #003399;"> in 3D</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">at the</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlRgUE4N7KXlQMy552eJeDa-Fb1KsKzzJzSlNmK4zJOFJHLHbEgUQQ6wtNbrIstQSAFoE5GrZlGOWb-nY61CG9xZG-oXJRWvJFPS-G36ruwH6SbIaMKCEk6uPnyArS3UmNWTtUAiWudmKn_FCPNBog5f" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">El Capitan</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">with special effects (fog, wind and snow).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Adults:</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">For an elegant date, try the fabulous</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlSmZsriFhCuHiFTRhQKC8diNh6QC9smlsYn-t79TCp4BcSW_I-3sqRiGRASmutk58dExdb8iJr1qmc1mgBk8oVjM0FUVEG8uvkqfvsSS_uXEw==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Walking Tours of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery,</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">hosted by Karie Bible. And, set your DVRs for a new series on PBS called<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108178247002&s=6275&e=0019SQ9bdf_UlRJFL-sDJgsV36ZLvw5y4jilhBd6el8gpxMZNIce8dCxT5lazGQ0VY1tNdLMn_OIAjjYR1G2P0fe3N47Ymlq5aTUlCRt0egPDLP4GW8uNH0X58HTISbqxtWXFh7WIOmM9U-FY7sMYa4Fg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Women, War and Peace</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">with stories of bravery and barbarism that will stop your heart from beating. Tune in for tonight's (Oct 18) segment</span> <i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Pray the Devil Back to Hell</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">, featuring one of this year's three Nobel Prize for Peace winners Leymah Gbowee, in the story of how the women of</span> Liberia <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">bound together to fight for peace in a country divided between warlords and the despot Charles Taylor.</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
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</div>PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-49345709860335089662011-10-07T10:09:00.000-07:002011-10-07T10:40:35.470-07:00Kids Off The Couch - An Appreciation: Steve Jobs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #009999; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px;">"Death is Very Likely the Single Best Invention of Life"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"></span><br />
<div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">For a simple and elegant statement of how Steve Jobs touched us all, head onto Facebook and witness your friends reactions to the news that Jobs succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. You'll see Apple logos digitally altered to shed tears, hilarious grainy photos of an early adopter's first clunky desktop computer ("This is about where I got on board - 27 years ago. Thanks, Steve!"), and more than a few photos showing a fan's multiple Apple products lined up in tribute to their late creator: iMac, MacBook Pro, iPad, iPhone and iPod. As someone who spends most of her day glued to one or another Apple products, I bow to the insight that each one of our lives could be transformed by a personal computer. Never mind his brilliant product design and marketing genius, Steve Jobs gave us each the gift of creative potential.</span></div><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Articles about Jobs are legion this week - many are worth perusing, and kids will particularly enjoy photos of the early computers. For the sake of some profound dinner table conversations this weekend, here are a few bits of Jobs lore to help you teach your kids about a man whose legacy they are already living.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The first is <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108007588059&s=6275&e=001z2DaABi20vbktI1Kdf7htiB99oiM5Cxm_fWL4IJQqJ_vNkdYSkrB9-IR1ZmS6Ngq-BYwDnH3GyybuJ0eeR8tRROz6gkfLyra-Zr0Rsw2xLpzNor3L8WYnLoIxNuG226O6BeCx7m49YXBe4jQlmaF3GOlpQRt8lrg0uAww9vFEK3e-f5iD7gAADinhgnHWq7p" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003399; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318006405_1" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">a blog piece</span></a> discussing the breadth of Jobs' influence on film, from the birth of computer animation and the plethora of screens from which our digital kids use to consume media. Go rent <i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Toy Story</i> this weekend and marvel at Pixar's early masterpiece. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The second is Jobs' famous <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318006405_2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Stanford</span> commencement speech in 2005. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1108007588059&s=6275&e=001z2DaABi20vZsPPmWt_HxWtubaaRvxntHqJsblONKdEIUEMnBbqD02UUpevlDEOxLI_cY2QjkhCS4jz1kpb-p-lV2Wyz21e9Il6FqtgvMcvVXbEA0tM-WdFzCJ96YY1Pq3wxRw4ZJSqV-sH2erOtLE2D0RRev3wwLE0norUFd5Udwz_LERB71fQ-Ut8wu7N2PJR7zHsSMvg-o5-jOIhGt3kiGn1XTFo2amoePDaXOzEGa8giLvxs3pIo_UhId8a1SSwR2VsSo4gY=" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003399; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318006405_3" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">NPR posted the speech in its entirety on it's site</span></a>. Below the video, you will find a link to a printed version of the speech.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">In his Stanford address, Jobs compiles the many lessons of his own life into three stories. Each of you will find your own teachable moments in the 15-minute video. (Younger kids won't find the actual speech as compelling as teens). Jobs' ability to regroup after being fired from the company he founded is a prime example of resilience and recovery. As much as parents hate to watch their kids experience failure, learning to bounce back from disappointment is a critical life skill. Jobs' single-minded pursuit of his passion reminds us how important it is to help children find their own passions...whether we understand them or not. And, finally, while Jobs' words that echo most eerily today are not really apt for children (as in the quote above, he is eloquent about how facing death teaches us to live more fully), these sentiments resonate deeply in our parental bones and remind us to pursue our dreams and to embrace what is truly important in life. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish". </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Thanks, Steve.</span></div><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><tbody style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">
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<div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Ticket Giveaway: Two Family 4-packs to ZAM FEST</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background: white; color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paul Kim, an avid fan of the Coachella Festival, set out to create a music and art festival that could inspire the same kind of passion in kids that rock music inspires in young adults. The result is</span><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: white;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107959393125&s=6275&e=001JdYYg07dTZd4eJbzpfDQWOaA8SJ6zVb2bh5nMsECRD3BG5L49pSqEdyzNOlUJz-Krqhk23z6Zj5JwOxjJsuAACatdD84bGibM0q7R6sPqR4TzbtlLGLLEA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">ZAM FEST</span></a>, a one-day festival that debuts in Long Beach in two weeks. "I would take my daughter to different events with the hopes of inspiring her to find something she's passionate about, but found that most were essentially clones of one another" says Kim. "So I thought, why not create something that has the potential to inspire lots of kids, and can give back to our communities at the same time?" At a time when the public school system isn't always able to expose kids to inspiring arts programming, we applaud Paul's efforts. Join him for the first annual</span> <span style="background: white;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107959393125&s=6275&e=001JdYYg07dTZd4eJbzpfDQWOaA8SJ6zVb2bh5nMsECRD3BG5L49pSqEdyzNOlUJz-Krqhk23z6Zj5JwOxjJsuAACatdD84bGibM0q7R6sPqR4TzbtlLGLLEA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">ZAM FEST</span></a></span> <span style="background: white;">on October 15.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What:</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: white;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107959393125&s=6275&e=001JdYYg07dTZd4eJbzpfDQWOaA8SJ6zVb2bh5nMsECRD3BG5L49pSqEdyzNOlUJz-Krqhk23z6Zj5JwOxjJsuAACatdD84bGibM0q7R6sPqR4TzbtlLGLLEA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">ZAM FEST</span></a></span> <span style="background: white;">stands for the Z Arts & Music Festival, where the Z refers to our current 'Z Generation' of kids. Festival entertainment will include the drummers of Taiko Project; the original music of teen rock band The Christopher Brothers; the Indian Bollywood- style dance troupe Beyondancing; the quirky dance music of AJ & The Flip Flops; the athletic hip hop dancing of the Beast Mode Crew and the turntable and beat-making sounds of Knockstudy DJ Scratch. Also making her performing debut singing her hit song "Do My Thang" is Cori B, who follows in the musical footsteps of her father Snoop Dogg. Families can also participate in a hands-on recycled material ReCreate Art project, a EuroZip line above festival grounds, Human Hamster Balls, food trucks and a surprise performance.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> <br />
<b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Subscriber Giveaway:</b></span><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">KOTC subscribers can enter to win one of two Family 4 Packs to ZAM FEST. Write to us at familysavvy@gmail.com -- and please include a cell number.<br />
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<b>Where and When:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107959393125&s=6275&e=001JdYYg07dTZd4eJbzpfDQWOaA8SJ6zVb2bh5nMsECRD3BG5L49pSqEdyzNOlUJz-Krqhk23z6Zj5JwOxjJsuAACatdD84bGibM0q7R6sPqR4TzbtlLGLLEA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">ZAM FEST</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">is a one-day only event, scheduled rain or shine for Saturday, October 15 from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. The event takes place in the Marina Green Park in Long Beach.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107959393125&s=6275&e=001JdYYg07dTZcxvhHc8xQBujMziSzU1sVFDKRzxorPbOamYvFsVEkcmX1mDqRbfBI11imrAlp2R79iyrAUUpzrDicxlVu-1_pirBMV1oGkYVzfmBdTPhmLPqxcJKlh9aVUDettYo9LSejKl_EdwxwNhXnBwUxoripe4lXjBIZrzKIhwOVKdHpCkZ9EKY_AGXEbPISpenmj9frzQZj9gKjKvlxgH_hidaFTQIYps_wVo8x_1A02I7BK4eapN3ggo7S2TmBvBKAIqn_R-oj5iMvomoVJRG8c4GA2NlOolBbzJjZ7nRnUGk2LUVYwI9sfXcR9-aIy4Mjh5P70COKRo_pIRUamuhrO-wYJAG7oC1DZb1F19K97fX5D8RbaWNL2IgmuK3BNAdiqCnPtx3EYa-KAU_ycjNZd35er_T2KNT1FmffflR_dclHroL0mcyjYAkBi2sjwQizRU7Pe309c3ZQdKP4-Q_vllIbv1TxwUppP4Vs=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Click here for a map.</span></a><br />
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<b>Ticketing:</b></span><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107959393125&s=6275&e=001JdYYg07dTZd4eJbzpfDQWOaA8SJ6zVb2bh5nMsECRD3BG5L49pSqEdyzNOlUJz-Krqhk23z6Zj5JwOxjJsuAACatdD84bGibM0q7R6sPqR4TzbtlLGLLEA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Tickets are currently available online</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">and at the festival on the day of the event. Discount early bird tickets are available now with adult all day tickets priced at $12, kids all day tickets priced at $8. Children under three will be admitted for free. After the pre-sale period ends, adult all day tickets will be $15 and kids all day tickets will be $10.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ZAM FEST gives back:</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: white;">A portion of the proceeds from<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107959393125&s=6275&e=001JdYYg07dTZd4eJbzpfDQWOaA8SJ6zVb2bh5nMsECRD3BG5L49pSqEdyzNOlUJz-Krqhk23z6Zj5JwOxjJsuAACatdD84bGibM0q7R6sPqR4TzbtlLGLLEA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: #003399;">ZAMFEST</span></a></span> <span style="background: white;">will go to a local arts mentoring program called</span> <span style="background: white;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107959393125&s=6275&e=001JdYYg07dTZd8_uDu6oL801-y6A3H0YvRkdW3iRDT0O6fbAkOwYqCRAW8oiBEFF_NzF-QX--fxkgGedDCBfBkhdnZZZJiUyEx0jfQfypBrZx249MUF5sQoA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Create Now</span></a>.</span> <span style="background: white;"><br />
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</span></span></div>PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-43219646497141310862011-10-01T12:59:00.000-07:002011-10-01T13:09:19.152-07:00Los Angeles October Parenting Radar Screen PLUS Ticket Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9E1frEw5EUG3D83AgtkWny-laaxBSIPYhTq__8wHSWu6Y6MeQUN3jwvjAxSAaDoxK1zGXJtcDGCEglM-e9shjNPTPCnl0kN4oNJvsi2GpZpE_QIZB6GR-Dq0pbWcGltCce52snESWFlk/s1600/KOTCOctoberRadar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9E1frEw5EUG3D83AgtkWny-laaxBSIPYhTq__8wHSWu6Y6MeQUN3jwvjAxSAaDoxK1zGXJtcDGCEglM-e9shjNPTPCnl0kN4oNJvsi2GpZpE_QIZB6GR-Dq0pbWcGltCce52snESWFlk/s400/KOTCOctoberRadar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 9.6pt;"><span style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 9.6pt;"><span style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Return to Routine</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Date Night Ticket Giveaway for Poor Behavior</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Now that you've survived Back to School and the abrupt shift to homework-filled evenings, we think you should book a babysitter and take an evening off! We've got a ticket giveaway to a new play, an update on the marvelous, ongoing Pacific Standard Time exhibits (which are great for kids, too), and are excited about the fall movie line-up. Restored, you'll be ready to plunge into the many wonderful family events that take place in October including The Big Draw, a chance to track Juno's mission to Jupiter, and college football games around town. We'll be back in a few weeks with a Halloween round up, but don't wait too long to think about finding perfect costumes for the big day, which falls on a Monday night this year.</span><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ticket Giveaway:</b></span><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">This month's ticket giveaway is for adults: the World Premiere of the new play</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfzjKqqF7nJf2Y9ejC05AZl5Ivtvxh2yx8n842WmrtSkz3RF_ENfPi7DVwzrBAqivckU9dudwcI7Q04OWw4leUs1pV0zUnbNbMJ38cBsJvnxDsR0zqp20QJK596W5QeYcY8-9YkjTU6ZdX30RoI4CJoTvqMiivYspgsnR-a5Yzv8i7hhrH1zyidC" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #003399;">Poor Behavior</span></i><span style="color: #003399;">.</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">A weekend in the country turns into a high stakes game of marital mixed doubles and asks "Is it adultery if they already think you've done it?" Written by Theresa Rebeck (<i>Mauritius</i>), and directed by Doug Hughes (<i>Doubt</i>),<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfxGIm7WcP_qUVrvBymTG4fLlqWd1qK3Cu14sINdEt2pcxDVV6O4LBPm35xkcE1n5Apef04C2d4MQvLSxIRWYB1oJe0U7GvmhBuA4UjcTcDw_zoIVI3kKB4-clQVR6USUilBni_EzzpDjv0R5U6G4jcJ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none;"> </span><i><span style="color: #003399;">Poor Behavior</span></i></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">runs through October 16th at Center Theatre Group. Enter to win 4 tickets for Friday, October 7th at 8:00 PM by writing to us at familysavvy@gmail.com -- please remember to include a cell number. Contest entry deadline is 10am on Tuesday, October 4th. Special offer for Kids Off the Couch subscribers: Discount tickets available for $35 (Reg. $45 - $55)! Call 213.628.2772 and mention the code WEEKEND or<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfwgtcpnWT4d7uJLcYgwsO4SviTuovnPHQo_7rn40zLfvMaDiMt9R1k-qTVxR-YCzsdoRxsFW_K29fQoleYB7X87b7kXQxBRJ9XxO6fT6qeTdLRaq_nmbLYLR692OEu6pNAShnmhOYRZioXMCNrvbTmn" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="color: #003399;">purchase online</span></a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">This Weekend:</b></span><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The new LEED-certified West Hollywood Library opens this weekend. Come investigate during the<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfxESskqGnXcpuS5TKo2-vsOXOv-_vyw_kBms8ipjD8BoaOUVpOXjpwAqhXEUXkKT_bimbxN8IQCt6nX-OY5tP7tT7LLs4bfc3c=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">12th Annual West Hollywood Book Fair</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">on Sunday, October 2. Pacific Standard Time is in full effect, and the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfxbYS7atBS-66ZTTMSaDKUab-GaFocPbewpCp9kigKIeD4iwESyvcn9EsjpQEwy8kXwcI_AJvd6mG1WpZxaIJQtDjAGyN0oCfWd_TvU1sU4owhA7MxEbCtR" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">PST website</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">is a fabulous resource that can help you figure out how to take advantage of a region-wide exhibition that explores the birth of the California art scene from 1945-1980. As part of the opening of its PST-related show,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfyXec4qUT5fP9qfdAvKn3PK-rOQg7FNFIR_vL4njI5GGg500uQ_iIz-afZWgOhqZQyJ3MlNH_6N8GeusYq8ny0YW9RzPzawD85BZXNY5iCIzUeXleBkdwENrhuDk-vbUfzlWGuyag6paNEQUJ_wq9lSMVE9WMWVovg=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">NOW DIG THIS!</span></a>, the Hammer will be free to the public on Sunday, October 2;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfyMRc1YzEaqZHBvHSjmgrE3IYLDE6A52XNNuHKb6P4fSPLO_ZYLxRFL71obLfBds7CHrkq3PCmKgo4yjWC3tIa_4vYc_fNOdGrNjYzti0YW1Yr26Jy0JfQnyBbTgw48ddHWuniGTQr9MQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">LACMA</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">will be open for free on October 2, as well, so all your design-istas should check out their cool new show,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfwf6Rr7ljm2HPNeOEQPGfB5h3hikvvEsvjG4e5ynvmT7LbIR5S_CTrG-1m1LKlGj4CaGmzP8icsy3SduOnp3sE675Op9rQ4xbqZsHQMBo8Ekol5g0SUPFirZLN7tyt1rnOHo1EMp9CHHZTo3eV4tGFg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">California Design 1930-1965: "Living in a Modern Way"</span></a>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Elementary:</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">All through October, arts institutions will celebrate</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfwoXDVBsUzyU5rcI8d6PE34mchEtTIZxOeHTabG_raHPoNnkcQxqh585Ja0R0OuRTAiyTxsDJLEsYMMfwHk4YDWK1qRLka32-5EHPqNMSAPsA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Big Draw LA,</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">with pop-up programming with artists at</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfxEk5MaBht3Va65h9rOkXAsHPTkDWxng7mhYopcfO703LTpu0MNZ4KKQc6wmHKrS4tfYSsIKQLiQoMSpm2sTHV9qqjD2nMpRnXUp-CGmruYzEQa-XulYGSacq_tEhVVJhA_BdKYWV3g2SqJZVEi7dzqG6zcJ-ozcU4=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">various institutions</span></a>, including the Getty, the Fowler and the Huntington. Participate this weekend on the lawn of The Huntington this Saturday, October 1, and at the Fowler on two Sundays, October 2 and 16. It's already that creepy crawly time of year at the Natural History Museum's wonderful<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfy0WUg9bqT9XolOKDulqx3CSoj5fNhFj2RjsoOJ9m75Cx7dXV1xBCOE_G9cGeNSBpu7HDgk0DG7tg4EZWaa8MahXILqvtAmvGIE95voYbhXPn8szzYkmbyx3Il1JPWOUJmkcEYTXVwMIexUexAY-HxLIluQnyLBg6F8HDWXVXMjszT06HFBaPyE" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Spider Pavilion</span></a>. Click here for our</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfwLH3GJRyETmQo-3UqGczG-dGBdS69fEG-iI9u4yKlu0A02L29h9IsEcJ-8JDwB-AyIUNPckhOV5lXo9fQ7fZ_oDHvE7o-Gh6uhal3ezptQg38hfXGRfVljYdMq75Ko9ma93S_7iP6TXzhyrPT9Lnlfh00ej43DKts2WpE_Umg-Zkyubsc_5XBrzhGczgClRB-oC3hQCyjlTQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Popcorn Adventure</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">that combines this magical spot with Charlotte's Web. And, did you know that it's Hispanic Heritage Month? Tromp to Pasadena now that the days are cooler for a delightful afternoon filled with music and dance at The Norton Simon Museum for</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfyX5RV4DdKvvQXzpzis0a6BbQmRaUtAIgwFM4q2Gk0janaCiuTrXs6Odn5llab3C6KDxjoEAb9i3nTbXrqGkl0mcktfenR8vPq9FAHJQbyhl1jwO3Ym9R_OsIX8lsgV7iKr1tWaD0TsF_hx6xc7K1pidwZOcZRngDM=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">The Art of Dance! Baile Folklorico of Mexico,</span></a>Sunday, October 9, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM.</span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Middle School:</b></span><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Keep track of the latest JPL mission to Mars by taking part in a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfwpCD3TQZ6-PvGi-5Y0Mjh2Pw2v8lfD_m2XIQgvoVpQIhOxVOwwzI_9-5wp4MI8xm_3jYGMQXAMM3T2OMvRqhksusv16H8oE5mUrVuDe_1QoYXBxfsXgJMh55tP6KZuX4Ls8zyWLz-DnA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Day of Discovery with the Pasadena Museum of California Art and Jet Propulsion Laboratory</span></a>on Sunday, October 16, 12:00 - 5:00 PM -- a full day of programs featuring speakers from Jet Propulsion Laboratory and art activities for families inspired by the exhibition Beneath the Surface: NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter. There's nothing better than a football game with one of our excellent local teams - the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfzwdBTR_kQiDzse3wex_dp2YSIaiWS_LgZtzxGA62rFA4ac6GVJPWAeYpM5ZTLUKaXb0DLd76PXjUjw7yj3a04xajEm-YIoconYnFOpR-xUhBHhA9VIPPXy39faC-UrjmROHOenFhu9Ih_5MdOq1duHaWu1p8gD21s=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">USC Trojans</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">-- playing at the Coliseum on October 1 and 29, and the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfzuX0bPoXaxaSVN-zs9GqGTV0BjU6hFjjiPNgg05ZifIq_1nFLNHB4PazW4n9A7dCoziUAUnKsUQPr-5_vzuvruzW0P-svo7A4DfwWOAOTcVX_ONHry7R8BxrHYdM9Cb5NCl-rD-GGJPtdlmUgsIIa7jJDcJzHS9Tn5wjkYCQwxSbj4GRn1WkWs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">UCLA Bruins</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">-- playing at the Rose Bowl on October 8 and 29. And playing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><u style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">each other</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">on November 26. Catch a glimpse of the future Annenberg Cultural Center in Beverly Hills at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfzEr2s3CwDpDlPPzqQhF7s344AEVjtTH53TESbK1j33ig0_2kWB2FbRkRj_0ykKLRP8PuoX-fXGca0F83sSHYO7Nuhg75DjgzdNIPaGSMT5Zg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Il Teatro Alla Moda Theater in Fashion,</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">a special four-week engagement starting next week.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Teens:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Movie buffs can take a week-long crash course in the films of a master by showing up at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfzoO2evz_-9eogFRAdBOkzniiScPIhK_HrPygdjzxEx3fxiT4Z0ViZQo-CzMOo1ftlx9tf3bKUF1zYIjEiXmTgYbpjlWQkJBlwDrFW0VikuOpExCZhVWwEx2273u9DaCAfdtLwjJ36MyzFu5YQ34MIU7pVo59ujcOBkd9nrLZOi4FpDqm_0D4_So7BxudbPHIcBe3i9lPqvLqwduwD3YyGTCRO28fHS7iTCJt7oaGx4rA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Mad as Hell: Sidney Lumet's Cinema of Fighting Back</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">at the Aero Theater between October 5-12. Fans of Duff Goldman's</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><i style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Ace of Cakes</span> </i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><i style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Sugar High</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">will be thrilled to know that the Food Network star is soon to open an LA bakery,<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfydVyQWAP8amuqLVFjC5ezXqKNo10Ddga9jGwaIzxWI-xN0L2L7prXunakfpZhw79MpsXW8JjJQMToG5ZgcWlVQg45X0Yvo7Kob2oUYOEQfPMyKgnV0pgmJ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Charm City Cakes West</span></a>. While this is a very pricey ticket, if you have a rabid sports fan in the house,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfwY2p20Vldbb7GNuWjUuzn226LtwQtDLr11tN7PxbNdlzLAUj9Vz6lp_7jBvDkqfpmgRh1-7nUKW_sNHMploq57der0l1djlSS9VgTRn9FI-hKqMk85PiNNNaGwDVCyMFpsoVgSshDsnBqalVLBYJKZbg0C69aPvknfph58AOp-bFXTleeJB5icpqEiownwdApiQ-FOIjsmjQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">consider this rare opportunity to visit the LA Sports Museum with museum founder, Gary Cypres.</span></a>The Sports Museum of Los Angeles, open by invitation only, is the largest and broadest known collection of iconic sports memorabilia and collectibles in the world. And, there are still tickets for the live orchestra screening of<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfyCpfHlwxVTu9lNXBDB-lap8G_yt6QWwDrQUdKObMogvV81JENEBl9ZR9N6sRLDmRS8LIepbb-l2PQDNMFg6vXXopbXZ18RlLawlOjbp_vy9iYo47d_yE2MWwi8ebgYmf0=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Lord of the Rings</span><span style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a>on October 15 in Anaheim's Honda Center.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Adults:</b></span><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </b><i style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfyJm6evhj70-fGr3HfdMnMw0EzCjqDpiwedXn0uHHDQv8GA77mmzgjuQTjsgD0IoW3eQRavq0WZ7YYwmwblfGmrLExKJiNmf3Gu0InfFFb-HQ2kOjqvqnoi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Moneyball</span></a></span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">, starring Brad Pitt, is in theaters now and next week brings Ryan Gosling and George Clooney in</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><i style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfxiPTALBxtGGzevc3CegNW1QD3DmmWRdQdtC5vQWxGFLOYV6g2KYvAK8dIYvf1vAyXz_1GKhtYsIJr_E_JzBPOaIzb4h0VRRKmImA0FZclcKFlXNC7QWJaUqVe45mnAF-1ujoCy-oNweA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Ides of March</span></a></span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">. For those of you who will find it hard to resist the remake of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><i style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfzdzrx8XF5nd3JGWvVycIUNjCa1fE2n8yUyWA7tuw2wPgAQB7dc0BcwlF2yH3VbNYeI9kbnqlqdrcyHuyeZnfe70Yal0S4lBYO_EwATpwYn3yp9uMJON5-rOMOGOaiAHEC9lUagPwly6-65EbraUovQDwuflNNXtlGDhNyB8-wzww==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Footloose,</span></a></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">that opens on October 14. Now is the perfect time to grab a great meal at a great price:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfydV2gpZ0w4c5Hr8cnndXmRV6umzvWglxPK_dZp2NCfL55Q4lEhXZQPnDA0YPt5LFrbGaBPW3rU6w8-MH5cbljb1neC342B2KNS6l81JNL4dp7UMsQpjhZmBEGY-0TVBMs0L5PUQsaJBw==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Dine LA</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">returns for two weeks this month: October 2-7 and October 9-14.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Planning Ahead:</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Your #1 job right now is to scramble to find an age-appropriate (as in not too sexy) costume for each kid -- before they're sold out! Then, take a second to think about planning your winter holidays: book flights, figure out where grandparents are going to sleep, and get tickets for The Joffrey Ballet's acclaimed production of</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfz4zlpYEZUZCQLPqms429ONuu3-gzX4kvvH5x9-ziq6Lgp5yeLTVg9lvcPHoLhuHPo09W008Y3czTrf9Dum-6KLZuvNY8FqcwfFfc2O6dT8BSgcsstIbvDJse6wvsmAR6TizoW0OA6XzGxgLEoDay0O" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">"The Nutcracker,"</span><span style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a>December 1-4 for six performances only at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">One More Thing:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Check out this</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107846728304&s=6275&e=001VsPyrc2acfzuqEQJI_WLITsAmy_5MvbNDUFxpkZw15v8K8Reb2Tcs88hio6cLghRACnZ64yJG4tUxuXr_74Cs2pbRtu9LBIIye8jBJsncaiKf_gagCSCv8aT589gV0qwd-0O2smllIm0jqMIANZC7aay30Gl7x9PsEs9v_cQan1Fd9u6UDFYsKiEX-fdk5_zbx6KsffSnR6O7N-s4991rQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">mini-documentary</span></a>, narrated by Tom Hanks, about ferry boat captains, Coast Guardsmen and civilian boaters who rescued citizens from lower Manhattan on 9/11. </span></span></div><br />
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</div>PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-28856024775809887052011-09-07T12:14:00.000-07:002011-09-07T18:31:33.977-07:00Los Angeles September Parenting Radar Screen PLUS Ticket Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUjjW_Z3iU1o8ocakePV2ebgs3tDubkCu5fNy2DY8Z75wiYaFY2Jx8P3NlRBx9FjuFViNcEI1bphtMV3aG0NUPmeO203uXUnZxyMHNagy9t8rPlsi7_tpETJaeE04bxg_nGiH9Z1g0Ac/s1600/KOTCSeptemberRadar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUjjW_Z3iU1o8ocakePV2ebgs3tDubkCu5fNy2DY8Z75wiYaFY2Jx8P3NlRBx9FjuFViNcEI1bphtMV3aG0NUPmeO203uXUnZxyMHNagy9t8rPlsi7_tpETJaeE04bxg_nGiH9Z1g0Ac/s320/KOTCSeptemberRadar.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;">School Daze</span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">Ticket Giveaway: IRIS for Tuesday, September 13th at 8:00 PM</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">So... the endless summer comes to an end. Labor Day caught us off guard this year, so much so that we had to scramble to get a lunchbox packed this morning. Never mind, though. The stone fruit at the farmers' market is still incredible, our summer tan hasn't faded and we know those teachers won't pile on the homework ... just yet! We're firing up the BBQ tonight and plan to play cards in the fading September light. Spit, anyone?</span><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
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<b>Ticket Giveaway:</b></span><b> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Cirque du Soleil has a new show,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI38-BCeQb9lu95m-gZAikFfiK137rDunQPfOaVNZCGLH5OOhVwmQHfXDsaaGnyB0w-um3vohOZSZj8Nv_sdaqyk7-rcUEFB38BOS0VQ9yRteMLjmIPDbNPDtYYzOnTSBHCF7gjXSYQkF81GfIUPkhuUNTpGCF8KgDw2qMr7ZVxqs7RA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">IRIS, A Journey Through the World of Cinema.</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">This large-scale production - created exclusively for its permanent home at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles - offers a new take on the art of cinema as only Cirque du Soleil could imagine it. IRIS is an inventive spectacle that combines acrobatics, dance, projections and live music. The show takes the audience on a fantastic voyage directed by acclaimed choreographer Philippe Decouflé with music by Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman. Kids Off the Couch subscribers can enter to win a Family 4-Pack to the 8:00 PM show on Tuesday, September 13 by writing to us at</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="mailto:familysavvy@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">familysavvy@gmail.com</span></a>. Winner to be notified by this Friday morning, so please remember to leave us your cell number.</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
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<b>Hollywood Bowl:</b></span><b> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">It is still summer at the Bowl, so line up another relaxing evening under the stars;</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI388QbLSl3tio566csaGYFAl9msPvMPPQO8kbi-2uMYaaenO-DNO0RsWgSa4s6oPrTTphruoj00yNrSvys8xaJgGOQZkUcPLwij71GnSH7J2iMbmvHZjA6WTCgIR_R0qjCq8xU7cpMXZFZg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">click here for the Bowl's September calendar,</span><span style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a>which includes performances from Dudamel, Alex Trabek with the American Film Institute's Movie Quiz, and Moulin Rouge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Elementary:</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Noted Chinese artist Ai WeiWei's sculptures of animal heads,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI389wOmX0gWCB7f0d4G7q4X6kJbjEUlLE3BqxGzPACF0srqjCKPaX2quF3BOF3MNT0LFLk2TKHSrAdBkktWjAwuDYjHzSvq4r--HKy9rXcp9kK0DYzqJGJyrB5-lQNRov0llwqzSPPcBcrw==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads,</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">have recently been installed at LACMA and is gathering happy crowds of all ages. The twelve massive animal heads are impressive to behold (not to mention, run around!).</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI389guMyDdI4oFEVDDbk2iT-ZsiCTT4tLeGaBEhT6cn7yuxYt1hfl51ZC61EGW93-gItk_0doloXv0OHSCDNt0JDvvq2iYCTkrn93uA6soABYEnywElaQRgjjqrqz_dIpzSJWSmgn0hzfgIGvkeylgb26vyTIHjooq3HUDLIXg9q2tPxehP6iXIkKtmvdpQPa7jyLOuMdJ664mFIrRKDTaHMhq_YXpJqBcU5NOP5AfvWRmA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Click here</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">for a great review of the work from the</span> <i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Los Angeles Times</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">.</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI38-yZC5gWE0tzBezfIisENBf5C07GMYevtYM9FETOP7CLFE6K4Nn6IG8H18kG-F7ql7740hrIABG8rdbwSinEAr3NmcqcWYqgsydvKtcfExYztViqX0Qh01Sp6zsBB_vbz4PxMT87f_4OnyBys0FbyFb" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">All Join In: A Fairy Tale Sing-A-Long Afternoon</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">is the most popular Santa Monica Playhouse production ever, so bring your budding music lovers on Saturdays and Sundays, 12:30 and 3:00pm, September 10 through October 16. The excellent companion exhibit to this summer's blockbuster Houdini show features an</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI38-z27ruEMgTumJAKCuCx4eVEYCLRW9K3TT7VH534RtAcYchcwT6Uh91UHcfQ3jmYMQHgm3ALNpjw9cZN9Pfeb6QGx8vexQCcdsL9r47kNGW4kOUWSPaRdpEm3ay_Ebu0TAsA84rd-Dmp4pPlLCquf9DXJa769XGpaPZaKqSBj987A==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">excellent family program</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">each Sunday afternoon until January. If it's time for your kids to start learning proper manners, consider signing them up for Cotillion this fall at</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI38_WOSAAW5hEMG5X3WnJiXSqczay7aZKcaxZ93ZJXdlsBYSTFaUxykAru05XQQuizE5PArt9vtdJMfxKSVY9A4UyFzkU3588hJuRfAxxVy9dv9NpFYl1SP2Q0VQN4H2VJIAZkgeW3Ds5l85RwjHiUjhj" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Beverly Hills Manners</span></a>. Finally, get back to the beach one more time on the</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI388CbqQTqpCqVv3f7jd8w2gws4MpJJBQJbxW_V0dHCm0wf_BwdhZpxAokHap1gU_sbywabHEOWK1Hk98dopI-NRp7l-JZIekdBMCvTuZ-PULaBee38XhBqKj469gVpkNq0QVgzJca64RpU_YDRSrkO4nrZeh-zuiJBQ=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Coastal Clean Up Day</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">with Heal the Bay on September 17.</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
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<b>Middle School:</b></span><b> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">If it's still brutally hot by the weekend, you'll want to head to Malibu and watch the 2011</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI38_lLUSDczjdX7OEmd1dexDnmcYT7893Yz9rPehxXM6_ke4QF52pLISejYj8nqUZB0mA1aGVtvq_DOeY8BoomlrsIrb6Nm7yf48a4QI6OEko6A==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">MSA Classic</span><span style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a>from September 9-11, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Malibu Surfing Association (FREE, and open to all). Or get into a cool movie theater and watch the screwball comedy</span> <i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Bringing up Baby</span></i> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">at</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI3898WXLWJ4yQQSBECiPn5SYZN5URCkWLW4eFkfBBTCa_0ly9_ptbiWh0SORBj0cnxuz5D47lHXs7mwLoyXwcdNCE25uSXjWkRUCE9LviJEjO1hAoDqS3BNqhI6YB_HJsWrqDTsRSTjIff18TFdPs4Kdd" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Free Family Flicks at the Hammer</span></a>. KCRW's third annual</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI38_MMwXdys5aluPMK2pi-6z7Vd5e-Atzs_K6aWABKCeELpFrzTg0wcl7omsgwvdwowmmpd0GBtGpOjad2PYCjoqEhNu3heKnhBIJDz68CEAgkelfmNSKdpzi7g2vVSkrxUQ=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Good Food Pie Contest</span><span style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a>takes place on Sunday, September 18 at LACMA, with plenty of family programming (whether you bake or not!). And, if pie's not your thing, have you tried</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI388TI1N-N9Sy_Hm8OudOVwv57tfjrSTDWcR6Uj1ptBDTWGpk7wCqimfK_Ap3EQHCBNQ-vOiv5ZaWRvnKodux4KXBl60OnDf6s9h6_6NZ6ap53iGsBtrfWjH7t9SFg-YykYPvHHFkPJWSSw==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">fonuts</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">yet?<br />
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<b>Teens:</b></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">A visit to the Annenberg's blockbuster show,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI389ySIHa9wKlCQGV_5hejNbzk81kKYjicAJgS8_6u46lON78ulfafT_YEoAPXfbxkfV4ttW-hGEdUV8uPIr6xO-7urUONhA5dZrsOtuUel56EZmMU7ywXX3AcUbm7kccSNniNfXQn9dG7EXQTsbBgQHhMwRwlteKhTLF9JJu3rjVLA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Beauty Culture,</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">is a true conversation starter, especially with a teen-age girl. Combine that with Jennifer Siebel Newsom's provocative documentary at the Hammer this month, which pairs interviews with teens and iconic female figures in culture, and is called</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI38_gCcqOKcc_2829kepCz7MGkQ-y8aiHGbtVqckbPZ_A--tJhvGRoy92aDxTws8ITUeaTlD3tca0_IE84VFQeB0M3MxIgNGNSDszjL3158dFDUC5rpNUQ5t5nlvCG7HduOZ69InNfYDHEeUS1QEPkwlPIeXOb82OcxQ=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Miss Representation</span></a>.</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
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<b>Adults:</b></span><b> </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Southern Californians take note! We've got your date night covered for the next six months. After much planning, and an unprecedented collaboration among over sixty museums in the region,</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI388sdG6Fp8sIL6exawOzPWfKxwE81vV_YGwaczlTzhcKT_7HnqyaOewNRi9fBSmLleQcku11eKny_zInG_HYuD3b6lNAFpRSFUY5QwX472XDLGHZk8ILeGU4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Pacific Standard Time</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">is here: for six months these institutions, at the initiative of the Getty, will tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene. The first ones to check out: a retrospective of the work of acclaimed (and beloved) potter, Beatrice Wood: Career Woman-Drawings, Paintings, Vessels, and Objects opens on September 10 at the</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI389Rzkr9vNUwImWeZR4S35n58qvqMi_Q18Ab7leXxZVr_S_Tog5RdAfPorbPpkIuixeg4cwQB717QI7RCP0P4xaSFPwGQkR0IHUGzMaa_SqOWlV3nov-ASEokPCOrqFI_VobFBAiubfSrA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Santa Monica Museum of Art</span></a>.</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI38_-due2JIKvSyww3ktRtQfo5pi5GFzAWD4do4YPnwFDu6ftTHhWTmVv11OOeAx-vKxN7if8ZkZG8uTYd1IG9qZe4RXWoE0EF6AqW8u7syTVgNjZ72SkTTevnOmedn4DSsKom7lnq1HHCo3A3l99VCDHdIkUeBAfqKENJvdVBpQzKNBS4lZE6JNL4G6BxxSfXDSB3MbQJ05yjzYWZqBabC9wO-YEMadgE-10vzE3VoRG3A==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Click here</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">for more on the Mama of Dada, who was 105 when she died in 1993. And, the</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI388ILACcsqGYQCjaW3G5gLh_Ihrs4pHiq0w49quadrUHJiGjTPtRXlramWOFUWfCXxFRFudq9vueDUKnKoxNzFNFfQt4cdO2aI_EruV-QzY7JnNxaXlY5xQ0OHf0W5EprJo=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Pomona College Museum of Art</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">has opened It Happened at Pomona; Part 1: Hal Glicksman,<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI389VMxvk7kZdAd9MkPjCyZI5wqkV9r-YZowUcx6rFeYS-tN-waCGQFP6BACkXW9LGe0048dv4zVkGQrarEX8tgAZegE64Fyvsvf2or9W7Y6u5JvIL00aE2TXXhIw7g1UcgkuNf5aWIv8wuBGA8ap2TIKrxs6HGac9OQPaFNee6VhOGC-kAgIG-IPZAJKmswvvN29TavrxbmAY2QFiWg4r0pVU7y6Gs3ihoFHJwivtWXTA67x_rM47UJH9o7-NMeFKKg-CpcFLFP3zg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">which was reviewed in today's</span><span style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">Los Angeles Times</span></i><span style="color: #0000cc;">.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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<b>And of course... the 10th anniversary of 9/11:</b></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">We think that how you commemorate 9/11 with your family is an extremely personal matter but we did hear about</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI38_LJycu63DFwHIFiQBM_669Tyj_FkINMUIvpTmKfsrZ8x1NdjH0KPQZ5eo7pxDM4Ft_gkkq-DJXcyPb57vyIi8YEpTx1ZR3fLwMuoZBe7zQ9g==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Big Sunday Remembers 9/11</span></a>, a food drive and breakfast in conjunction with letter writing to our servicemen with Operation Gratitude.</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI389B9aokDPP_qAWIVLuSjiBuLgrO-ei-ApxWkbJK0BF72JLXhPRd2lIj4nqu2H5CqPrNr9Ein0cqYKNUQXzg2xt2gFxCGkkxXUYoyPKMN5Mf5fxaAqSHHjo46DxU4lD86vGulgzcEOAZ3soTpHcThVZXIGHiAPTk0H32QccW5o7y8B_h8Gxfr20gNScpjwBZ-6lfhb1PxyNuGL1Rl1REN1Hr" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Click here</span></a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">for other service opportunities to remember 9/11 through LAWorks.</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107468340989&s=6275&e=001iDqCHGoI389B9aokDPP_qAWIVLuSjiBuLgrO-ei-ApxWkbJK0BF72JLXhPRd2lIj4nqu2H5CqPrNr9Ein0cqYKNUQXzg2xt2gFxCGkkxXUYoyPKMN5Mf5fxaAqSHHjo46DxU4lD86vGulgzcEOAZ3soTpHcThVZXIGHiAPTk0H32QccW5o7y8B_h8Gxfr20gNScpjwBZ-6lfhb1PxyNuGL1Rl1REN1Hr" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">For tips on talking with your kids about 9/11, click here.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100.0%;"><tbody>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9Xvu-QoFIN6gfOCGCS3mU8zSec5n6TIw5VSudlhKOnWNKvDqeQ82qI2iF3pXTX5cha_CTjjFQX7TXuXDQH-x16gQc98ipYlzRmyEYuYofc8DldImcT6cVXcJWRMvuglXTrSy-EvrYfg/s320/KOTCMoulinRougeHollywoodBowl.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: white; color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We were lucky enough to be in Paris this summer (ooh, la la!) and spent an afternoon exploring the cobbled streets of Montmartre, where Picasso once lived and where modern day artists sketch portraits of tourists. Montmartre is home to the most famous cabaret in the world, the windmilled Moulin Rouge, where the can-can was created by the courtesans of the 19th century, forever memorialized in the paintings of Toulouse-Lautrec. Enjoy an intoxicating adventure through the City of Lights with high-kicking dancers direct from the legendary Moulin Rouge performing the can-can, and the jazzy French cabaret sounds of Paris Combo, accompanied by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and ending with a dazzling fireworks display. Put a little Paris into your summer by spending an exciting evening at the Hollywood Bowl.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What:</span></b><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107153026819&s=6275&e=001tPPnsh8aEYbxQOVysPtYP7z8fTVvfHIKONGivK1Xjw0KeJ0ZOdRz9NHGYP3M59yQNI3PmbCq_FTr2HJ4666SoQtsApQc_d1DMyHst-x0h4i4pCCVn5A_8uUc7FXHnhiawCOldZOqtW0DES_Q_4hpC0OnRzYM8vgy4Qz4KAkttSSD85NHjKYXxl-6HngOAs0flB3rkTQuju4MORk2vx3OjXSN7E08hantNLuS4qo7-wYevyZOBVpHHlOA-2EK12fUSkqUbU8uwUQ=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Fireworks Finale: A Night at the Moulin Rouge</span></a>, Friday & Saturday, September 16-17, 8:30pm; Sunday, September 18, 7:30pm at the Hollywood Bowl. Plenty of seats are still available.</span><span style="color: #663300; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: white;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1107153026819&s=6275&e=001tPPnsh8aEYbxQOVysPtYP7z8fTVvfHIKONGivK1Xjw0KeJ0ZOdRz9NHGYP3M59yQNI3PmbCq_FTr2HJ4666SoQtsApQc_d1DMyHst-x0h4i4pCCVn5A_8uUc7FXHnhiawCOldZOqtW0DES_Q_4hpC0OnRzYM8vgy4Qz4KAkttSSD85NHjKYXxl-6HngOAs0flB3rkTQuju4MORk2vx3OjXSN7E08hantNLuS4qo7-wYevyZOBVpHHlOA-2EK12fUSkqUbU8uwUQ=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Click here for tickets and more information about the show</span></a>.<br />
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<b>Enter to Win:</b></span><b> </b><span style="background: white;">Kids off the Couch <a href="http://www.kidsoffthecouch.com/signup/index.php?nLocationID=8">subscribers</a> can enter to win a Family Four Pack to Friday night's performance (9/16 at 8:30 PM) by writing to us at</span> <span style="background: white;"><a href="mailto:familysavvy@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">familysavvy@gmail.com</span></a>. Please include your telephone number. Winner will be chosen by August 31.<br />
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</div>PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-52505035379000317972011-08-03T09:57:00.000-07:002011-08-06T11:39:51.467-07:00Los Angeles Kids Off The Couch: What's On Our August Radar!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfX4UmlCiuCSvSEuGmy5DfxHzfC_yglYHh7rfInwij47he3m1OSmk-M3tAIrjKNJlUr5GewCbwubZAW5QpkvAkysWTbYESrtnivK4As4-g5Zx5KkQ0bdD6AitZ7Wv8XaMJaI2t4Wpweo/s1600/KOTCAugustRadar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfX4UmlCiuCSvSEuGmy5DfxHzfC_yglYHh7rfInwij47he3m1OSmk-M3tAIrjKNJlUr5GewCbwubZAW5QpkvAkysWTbYESrtnivK4As4-g5Zx5KkQ0bdD6AitZ7Wv8XaMJaI2t4Wpweo/s320/KOTCAugustRadar.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Endless Days of Summer</span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">Ticket Giveaway for Fantasia at the Hollywood Bowl</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Did you notice that the city felt empty over the past weekend? While many Angelenos vacation elsewhere, we're enjoying quiet freeways and perfect weather. With blue whales cruising our coastline in record numbers and a bevy of outdoor screenings and concerts, what could be better than LA in August? Another month of summer, that's what.<br />
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<b>Ticket Giveaway: </b>August is our favorite time to spend an evening at the Hollywood Bowl, and we are excited about many of the varied concerts on the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBYpdcqa_8ewh-tK44LFSh7x1z-duV8Orp30H3c-CG7HAsTWodyL9kC9lXFGwSX58mb45TUrSC6_Ge5izep43KgzXad2Geoii-FTtaTnfudDgs-3BkAej9NV_PbOICIWwMlrEZt0Q6HBiA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">August calendar</span></a> -- from Hairspray (this weekend) to the Buena Vista Social Club, classical concerts with Gustavo Dudamel and an evening celebrating the music of maestro John Williams. This month Kids Off the Couch has a Family Four-Pack to <i>Walt Disney's Fantasia</i> for Sunday, August 21. You'll see all your favorite scenes, plus a glimpse into the brilliant artwork and unfinished segments of this Disney masterpiece. The evening features the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and ends with fireworks. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBaFZGIIDU6MVqVDLA_9x7h1UYaFLlSRCE-StLaD12E2Ys7EFFsRkJWkyUYYmFzcrqzBFlUTyNPzjDQ4st6Qy2yQ43Hgz03EeubSjMjyV6g1L6uxKh1V6v3V9zt3b_7X7kTGJrS3BZwV0VouOREgu27mAj_qoZ3FNMQdn5--F_k1jXyHWUpreLrLKsJ_r8orcG7Z-xWeY6T-jmQUPYYa1aidWNphx-OgJODX7CF8IXAGrFEZ6SNL7C0MZJpYB7n7XCk=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Tickets are still available to the three performances</span></a>, Friday & Saturday 8:30 PM and Sunday 7:30 PM (August 19-21). Send us a note at <a href="mailto:familysavvy@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">familysavvy@gmail.com</span></a> to enter our giveaway contest. Tickets will be awarded by August 10.<br />
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<b>Cruising the Coastline:</b> It's <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBaUixSGMbuffvjOrpjAdhmjhl6V4QCRnLCohVH7VCWDMkzZCLvbiIML-1PDKgpjpDR5GoX-paMyVPhQQDbW93MYVk3zWn_VcbA9x_iSM_Ytmu0uMkGoumQLVk45Fn-MzVcp_hIXTNi0ZtoBYD_R9gUt" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Shark Week on the Discovery Channel</span></a> and there is an unusually large congregation of<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBYVVN-CGfr40qYfcz07WRlXyuQ0ErxS4A-2d4hSkYky_XaiGYcTCNWcRP3k13Ko5na0ICdVZIvlyUXzKYMIcm7AwIv7-84KoFmtN2ARmgmNXqeugZb8X1pDyNZ-s_8NMotWZjOq8r-H-o5YSrkpNy16INcR1dSoUXTj-ySiO7C1a7fXiOg7-4g1Sxah6HU4jh0=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Blue Whales off Long Beach,</span></a> reminding us who shares the waters off our beaches. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBZxImsGpn_8ue8-IboLHxN9O5SkEZID7Dc0unG76vBrylOoDR18qxcUim80YA4kuNG-EnzUk93FTK4NNY7mqBXsIgp1mp_p9Ke4a--OjrPq9DyQ0Iq8_2AJ3dxchgUOS_NA0Zz6o1_vtQdfc_qUCTF8GVY6kkNXTCiS8HjWX_LNgTw4hZSTINinx3lea-Xz6uCI8izsZU3NmA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Click here</span><span style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a>for our whale-watching Popcorn Adventure.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Elementary:</span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> Nothing says summer better than listening to music outdoors. Take the tram up the hill on weekend afternoons this month for the J. Paul Getty Museum's<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBaavHMr_avcFhU9UnQNoTppp4HEe-zUYCp0imYbewRFFwflK-5MbEfXbRUV8GpYsbQPAjCEq3KbW7bXi_ukFf-zxFO9ufso9TGZBZgmNiO9faiu9uCC_YJwDrxawQho_fObPJmyXNuCagAfZ-wzbF3peOAG_XERIhfJLIovaeVm3emkxuqUfNvC" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Garden Concerts for Kids</span></a>, and hear Frances England, Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, and Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band, Saturdays and Sundays, August 6 through 21, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM. The Skirball also has fun weekend programming for kids, so consider their <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBYEVrfmtLZtOIv1fTMWuQhQe05Y2kN_PmTPhkmycHh3u8vcpu3ClyF0CINXtjzqmEz7TNfX3SGbewn60n36vEql3j9XOJEO7xu3QHAxkLIkz9ZmElhJr2oZPUjykGrI4kk=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Family Amphitheater Performances</span></a>, Saturday and Sunday at 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM, or a fun <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBbhEJp7vj3y2z3i84a82zqdFM9NtHa0fZgv0lnueasnmgVnOgb9OT6lmF66c_EUCunihhx1oYFgFBOjSxnaePTatEZEOb7V6QgBLJpm85w6iH4PuSujMy-HVPNnPKE-PKwePQwbBT1pSkBBQ474RTbB" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">water-themed family day</span></a> on August 21. You can indulge a childhood fantasy of running away with the circus this Sunday morning at a free Family Flicks screening of <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBbT5X7eDWJN9EOxdVNyftnydJveR6rgeVj__2bu8Og3avugswhstGzVP4RCMnyGQk6nDb4IJ2MgZYg9C59GrvninNYAs7gfcDvE_Lo2q7UpFDcAERgi2YMhvqREYusXxWHzFbmDQ-4oJ-jLDDCEYLu9" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">Toby Tyler</span></i><span style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a>(August 7 at 11:00 AM) at the wonderful, pink Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer. Don't forget the very gentle <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBbqTCt0Mgrh7rwkv_GH31Xjpnn-NO5UO6QI6xI4VWLjeaYxACD4a1w10TDVdnTix5OPs0JJb0zzAYNljWfjBD22PGxwYfHDTlK7nsa7Y33ZbQ==" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">Winnie the Pooh</span></i></a>, a surprise hit about our favorite friends from the Hundred Acre Woods, still in theaters.<br />
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<b>Middle School: </b>If you have Tim Burton fans in your house, you will want to spend a few Friday evenings outside at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBaQ44WCoHVzAtaXEfIYEFEYYzrjM_4hHMfngEAzXqCbHtllfVp0Hw-bN-xXzCxjOIzd5XtnPkIdNDmduPYTxokFY2Dqf7he1qCe_kR37u7lHuCmXc2CF6PGBElRR4H3TiJchX4FhrpEPgUA_YBGs9A6ZcI3DDBSLZM=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">LACMA</span></a> watching some of his more popular films, like <i>James and the Giant Peach</i>, <i>Pee Wee's Big Adventure</i> or <i>Alice in Wonderland</i>. Films start at sundown and are free. On Thursdays this month, check out the outdoor screening lineup at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBbqTCt0Mgrh7rwkv_GH31Xjpnn-NO5UO6QI6xI4VWLjeaYxACD4a1w10TDVdnTix5OPs0JJb0zzAYNljWfjBD22PGxwYfHDTlK7nsa7Y33ZbQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Movies in the Park @ The Grove</span></a>, including <i>The Blind Side</i> and <i>Toy Story 3</i>. To keep idle fingers busy (and away from texting), pick up a new craft this month. Our girls love to knit and needlepoint; knitters should check out <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBas0bwcO2SCXEVD83bpTg-c1X29sWdsoNSq4MJhHmtl01WoRv6LfIbfJcTsVs6HVrCePfQLro8SWuvuPTbYyk9-qplx7Dkwa91mcqt_gUNJgg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Wild Fiber</span><span style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a>in Santa Monica, and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBbF4VHwegbP8d-fDJz-3eVNXK4SQFq8Y7qoPW78AT16cE7-gQByrLLYAWBsKtXrXgttnwitP-hSh2L1JgFVuy4YHoKx1ZNgv1LYo-pxWcB_TnZZeHMbyINHBRKl0HLfUir5C14A0FcLPg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Aristeia</span></a> is a good place to get started on needlepoint. Make your own books at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBbRA_QsnNkUK8QCgirp_Sgb_UND4bi3_cye4YKHS9nPdcCb5be42FNfLcTpAVNhw899Wpv03BxzczLgclubDVL81e29uCMDni_xBanMpwzF0Vmduj3OagcA" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Scribble Press,</span></a> or, learn to cook at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBaGBd319gPp17mhUg31V56QoT1xHZlTkZDS_BSRIbAFZrl8kMaOxIPyuFV317xxb7BSJkwSVGXs4NMi3gSWwCAHUbdyKfTvQw2EndTL0qDAqg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Piccolo Chef.</span></a> We have tried and tried to find a good woodworking class for kids here in LA (as you can see, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBZJsEbhR55EVx6_dKb0ZVZRR3g5XTffYHWUwml7brVjkE_-s7zgK7SAzmN3vo0zHSq5VWg_DPQ7L83eZgOqSqDST2RXTL87M2CBCYxPv5_ZlLrgmphzYCp8wyy6dQvu_65jBZi9rNTlA3_Kt1BdUiAFwcm7iW8Phe5Uwap2oBKJro4AFXpvUWXv" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">this idea is gaining steam elsewhere in the nation</span></a>) but haven't yet found one. If you know of one, please tell us and we'll pass it along to subscribers.<br />
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<b>Teens:</b> Sad that the X Games are over? Check out the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBayaxDVuYs1f9zLi306MOcQTb6WXYl2rdtINF4GEyuNASyuVWAom4T-yQsYc7ugONZU4eJXuz3cz25mmYGg5fwNA8sK3up1EfBtU-z8YaAqO2-iXOZy60fE" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">US Open of Surfing</span></a>, taking place in Huntington Beach through this weekend...also can be viewed live, online. Without homework, teens might have time to knock off two books -- Kathryn Stockett's The Help and David Nicholl's One Day -- before their film adaptations hit the big screens. <i><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBZA9nzgcl1nViusf3wS76fZHeWR6x3imhcGBfxHp5EGq3evmH7pXFI-t-ZNY7x3Fc63846Hr1SiDDcOmV6WIWnFlrpH2ZSldPixm2dcgR86M9GLHww5BtRP" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">The Help</span></a></i> opens on August 10 and stars Emma Stone. <i><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBYrEKUxLb2wRBIr0ub25QV_fZRJGxvCQxJdCQlui3Jwgxtsb8luT1Owfa6xsV31sdvn8LfJbZAOYJKzDyTLZt7Ge4Ni1sv2_jAS_opNI9xZHHnGunegA9_t" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">One Day</span></a></i>, starring Anne Hathaway, opens on August 19.<br />
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<b>Adults: </b>MOCA's <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBZA3y7187kp5Dbo4axKVcOyVZ4ANU6otx5PusNlFf6nvXtb4_RszVXnx_tY1yQn_8MkIor-WAJb-0W3T7Cws6TN3FA0dx2pfvg=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Art in the Streets</span></a> closes this weekend, so get downtown and, while you're there, check out <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBYiXI0XgjSM2tcUznUWlnpYxkyWD-zOdC1HFSBirCtO63th4hp1r2h7riC5ilYdg9In4iLU9v_lOqjb7c3w0HajE2g3l2a_rnd4YT3FQSjMYT_1Ftdknzvw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">The Lazy Ox Canteen</span></a> in Little Tokyo.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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<b>One More Thing:</b> We are impressed with this beautiful digital book called <i>The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore</i> from noted children's book author and illustrator <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106904321274&s=13672&e=001uDyMynA8RBYXsnWOb_GqUz3N8H5JHgwVBitks8p07J5daTR1SRfmsRGscTjaf8pKqFnVvHCVSIIp9qQDO4QqHO9_wBmyUvdQhtkiGN6pTJkz8eTFqq1h8QDIYHuFszs7dEyvYn0dDn8E3rroCR0nG8lPhTBotlCJrBQQQ7ef7dJal76uMsnZPJ4Qd3AUCGkcqhtQX0qg-OYO6GQFSxqMhg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">William Joyce and his colleagues at Moonbot Studios</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100.0%;"><tbody>
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</div>PSEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311781884406698778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906505803308100799.post-59372395191882342902011-07-26T10:42:00.000-07:002011-07-26T15:03:08.477-07:00Ticket Giveaway for Classic Rock Night at the LA Zoo!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmDLjZlRvMJYk42WHL7fEsu6yOhJUgYRtmjzJ1RPT-KYohx5nT839r_R5cBPeJL7D3YWbRYKhyD8ua8rImcTV6CxcrGzWzJjPlBwrBVd6nbQFP6XdccA2pcQtu_0AhyBgkCH18TbpK08/s1600/FamilySavvyLAZoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmDLjZlRvMJYk42WHL7fEsu6yOhJUgYRtmjzJ1RPT-KYohx5nT839r_R5cBPeJL7D3YWbRYKhyD8ua8rImcTV6CxcrGzWzJjPlBwrBVd6nbQFP6XdccA2pcQtu_0AhyBgkCH18TbpK08/s320/FamilySavvyLAZoo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Music at the L.A. Zoo takes place THIS THURSDAY night</span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #009999; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">Ticket Giveaway for July 28 at 6:00 PM</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">When our kids were small, they loved <i>Good Night, Gorilla</i>and imagined the thrill of observing the animals at the zoo after the crowds had gone home. This Thursday, Angelenos have a chance to duck under the ropes at a party called Music at the L.A. Zoo. Local bands will play classic rock tunes (think Beatles, the Doors, Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin) while guests wander along the shaded paths of the zoo, peeking in on the animals as they go through their after-hour routines. Kids Off the Couch has five pairs of tickets to give away to subscribers for the party, which is sponsored by GLAZA to support the mission of the L.A. Zoo.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">What: </span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Performances by an array of cover bands take place while guests may view many of the Zoo's animals (until 8:00 PM) and enjoy an eclectic array of food and beverages. Picnics are also permitted. Tickets to <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106783157583&s=6275&e=001WWKZAik_u5OlHVTIIF_uL4K5NZANT-ZJUPP33jNz-MTLpA-wjSRxC3jb7t35QG6uBI7-Q6x6fsloZIzwrqBkg2faTSZ3rWHSJ1l83DGm5co=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Music in the L.A. Zoo</span></a> are still available to the general public. Admission for GLAZA members is $13 for adults and $8 for children ages 6 to 15. Admission for non-members is $17 for adults and $11 for children ages 6 to 15. Children 5 and under are free. Music in the L.A. Zoo is one of many programs presented by the private, non-profit Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA), founded in 1963.<br />
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<b>Enter to Win: </b>Kids Off the Couch has five pairs of tickets to THIS THURSDAY's 6:00 PM event (July 28). Please write to <a href="mailto:familysavvy@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">familysavvy@gmail.com</span></a>. Winner will be chosen by Wednesday, July 27.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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<b>Ticket Giveaway: </b>American Ballet Theatre visits the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJyQFJeeRCUucM5kyPpyN7CJ0UzSJVsg_8-DJ3iTw7pNWpEgg4wJen4JS5kQBMyMFgL7QpgseXLdU1PFUkoOzRjk5wWi5sVOVTRs7xJV0jIBQditKdwtVNTi9Rki2j3Z5jzr104ACjxZwGlCPTyvwpNiX" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">The Bright Stream</span></i></a> from July 14 -17.<i>The Bright Stream</i>, a delightful ballet set to a witty score by Dmitri Shostakovich, is full of fun, misplaced flirtations and a slew of disguises. Angelina Ballerina will be making a special guest appearance following the matinee this Saturday, so bring your cameras! Kids Off the Couch subscribers are eligible to win a Family Four-Pack to this Saturday's matinee performance (2:00 PM, July 16). <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJySscP2_BIce2LH0xJA3G6vtBquEWloBe6zidUZ37UOgL_60tM8EIhDYvdy1fcq0oPf1DzQsChEwmYPFBhkL6iCBa2J5ahiI12B3_rwazc2w6BCCJzdf_fF4FDjTzBj1qdUXQLhXmXSm_MUQkv9iGZqDDTpeP1IBa9c=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Click here</span><span style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a>if you'd like to be entered to win. Tickets will be chosen by Wednesday night (7/13).<br />
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<b>Dino Hall Opens:</b> The BIGGEST news this month is that the Dinosaur Hall at the Natural History Museum is finally opening this Friday (7/16). <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJyTIqAwPlZS2l5qaEgMdDhN0ZCGt1xD9dUw8FavFx6dJEIsuRA-nT2Cd2NzRv8SpfhdDj8m9idYqCuxyhLBk1WkjiSDa5vXLZ8sraYnoS5RnRznKc69F6TeaaowAQWtsZ48=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Go online and reserve your timed entry tickets</span></a> and then rent <i>Land Before Time</i> or <i>Jurassic Park</i> to bone up on the difference between an Allosaurus and a Velociraptor.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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<b>Middle School: </b>Even if you're not traveling to Europe this summer, put Paris on your itinerary by touring <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJyTM9gAcoPIXNoP88OMJxfzaRPTWbwvy4umkGVPXWo6NK3333lhzSHP6D_LxDMw2Jy32q0L6kcs4N2HC9icxzzGMBXOWIKZARaQGfC5srSBcZIo3SYCD2lE1FLfv8WW8tw3f8IJP4jpMsc0-z-Fe3sbg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Paris: Life and Luxury</span></a> at the Getty, which is open only until the first week of August; be sure to pick up the Family Programming flyer. Check out the free concerts at the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJyRiz8uT7vj9PdZh7t1eF3BRmz50mcE_NteaK0q8pHUnBWMYwR0b-b6l0_bMo-Ue9iUcgBE-Oa7Kr-53z1KGVcmLCzsrhk-GjeR2F_bNkYxDyvK1-5nwubl8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Santa Monica Pier</span></a>, running all summer and featuring the Bangles this weekend. If local art is your thing, take a tour of Watts Towers, which <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJyTJ1t1_CyNomqG1D5_r5dkZKvHHtIJLqkpcCTtHgv5Mgap6F3_bUcKmL6OLfgtXoroNJy_28Nqd9fLlb9gID73QDNJQ4mvs3WwB5KTeh6x2WUYs832cdfD9Rv2ziXlTX60=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">LACMA is helping to preserve</span></a> (their tours are sold out, but you can do it on your own easily). Get your tickets for the latest Cirque du Soleil production, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJyR4S1cEK-_2c8gtdOL81wUvoFggfaehazaMmkhIpyzjz0rY3sOmUNYQZI1TLkUqxbbvK0koTGed8TFxjpWiyl9osumwElNmJJjLXtT30_ANSSd0kinmCGCCh5aK3g9-vg7Vn5WNJ5DnD1JdcbPyt_VekB2r7-dxb1Iye_DsK99tgl_jr4KNZsgouk6VKW479SuIzyzrDPOqtltnOC6YVUShYlLlRcJr36sEZLYKOOEYepklxbbV2eXV6-bDFFv5IVvVJS0El-XU7ddg3TA92QJQo57AscPma3U2XmTEVE3wFEfeH346q8aCmot8mpzQrUHV7enB4MJn8C4HwhEh1BjVgNDKoOCTuYs4LaeQ-rFxTEhjWfAW-FsD6k68TFmgcnvA2D64l_IAVKjg3OsIDOsjUCiv0gy_2zBAdGIAqXMGcRy0czMNFByD7LA0OHZrf97B357wo48W0DJhVnMu-9lFafHWt1tykdb3jLvWp3jF_dT-Sx9sfU3YMf3MV5aeYC4=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">IRIS</span></a>, billed as "a journey through the world of cinema," opening July 21 at The Kodak Theater. <i><u>Summer Reading Tip:</u> </i>Suzanne Collins' <i>Hunger Games </i>series will take over your kids' brains, much as Harry Potter once did.<br />
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<b>Teens:</b> A perfect art and movie pairing, recommended by several subscribers, is to watch Bansky's <i>Exit Through the Gift Shop</i> and head down to <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJyQIdj2_s_eFAjx2FleOPaZvPTdlRSQtwVAlVe1QM-vUUu5Q-Z2E0uoL7QhNVW05L-aDJdlhVxSlX2JotaimttT_6_Zu4PTdp7c1FPqLSf4u77Vn_LiZCAKH5YJwz0crMtNw5jDr_l72pklgsdrMZAhY" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Art in the Streets</span><span style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a>(the graffiti show) at MOCA. Slightly more highbrow would be the pairing of <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJySQMBPp9w_0kcvH0QWaoD435Kzrnb3aiwFhEJSdmnXh-s6KHDgU7Q-bcrMKjTMEh_k1zGjpi7eF7qNBVNq_Gr9hSa90yRm0V0uuiK4aBbdDRANEI255GwlmOPHaHnzLsjFsbUklBZOEb2_U8zZQF12nXwgALrlLttA=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Ed Ruscha: On the Road</span></a>, an exhibit at The Hammer through October, and picking up Jack Keroac's classic novel, of the same name. And you've gotta introduce your kids to Cameron MacIntosh's blockbuster musical, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJyRXfhVphkDAjxlAWbujoRHh6fGrAJvL2-m2HpUrusK5h65Nay7n39JJqGHu_tgRqHXX_mCOF9O5v3-nWk-VJ_RZMVe-9AHTJSvVCYd5weIxZcoal1wD4IZ-RZtNujwcPYYJTJBlgUU9-Y7W1rjbVdCtMLPtFh6MGqJuqjwnaogBIsMZ-Jz8Vwld" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Les Miserables,</span></a> at the Ahmanson through the end of this month, which has been re-staged for a new US tour. <i><u>Summer Reading Tip:</u> </i>We just blew through this truth-is-stranger-than-fiction tale by Rebecca Skloot, <i>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.</i><br />
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<b>Adults: </b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJyT8GJQ5tPsquIiddchUPgmqaAbgCJGIKn1VmrUAjpsGrdw3NWtCUEzuRAevAMREIu92dhRHprZ2cXSY93qc20BAZCU_JkUTLXSPvpbwa9lWAi6CKTeb847SC2XPLnNxvvKPkgpTWdoPlaydjJv58C_4tSInCM6s2RTqmGpDTVDPvTa3dtO1urUTu7Z7mQQ5N8SflwEiTjuJxg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Vermeer's "Woman with a Lute"</span></a> is spending the summer at The Norton Simon, making her the only Vermeer on the west coast. Be sure not to miss <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJySIxPjMNIiP5VEWFGoqnfO_wQ83ZODD70HIhAaAZv7qriZ3XguHRFBdqWmRCeGkSOe-ieflnVOFGtk053rDjIb3K9cGaOdpaCV_fppKwZ5D37mFqYonqWFUIL3BO2CLCXorywzjtsAGt4se5znVWGqilIyv2Z7XzCw=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Christian Maclay's<i>The Clock</i></span></a>, which won the Gold Lion at the Venice Bienalle, and is playing at LACMA through the month. Click here for <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJyQdRipBfX_u19V68dOUKyLkfk6RPt956SPDYXmKs12RDCCMR5APccCiF7fYPi1CCoQ8x-1BYHcoERW-1uaeKhbPMg7jlxzKnZ2lfkYYBJRK6Fqg_jV3phRTbGTbfxsJS2tYfQBZ5TbX49OUjo9ld_lPvIzA4OqAIPKdcJECHg3GvyHX8tdj5avSb2z2SKr2xvlRnoLfRYiJHA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Kenneth Turan's rave review</span></a>. <i><u>Summer Reading Tip:</u></i>Pick up local author Lisa See's <i><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJySIIrWGAQIU-NRQEIyMA7WJzfLJ2SX9aCk41Weg4mVhRoDh8jVyQjc7vvVr0utPyYM04KHlZXyIfksCWf3Rh9Ait65YgsZwjF6EqVHU1nGCJWx7JurCOwFzO8quPBMfuavT7cUD1R5E9Q==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Snow Flower and the Secret Fan</span><span style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a></i>-- the film version will be in theaters Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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<b>Women's World Cup:</b> <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJyRKBKxYnbxdAgb_o49ISyBT9bI1mVvan8LvmoMPNoObSQ3spw41LX22GQxqaQphBIiiK4T4ILPzV6Vk4sQwsms0HDd8D09SDtq8Xkz5ZzJ20-OtqI9_uP3xqe9_RKS5v5mWiJiE-tECrOcyOuaOA8oTZVOEwbZDXP2E4re4vtZRr6y3q0v8O3TCb8oIXbo0va7Wdu0MkK9rdD1_bnzBpF-xoWgBDm1_sLWyCHzrsYJL9A==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Click here for ABC's interview with Hope Solo and Abby Wambach</span></a>, the stars of the American team's thrilling victory over Brazil last weekend. The semi-final game will be broadcast <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106483306622&s=6275&e=001scNDa6KcJyRaayNDx7nCLfdJVYAWatbIoHisYhMxPXB_YLnSdcCAgiew5ZXZ5z16FM-vQWjwcnZEWv2vjkY5Hk6Z8AoRk5N6-FRoXw3CgCX05PsmuyBSM7I_wP85uRz6jmN3LC_RodPuEx2-Vg1n1MCRsrQhnyRrm1fm3d-SX2uLSk18XBkuZgs20W6u99BV" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Wednesday, July 13 on CBS</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100.0%;"><tbody>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">It's not often that a new, family-friendly musical comes around, so Angelenos get a treat when <i>TWIST - An American Musical,</i> featuring American Idol's Tamyra Gray, debuts at the Pasadena Playhouse this month. <i>TWIST</i>, an adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel <i>Oliver Twist</i>, is set in New Orleans on the eve of the Great Depression and tells the story of a young orphan boy who navigates the colorful and sometimes rough waters of street life and racial intolerance in his quest to find his family and to find love.<br />
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The score for <i>TWIST </i>features the musical pulse of New Orleans in the 1920's and is highlighted by a tapestry of soaring ballads, hot jazz, blues, gospel and tap-infused dance numbers that will take audiences along this magical journey. Golden Globe and multi-Emmy Award-winner Debbie Allen directs and choreographs a timely show which is perfect for the whole family!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">What: </span></b><i><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">TWIST - An American Musical</span></i><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> plays from June 14-July 17 at the Pasadena Playhouse with plenty of matinees for the family. Show at 8:00 PM Tuesday-Friday, 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM Saturday, and 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM Sunday through July 17. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106008649273&s=6275&e=001ijdMytT4KJk6h8-lNQFNCtyxqlmXHCjEGtE2y2RQgfCKTOmBRwyxL9Fn8q4Ed5inqIWt5DPXsdIxkVS6bAPfRQS9ybyiGhrFrXxI1tUEA3et3sLWrQMh3m_PVD5e2gjHzXQXzbPL5pA=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Tickets are on sale now</span></a>.<br />
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<b>Enter to Win: </b>Kids Off the Couch has a Family Four-Pack to give away to the Wednesday, July 13 show at 8:00 PM. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1106008649273&s=6275&e=001ijdMytT4KJmu_OEwQy6eK_V8P9UAv2YGrNKYao9xekb0KhFCQ3uLlY4ldI3LFGpOAv5rM-v55-vKwmPqTFZc45k2EUxRR9Q_RSXdNW0NVGlyo8H_1v87wEmWKJvnCYrToIE0If8Ga0rQmI9252KxxGMSH_tej0WBNPQdlqrxr9Q=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Click here to be in the drawing - and please include your telephone number.</span></a> Winner will be chosen by Wednesday, July 6.<br />
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<b>Photo:</b> Boston (Matthew Johnson, center) and his Boys in a scene from TWIST - An American Musical at the Alliance Theatre. Photo: Greg Mooney<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100.0%;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Certain films become classics by virtue of their perfect execution, and others pass the test of time because they capture an emotional veracity that rings true with generations of audiences.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>West Side Story</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has remained in our hearts by accomplishing both seamlessly, and with style that is truly timeless. Celebrate the movie's 50th anniversary at The Hollywood Bowl when The LA Phil plays Leonard Bernstein's electrifying orchestral score and memorable songs with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim live, while the newly re-mastered film is shown in glorious high definition on the Bowl's big screen with the original vocals and dialog intact.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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This classic romantic tragedy echoes Shakespeare's<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Romeo and Juliet</i>, re-setting the story of the rivalry between the Montagues and the Capulets to 1950s New York, where the Sharks and the Jets fight over turf. Tune into Nathalie Wood's rendition of "Tonight" and show the kids that some stories just never get old.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">What:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">LA Phil Presents MGM HD presents<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>West Side Story</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>at the Hollywood Bowl Friday, July 8th and Saturday, July 9th at 8:00pm. Plenty of seats are still available.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105875186967&s=6275&e=001R5t6aZ3gw2GD_b4wO5PPQOzh5_Qpy53fW9t1Queq_Qp-Xmia0_VXAAFfnWYwfMIPGpFH0g_bfXZ1GdknuYLkINi9zrCUiLIvFQ_rbbfQhnHU5yWCHkIpN7xwzr1y9nvGfeqm0eHuvMu_J3O1bnOK4HwO2NKKUMmcxdk8cg4GjquprwrNbx8-KkZIVPQfHLZiyNtt3Z1CGGRtxgZ7SiXq2T2uQ9N0kFfyxkYx__nUBGr_74027yFN3_UdCbTZindz" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Click here for tickets and more information about the show.</span></a><br />
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<b>Enter to Win:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Kids Off the Couch has a Family Four-Pack to give away to the Friday, July 8 show.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105875186967&s=6275&e=001R5t6aZ3gw2Fw5h6wnc77YEAFIYXEs4WC7mRowQ5_EYDBOH07Er_Inj9XyD1AJkpOwSqbhD-90spqeCTwAWDho7HYgUUq1fUGzNaok8h_ruioW2-kmMxYU8520samGPHkP3TTODmWhYXoRnn7BZXpqs-T1cWgpfVmI-Q9HbR1C1A=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Click here to be in the drawing - and please include your telephone number.</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Winner will be chosen by June 17.<br />
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<b><i>West Side Story</i>:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The 1961 film, which garnered ten Oscars including Best Picture, ignited musical theater with innovations in its electric dance numbers and a cross-cultural love story that captured the imagination of a nation. Memorable songs include "Something's Coming", "Maria", "America", "Somewhere", "Tonight", "Jet Song", "I Feel Pretty", "A Boy Like That", "One Hand, One Heart", "Gee, Officer Krupke" and "Cool".<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">When the kids were young, we had a beloved babysitter who sang "Castle on a Cloud" as a lullaby and the lilting melody is part of our family lore. Naturally, we took the kids to <i>Les Misérables</i> when it last came to town but they were probably too young to truly appreciate its historical sweep and romantic power. We're headed to France for a celebratory family trip this summer, and are excited to see Boublil & Schönberg's legendary musical before we depart. What better way to get in a Parisian mood?<br />
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The original <i>Les Misérables,</i> based on the Victor Hugo novel of the same name, is one of the most successful musicals of all time. Cameron Mackintosh has re-conceived the show for the 25th anniversary with glorious new staging and dazzlingly re-imagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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<b>Enter to Win: </b>Kids Off the Couch has a Family Four-Pack to give away to the Friday, June 17 show at 8:00 PM. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105887586842&s=6275&e=0011s7shxYNrXBb4K6aFsTQezzgZ-eUqm2Xyhwit68rDfGrFG1mBIfdJacDt1RzFf6YFaNIf87DjwBI_U277asgzkCCeywoFKheRF30Tbh4RzEu7GlZuDJNzc5hGS5ByGsfqMuA7ynu9upwSraP06K70VSJSOGHw-bbGYy6utFNOiw=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Click here to be in the drawing - and please include your telephone number.</span></a> <b>Winner will be chosen on Tuesday, June 14.</b><br />
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<b><i>Les Misérables:</i></b> <i>Les Misérables</i> is set in 19th century France, and tells a classic story of revolution and redemption. The magnificent score includes the classic songs "I Dreamed a Dream", "On My Own", "Stars", "Bring Him Home", "Do You Hear the People Sing?", "One Day More", "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables", "Master Of The House" and many more.<o:p></o:p></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100.0%;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The Fourth of July means fireworks, plain and simple. When we were little, we danced the hokey pokey at a bandstand on Cape Cod and then stretched out with our siblings on blankets in the middle of a football field to watch thefireworks. The memory is plenty potent and we've been challenged, as parents, to create the same type of memories here in Southern California. We have watched from thebeach (fun but oh-so-crowded), stayed home to watch fireworks in TV after a backyard party (big mistake, they're best observed in person) and once spent an evening on the101, kids asleep in their car seats after an all-day beach party, watching high-school fireworks celebrations going offin succession across the valley.<br />
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One of the most relaxing ways to spend the Fourth in LA is to cap off a concert at the Hollywood Bowl with their spectacular fireworks. The explosions are timed to the 1812 Overture, and the kids can simply gaze upwards and watch a terrific display. This year, the LA Phil has invited Darryl Hall and John Oates to headline three shows with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. The pop-duo, who are members of members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, will play their own hits as well as plenty of good-old fashioned American music.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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<b>Hits from Hall and Oates</b> Remember these classics: "Sara Smile", "Rich Girl", "Kiss on My List", "Private Eyes", "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)", "Maneater", and "Out of Touch".The duo had 34 singles chart hits make the Billboard Top 100.<o:p></o:p></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100.0%;"><tbody>
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Get ready to celebrate the End of Homework by enjoying some of the many family festivals and art events around town this month. We've unearthed so many neat film festivals that we are secretly hoping for some June Gloom so we won't feel too bad ducking inside!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#663300"><br /><b>Ballet Nacional de Cuba Giveaway:</b> Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center is bringing the wonderful <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105769827394&s=6275&e=001gF2LHQA6lxyIPsHuGCAy22dbWYTpqDU7QSowiCOM4W-6y3gAOSFQyv_oGA-fc_dzxj3jFDV7VqOIzYzqkiM-lzSqjM5G5g_9JGuGHw0YVqoAzPfydj3CzsBoZvztHvwL1lRo7nPpwXncRvlD_zNozIgaH7liHWCmvRHsy5HqYMA=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Ballet Nacional De Cuba</span></a> to town for five shows of <i>Don Quixote</i> from June 23-26 (including two matinees). First formed in 1948 by Alicia Alonso, Ballet Nacional de Cuba has created more than 600 works and performed in more than 60 countries. Kids Off the Couch subscribers are eligible to win a Family Four-Pack of tickets to the 2:00 PM performance on Saturday, June 25 at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105769827394&s=6275&e=001gF2LHQA6lxySlVira8GJcUaLPQLvETm1zLHuBx5GDF6ZOxsB_MzciuYs2PQIy7m6FmVzuh8NTzKOzSkY3hP_eGZA8XTbQcbKsyGsjL0wrdflkgvNX03Ds1tuRAqPq3VrxHVf5qXXpWveIi-nzICnayJRSv3KtUkmBwpt6rHz5TA=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Click here to enter your name to win</span></a> - please include a phone number!<br /><br /><b>Movies Galore this Month:</b> Besides the many summer films already in theaters (we love <i>Kung Fu Panda 2</i>), there is a plethora of film festivals for lucky Angelenos this month. 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You can also enjoy the outdoors the following weekend (June 11) at the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105769827394&s=6275&e=001gF2LHQA6lxxxnMLo7dJOPz9IumAwo6Yx5BRwrdFXa1VPDQ0qPfgZ7WQnRL5hXqDrjibNs9F97negSr0RMHbfY2MGJon4liQMKAY1V8oXlqsTobBKMtIX1fsKo50sNCg4BFNBSAbhMa4IwCeZm1uTXluuYlaS_qrP77ci3uViOPXFaBgLLSm1JiPsIOc77W_6TpZ_0PmxmhU3Qom0XkHuso0A94g8pzW1TWbIA0rjlXDz3fx6lDpbNsxeemna-tI3kahGe9Qlzyl2n37AeA5789UVfVzQ0pzH" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Children's Nature Institute's Kids Rock Concert and Festival</span></a> in Hancock Park. 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Or if they're into dance, check out the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105769827394&s=6275&e=001gF2LHQA6lxwwlSpE7DIXp_52-UXZmqWs5Zq87t-JGwPrwbAkShn1KRlLHZSZaDpGpxHyKfCBRAyRmd-Y0pUP9Eh2U-0g3kM2OMk1dyjB_oWjWT-TT5ZlQZiRewvUP4RFPMmkYrV_RO6fJSBmI784bXDZrV2haRKZJsdew4KGOne1wyQQAVrbn92iLO0d9HDi" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Dance Camera West Dance Media Film Festival</span></a> (June 16) at The Getty Center. 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We've had a chance to look at most of the new art shows around town, so you can have the summer's cultural outings planned before June even begins.<br /><br /><b>MOVIES in THEATERS: </b>There's plenty of raunch in the theaters for adults, from <i><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOKJZDVJnBv0NIl7WegGzryxeVr9H8KF1Ms5MGEmXElyo1XizXdpxTVyytiSFVY4SQ5pzm2KD_Ibh7J5aqMiMYC9W6BjYm6Ktw7DMyQ-bmdRTJGiXGiH4TBVhxrItWld34k=" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Bridesmaids</span></a></i> to <i><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOLX5srEtGYhJflTtKZzCETAMGHYoLIiMBqPudpWAjAoLUjAeTPaJSUNcMup65pYorIerIXbccV8RNSYcEOPimltOdVHram4AEuC8B629sKfgr_8UA54xn7uMEfm-3iOv50=" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Hangover Part II</span></a></i> so if that's not your thing, drop in on a worthy kid option (<i><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOJ_pGjemVzsMgRshyMLtIsaaLagS9KSsjerBDIyaUE2ssZK1AbDkAC8Y7WqX6WorRb9yz3OcSAkXgwNtApH5JYppG9rQ6xXJ3kWYGaIfzdgyMF95y-ugjvvUkLQj0BcjX4=" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Kung Fu Panda 2</span></a></i>) or check out the films that were well received in Cannes last week: <i><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOKn96z07_XPyqqoiGxFCCaZy6UTnJUzmoHaj3V_c6Fh3nyyh215COrHI0VVcmWzJg8cgVaFJEr9BR1NkEpIAGbdmV5QUU-zSUAjmIdyq0yANSPphSuXI8hjazkDxgTJr6Q=" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Midnight in Paris </span></a></i>from Woody Allen (starring Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams) or Terrance Malick's much awaited <i><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOIdQB48xY9IQWni_lM2p7sads8cBiHQl82ron9CoKzAVdrqd0UfeYVmJpBZOm6YiwLF6u3DeM8ot3pmvHt6QiW8bvK1RJoY1--K0Mzt0oK9P5ZSMIMWApmKGg2j-i1G1Kc=" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">The Tree of Life</span></a></i>. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">ART AROUND TOWN: </span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">We got a sneak peek at what will surely be this summer's must-see show, LACMA's <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOKW4htpIxvcLwpaJUon27cbvyNDcOghNWn0X-axpj6U3KWaloUou2koJGKwcKO5UbiBwm_UTP5Ovioq7AvdqA8TR065reyl0NUXKTwPTm8AxBooN2XzwTvyJYa9E9MsDVY=" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Tim Burton,</span></a> which is lots of fun. We will write up a comprehensive report next week, but mark your calendar to take advantage of a fabulous line-up of Burton films, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOKRGr3fxwRWyftSmFCEBQWsKUrMbf1aMFPuJyrX-Bel3sRG7wnxJJRLytDdIOV98wuGfEzZ72ehQv-2oxQOTwGIFVqbjwHLM0RoDeJ6MSM4-NWV3F8G9XKikx9fR8nziifOnVYQnCc91w==" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">screening at the museum throughout June</span></a>. Show is expected to be a blockbuster, so <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOJsKmqm-fmeU8p3tkOUz4rsKPDQ10E-JCo8U7FUpV26xrl-M5tSOI8RuQZmlLP0PEnOpj4yXrG_k2VSLVtEXS-ES_BTPNHmOtlvpnhm8pWwH5QiH8poiKHQNc_s1WHFwn7n_qncjpDf65SbrKtX0PZpe-fXfOyaC-g=" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">get your advance entry tickets now</span></a>. The Getty Center's <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOLppiGGzgsasVkjLKlnpbfw1wXNtevxkaY-73FBwODLQ-P9-CTd9gpkteti7SVlsF7XBNxHRmt9m4goy87QPySb0FBgVSwSIa9qtaIZ0vUdD3hlVUFyxclL8Y1CRLSJAh_rZFWwk2YWGqhO2toAEmg7" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Paris: Life and Luxury</span></a> employs an engaging organizing theory, with objects from a Parisian household presented by the "Four Times of Day." We were particularly impressed with a spectacular golden bed where the women of the household performed their "toilette" while receiving (what a concept!). The Skirball Cultural Center's <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOLHmdMPoCDMuXmIwACzp1ESAEWbvYgxskshRwumGmHV5DZFiZYr_mma-04KsZR_B-eRvBKjlhDh5SnGe3n7TjA3kydKJMsGwAGcg1VhAHGH5NHFCDzlHjsOAh_05SETTFw=" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Houdini: Art and Magic</span></a> is great for magic-loving tweens, and we also loved The Annenberg Space for Photography's <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOJfaw5bs9WY9vMPzb-QI4VZKlWayf40yI5TSezFGd5Ji9uiPS3-uUZcd_D_Xa8_fzZSuurvkYGiCxOuWAmbRS7NmWhlD-f-WdUZBr0bjRqGLVkowE43JKR7z4sNMNygjvs=" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Beauty Culture</span></a>. Be sure to head downtown for MOCA's <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOI4nUoKE2-I2kFxhi83kUyMdysymfcK5l0Ata0QUzjy7lgqPnzC3_ehJRaMEHOrvWXbpx74dhUtVeJzJsHK_RVF3h8gT3kJyDw=" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Art in the Streets</span></a>, showcasing large-scale, colorful graffiti art that is a hit with everyone from 8-80. If your kids are into street culture, check out a related show at the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOKg03KX3FVaG7_q4KFqq7M4k02i4uDqkWSGdGtCmdYu-fKwlQAHiBqg-7PN40YaV_ziKJsl_tTmh_r0DYzh2SH-8U5Np4hAhR9R2TOkDdQ33P_H3iYpnbxxIHhXkdRNM1sS7XUt1tdOFA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Pasadena Museum of California Art</span></a> featuring the work of the Clayton Brothers. And, while you're sipping lemonade by the pool, don't forget to peruse this season's Hollywood Bowl schedule which includes a <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOIfoEXVqiJMZcj6WAfwCSihy03D33osOJ9Duv-LPS0oqpwLE82mqit0oG3ZK5y4mGImJ7BnijKmrBWJ9Ug6B-RTyLK5T8Fxu3Vh6aQX9LZRLfP-3qCqzLZ0DG7lgErlUau-MwRm7dMEcOpeud1GhYIXnVcpkd5ceBRzcvWY3cbdBA==" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Grease Sing-A-Long</span></a>, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOKNDMvhNhKcTYRGxmgw0vRmTXKArf-xEoKoBmPEuuFfaRXMNABupE3LDkDkr4l_zzNPbh4zl6nL4W2po44M1Bq5qYxjUrrSnd8ZVeCBstAaDvEd-tE9TsXyTNPwYZr-F4y2Ns_jDGHyP-C8THjEWiI6ZoAXZlJAGXzVUryeqIIccg==" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Hall and Oats for the July 4th Fireworks Spectacular</span></a> and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOKqy7d5YAY_6HuFcHSyxmsOlFNVTDoKw0mMapzBc_VRD60DHL7wurJCkWYr9SmPg6C2KXbuvt_YxayLJto0mE42AkdrErsyUna99o7OPyWcRlvGFnAWXxXF5Jj2Pb4TAXSUNOnT1Zx2hF4vWY1XiWVKlLMElFQfaHfjNSdHBIrL8g==" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Hairspray </span></a>with the original Broadway cast of Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur.<br /><br /><b>Subscriber Tip: </b>A loyal KOTC-er gave us the heads up about a new show at the Santa Monica Museum of Art -- a video installation by filmmaker Marco Brambilla, called <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOLs1QTrXM_3fYgj91PqWIsfMiQQzPd-VP8EeNRscW5MTTqsWtgBs-nVFMQvju0eRSVJMlFPlwlC5fQJXQG7y7W0nDZK8P0_1-mXZH_DJsDTCxiVADN0N68M" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">The Dark Lining</span></a>, that uses film clips in pastiche to create a new narrative. Our subscriber's kids, who are 11 and 13, thought it was the "coolest art show ever".</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">MEMORIAL DAY ACTIVITIES:</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> In lieu of parades, LA has wonderful regional celebrations starting today, such as <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOKf1Hgf8iAbasjiSS9k7hmmsXe4eKq476hZDAaGxBJ1bsNjNIdsUB5MZsqlPzq4TDY2HgZrR0ZHclbkI5wAM0RJb--bgfHv8DZvWesGH52kmQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Topanga Days</span></a>, the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOJxoDNTnhb6f6nJZUhSGGERT7mC-hu51x1rzZv7Z5P0sAB3eTt7SATy8ec1Bm-ZKhfa_1QonwzohmJgIMBRytWLhJdXLU3Z_5VX7qFGdBkcjXs004Oz2WBZ" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Valley Greek Festival</span></a> and a <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOKbUweljGIOIADCh7TAtKD4r8ydDKK2TVkDIR5g9D5QD9Mur_bpaZ6YDGKsObYSHM7f6ETtyyuJ-QHwzoNzPenXi7_QV_eakmlrTpi0BhsSJQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Jazz Reggae Festival</span></a> at UCLA.<br /><br /><b>Ideas:</b> Stumped by what to get a graduate in your life? Check out <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOJrNlGhQDsLsX8NJfx47LGkShbURNcibhjkl7UeGNqhyt4BcraqyxZ2F7aa0bw9DdnAmt6SPNasLV6wT4a9O-GFONPphUFZHN17xXJC9QJBrsMjzOGKaVYMrc3GRsX6OnjBU_WueY-bhYeKQ0k4SeOOIm0HDrnB8bc=" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Flavorpill's grad gift guide.</span></a> While you're thinking about college and careers, consider that PayPal's Peter Thiel is <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOIbQOHZ1HbnKW9-028J3YYQAu3PFHk_wWqmSajBUjr4JUJAOSAIWoHfnN4ypYMPzkes7UFMF8TBIbEDyDP7EBuz7Q3059wdw1DLNGNuklIu3VUZq52vMdhqy_HUcos1JNgxrOliUe5jRz0QEFTxCjnjWqbc5WGuiRYWEJTJX2xlhTpl7MavJIeNVMg7fWkw785x8LWVpf4rbSmFlek-WDUb" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">plucking kids out of college</span></a> and supporting their entrepreneurial ideas with $100,000. Not a bad idea considering <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOLHMe0_kbrQx82qk3ZQvL1PIZPFSkdeURacQfChUaugdm59goZwn0ioVmoFfBDlH92NvGN4tqC-85i1JVQTahGdFz_5eWOb91ZktZu4PZRMVTnX78GQtHiImGYQAhZEHJIFWHZfMopeo_9WShI9owOk4ytU7JkSzazT6nP0-8zEfQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">this sobering report on the highest (and lowest) paying careers</span></a>.<br /><br /><b>And, Finally:</b> We were moved by this YouTube video about the dangers of melanoma. Titled <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105713224776&s=6275&e=001_7bYjRn0iOIq-4Cq4BPTYCj9I9iVTDOIA93DMkKSpJlnAQiwPGe3t2CBq8ajAtz63wFb8ih_nmkREWlBHzTYNOaeyyMaF91XiLss_mMHa3AqeNhZSVshnIOEpnvVGZm2fh4Oi2nb0HvKbDAyuSwJ7g==" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"Dear 16 year-old Me," </span></a>it's a powerful reminder to young people that their "skin never forgets". Good-bye tanning beds, hello sunscreen.<br /><br />We'll be back next week with the June Radar Screen.</span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr style=""> <td style="width: 50%; padding: 0in;" valign="top" width="50%"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black;">Kids Off The Couch</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"></span></p> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding: 0in;" valign="top" width="50%"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">If you like what we do, please tell a friend to sign up! <a 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153); font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; ">For Parents and Teens</span></span></div></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#663300">At a certain point, young girls pick up fashion magazines and the longing begins. By the time they get to their Senior Prom, they are capable of turning themselves out as the epitome of youth and beauty. High-school girls can flaunt their Facebook status this month, but they know just how many hours of work (dress and shoe shopping, hair and nail appointments) went into presenting their pretty faces.<br /><br />A new show at The Annenberg Space for Photography,<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105603704627&s=13672&e=001oBJGhRNkO93unzPiT4TEF55XdPJ6y5sGMV94M2UZwcCuYVpsrf8-rziLB9g5qKNu5cgmQmRCEIj9OrZbGjxtYsfw7xtMWlpIwo4PIwoWyPGaXLAcJ3NEk7bmOCM-wNCBUmBITpveWOY=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Beauty Culture</span></a>, reminds us that we have always had a cult of beauty, from Marilyn Monroe to Elizabeth Taylor to Gisele Bundchen. As a parent, it's easy to blame the media stranglehold that inundates our children at an early age, and perhaps we react strongly because images of perfect models are so prevalent in our kids' lives. The proliferation of plastic surgery and the advanced technology that allows a photograph to be altered create a juggernaut of perfection that squeezes us all, no matter how old we are. As our children grow up, and as parents deal with their own aging parents (and as we ourselves get older!), it's especially important to retain power over our own sense of self.<br /><br /><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105603704627&s=13672&e=001oBJGhRNkO93unzPiT4TEF55XdPJ6y5sGMV94M2UZwcCuYVpsrf8-rziLB9g5qKNu5cgmQmRCEIj9OrZbGjxtYsfw7xtMWlpIwo4PIwoWyPGaXLAcJ3NEk7bmOCM-wNCBUmBITpveWOY=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Beauty Culture</span></a> happens to open during a week of stunning news about image and sexuality, starting with the startling news that a mother had given her nine year-old Botox before competition in a beauty pageant, Arnold Schwarzenegger's infidelity and the arrest of the head of the IMF for sexually assaulting a maid in his NYC hotel. More than ever, it's tricky to talk with kids about these topics. The Annenberg's new show, which will be on display through Thanksgiving, aims to create a discussion about just these problems. The images, from over 170 photographers, are organized around questions such as: "What Size is Beauty?" and "What Color is Beauty?" In the gallery's inner sanctum visitors may watch a half-hour film by Lauren Greenfield that goes behind the glossy magazine images to deconstruct the messages that are delivered nonstop by the advertising and cosmetic industries; Greenfield interviews models who are struggling with weight and age issues, older models and photographers who spend their lives making the images that create such a culture of beauty. The Annenberg is a cozy space, so we like to drop in and look at the images before heading off to lunch at one of the restaurants that are nestled into the park between the office towers.<br /><br /><b>Red Flag:</b> Because these topics are intense, it's not a show for kids under fourteen. Recommended for teenagers and their parents, and parents on a date night.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#663300">What: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#663300"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105603704627&s=13672&e=001oBJGhRNkO93unzPiT4TEF55XdPJ6y5sGMV94M2UZwcCuYVpsrf8-rziLB9g5qKNu5cgmQmRCEIj9OrZbGjxtYsfw7xtMWlpIwo4PIwoWyPGaXLAcJ3NEk7bmOCM-wNCBUmBITpveWOY=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Beauty Culture</span></a> opens this weekend and runs through November 27. Don't miss the Microsoft Surface Tables, where visitors can interact with additional images. Also, a workshop in the back room of the gallery allows guests to alter their own image digitally. The Annenberg Space for Photography, 2000 Avenue of the Stars in Century City (LA 90069). Open from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM; closed Monday and Tuesday. Parking is EASY, under the building. Admission is FREE.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#663300">Lauren Greenfield:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#663300"> We're big fans of Lauren Greenfield's work in documentary photography and film making, where she has tackled contemporary issues, such as kids and money and our obsession with being thin. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105603704627&s=13672&e=001oBJGhRNkO91g0XSsq0f9IHWImW3jdMX2DriSNvd3fK_m5agPnSkv-1_pYF73G-YWROr7GT1AFimXNX1yX6G-WzuP0Vuvx8BYAGFlHRNjomkwHhBrElYMskoDP8WQ6o9R" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Click here to visit her website</span></a> and view more images from her previous books, <i>Girl Culture</i> and <i>Fast Forward: Growing up in the Shadow of Hollywood</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:black">Kids Off The Couch</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#663300">If you like what we do, please tell a friend to sign up! 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Tourists gazing at the State House inevitably find themselves drawn to Augustus Saint-Gaudens's handsome bronze relief. The 54th </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Massachusetts was the first African American contingent of the US Army, led by Bostonian Robert Gould Shaw. We recently stood before the gorgeous memorial which, in fact, inspired screenwriter Kevin Jarre to research and write <i>Glory</i>, an enduring film that immortalizes this brave regiment.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#663300"><br />The first shots of the civil war were fired at Fort Sumter 150 years ago last month, and the South's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">grand battle sites, such as Gettysburg, Fredericksburg and Manassas, are experiencing record tourist traffic this spring. The need to review our history is, perhaps, even more powerful at a time when war continues to dominate the headlines. Californians can explore the Civil War's legacy as well. This weekend, Pierce College hosts its annual <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105507217674&s=6275&e=001wWTwfVknoJrEufRCHBIcbPmiMu3h5biYClWqWzKX_ty65XLrx-K4AiJubpZqn4cNvdyWf3HS3nrCWwu3YE5iAIe_SIpNNAohu0rSnA6nqbg1_7uZxGgJABxCofTGhmtZMwzBXcR4IeCPrl48D0jz0QCTbzG0KUCK" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Civil War Heritage Days</span></a>(Saturday and Sunday, May 14-15), where hundreds of volunteers stage cavalry charges, artillery barrages, infantry assaults, Victorian dancing and military drills, and demonstrate skills and crafts from the era -- all designed to bring history to life for a new generation. An afternoon of watching a battle reenactment will enable elementary school-aged kids to think about the basics of a soldier's life, and compare them to changes in weaponry, battle planning and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">medical assistance over the past 150 years.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#663300">The Movie: </span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#663300">Glory </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#663300">(rated R) is a graphic tale of war and, therefore, not necessarily a match for your fifth grader studying the Civil War. That being said, it's a powerful tale about how a band of black soldiers came together under a white commanding officer in the days immediately preceding Lincoln's decision to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. The 54th Massachusetts' final march to Fort Wagner is nearly a suicide mission, and the film portrays difficult battle scenes. Powerfully told and made with meticulous attention to historical detail, <i>Glory</i> is recommended viewing for tweens and teens, if you think they can handle the violence. Watching the film as a family can stimulate valuable discussions about racism and war. Starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman, directed by Edward Zwick and featuring the music of James Horner,<i>Glory</i> garnered five Oscar nominations and took home three gold statues; Washington took home the Best Supporting Actor award. (1989, Rated R, 122 minutes).<br /><br /><b>Visit Fort Tejon: </b>Fort Tejon (70 miles north of LA in the Grapevine) has a robust <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105507217674&s=6275&e=001wWTwfVknoJp_tMEWmYb7ABh3_67EKtGM5zuujFrJIygq8wz0Js_29d67QavHmxW90EeYjwcqa4KT6TWB0tWLLhhultHScsL5RC4q9AtN7kqN-YQ7OE_I0Q==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Civil War history program</span></a>. This link, to Calfornia's <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105507217674&s=6275&e=001wWTwfVknoJpae-2UTeXYwjf9-oNyr-hqxkMzAp3GsqVJZvAse3aaP9PVclnw_ucOcYgJDXewQcFpKgqrUjx431wRUv6pSXR9XLWXz3OsAq-XxyWX7VH5mFYUZRmlkf5o" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Civil War Alliance</span></a>, provides more information on Civil War reenactment in CA.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#663300">On screenwriter Kevin Jarre:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#663300"> <i>Glory</i>'s screenwriter, Kevin Jarre, died this past spring.<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105507217674&s=6275&e=001wWTwfVknoJpy2kqii7qpw99JCJBaHXseTcHhEtZ7WZ_s_FiAs6jc1XcSNHNjDUpb1zbbSYE9zrZBO4T4WA98Po5vxLY6vSwsk8PWXWG4pmZ7oXCPBLyxboX92rCm39QBIpj-TfBoTzfgrx3t-dLvg_DtSN8dTjUU9Kg1is6ASWREGoF8sbO80c08zqZPS_b9SsVahX3nmMM=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Click here for his obituary</span></a>, which details how a love of history led him to research this story and bring it to the world.<br /><br /><b>Your Reading List:</b> Click here for a blog about good <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105507217674&s=6275&e=001wWTwfVknoJroahFHQnY48AoomMiJhI4xs8AdSadt4WA_jUWDWYdWrkRwK6KGH-AG-N8WAJu1SYMpg3SgPRmTYz5KqWneJOWUXBNLoYNSdNvmic5df0lKG08El7c6WdOt3ZyOCKwDWXIBlBoQ-V9dSw3i8IYNF4NV3u4oEWM8wpw=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Civil War literature for kids</span></a>, including <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105507217674&s=6275&e=001wWTwfVknoJrmfrd8G8Dngr1eS9-ZsBu-c9tcA-i5dmFs2Q1frUdNfhshCBleHtB9nxOsLCo_9mbA5Msrv976XA_Qy3gI6m1As2WD7yZcEiwJb3vKVzRf7hiqgFUyl1h63GcoIvP6w-5dFLOgrlbpAciKVhDz49eJ66TwLHr6gGE=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulson</span></a> for fifth graders and up.<br /><br /><b>More from the New York Times:</b> Here is a <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105507217674&s=6275&e=001wWTwfVknoJo7ndrHNw2wVHVujXj-f8l7gzAFLYWSY6KCYFkCNGroManEWEIKR6oOkdI0M5Y7kPwc3lGzNrG5wLAKz_IfzEU27k-1CThlzhaehwxZmi6WozxBImUy1-EhAZK5NhkQLimQqZDsTLkaNUysnBQV4LBvAXvAa45pqvjnXcWcbW9dYQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">great article</span><span style="color:#0000CC;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"> </span></a>detailing trips to lesser known historical sites throughout the South <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kyqd7vbab&et=1105507217674&s=6275&e=001wWTwfVknoJryf4BWUfjId6rw1SAeNygrJmkgxn_8vrHJhGogl3kmFLfLO64cMbWryWaBfUiZGSGHVwDL5ddOIZuAeZGvFJhLYBcwvamlXuHyDmVo5vXNmj5x-Ka0XINaRDmLnY9GqYsJ5cT-CtVrGLPAULmAmfroghEg7bUMqVwI6B7RFhxmkZ5YHj4re-u-g-FECKMyKLU=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">and a slide show of stunning images from contemporary reenactments</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:black">Kids Off The Couch</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#663300">If you like what we do, please tell a friend to sign up! 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