It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

The Puppet Show

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Three year-old Emma dances with puppets to the soundtrack “It ain’t what you make, it’s what makes you do it,” at  Santa Monica Museum of Art's   'The Puppet Show' on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at Bergamot Station. The multi-puppet installation is by artist Dennis Oppenheim and titled 'Theme for a Major Hit, 1974' (motor driven marionettes, wood, cloth, felt, soundtrack, tape player, and external speakers soundtrack). The marionettes dance for 2 minutes and rest for 8 minutes all day long.  ~  International in scope, the exhibition brings together works by 28 contemporary artists who explore the imagery of puppets in sculpture, film, video, time-based media, animation, and 2D work. The Puppet Show installation includes works by participating artists as well as a collection of historic puppets, who are housed in Puppet Storage—the exhibition's simultaneous entry and “backstage” or unconsciousness. Some works in the show involve puppets as figures (marionettes, shadow puppets, ventriloquist dummies). In others, artists perform as puppeteers. Others still evoke such topics associated with puppetry (manipulation, miniaturization, and control). The Puppet Show is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. It is co-curated by Ingrid Schaffner, ICA Senior curator, and Carin Kuoni, Director. The exhibition runs through August 9th at Bergamot Station.
Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 12:03AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Marionette Matinee

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Five puppets watch a 12 minute film at the  Santa Monica Museum of Art   as part of 'The Puppet Show' exhibition on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The art installation is by  artist Phillippe Parreno, Untitled (Ventriloquist performs #1), 2005, Ceramic Puppets, Paint, Fabric, Stuffing and 16 mm Black and White Film Transferred to DVD, 12 Minute.  The Puppet Show installation includes works by participating artists as well as a collection of historic puppets, who are housed in Puppet Storage—the exhibition's simultaneous entry and “backstage” or unconsciousness. The Puppet Show is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. It is co-curated by Ingrid Schaffner, ICA Senior curator, and Carin Kuoni, Director. The exhibition runs through August 9th at Bergamot Station

Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 12:02AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Hangin' around

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Two arms and legs hang at  Santa Monica Museum of Art   as part of the 'The Puppet Show' exhibition on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The art installation is by artist Kicki Smith and is titled, 'Nuit' (1992) Plaster, wood, Cheesecloth and string. The Puppet Show installation includes works by participating artists as well as a collection of historic puppets, who are housed in Puppet Storage—the exhibition's simultaneous entry and “backstage” or unconsciousness. The Puppet Show is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. It is co-curated by Ingrid Schaffner, ICA Senior curator, and Carin Kuoni, Director. The exhibition runs through August 9th at Bergamot Station.
Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 12:00AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Dog's Night Out

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(1) Caroline Hagberg hand-feeds a 'Pouch Pretzel Breadstick with Pesto Dip' to her pet Pomeranian 'Bonzai,' 12, during Three Dog Bakery Dog's Night Out at Trastevere Ristorante Italiano on Monday, June 23, 2008. (2) Ashley Thomas feeds a 'Spinach Bite' to her pet Pomeranian 'Foxy,' 5. (3) Carla Cole feeds dessert to her pet Beagle 'Wednesday,' 3. (4) Hannah Keever, CO-owner and Chef of Three Dog Bakery, serves doggy deserts during the fundraiser. (5) Bonzai, a twelve year-old Pomeranian, grubs out during Dog's Night Out. The Pooch Menue featured a gourmet three-course dinner of Pouch Pretzel Breadstick with Pesto Dip, Spinach Bites, Chicken Wellington with Steamed Baby Carrots and Spinach Au Jus and for desert, Eat Your Own Bowl Lickety Splits. Dog's Night Out benefits Much Love Animal Rescue.  Much Love Animal Rescue is a 100% nonprofit, no-kill organization dedicated to reducing overpopulation, abuse and neglect of domestic animals. Much Love is run entirely by like-minded professionals who volunteer their time and resources to help save the lives of these animals. Since 2000, they have successfully placed over 2,000 animals in loving homes.  Much Love Animal Rescue was named “Best L.A. Animal Shelter” in 2003 by Animal Fair magazine.

Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 12:08AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Francesco's garden

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(TOP) Francesco Raneri, 48, prunes his dwarf Brazilian Banana tree in his  'Permaculture garden' (a closed loop-self sufficient system) on main street during the annual Santa Monica Community Garden Open House on Sunday, June 22, 2008. He harvest over one thousand bananas a year from his dwarf Banana tree. Raneri has occupied his plot  in the Santa Monica Community Garden since 1993. He grows peaches, grapes, passion fruit and bananas. (ABOVE) Raneri reads in his private garden on Sunday.

Posted on Monday, June 23, 2008 at 07:21AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Palisades pump

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Juliet El Sharif, 50, works out at her fathers vintage outdoor gym at his home in the Pacific Palisades on Saturday, June 14, 2008.

Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 10:24AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Marimba

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Santa Monica High School Senior  Greg Fiala, performs "Yellow After The Rain," on the Marimba during  the 59th Annual Santa Monica Kiwanis Music Scholarship Awards Luncheon at the Santa Monica Family YMCA on Wednesday June 18, 2008. Fiala received first Place in  the High School  Instrumental  division and won a Kiwanis scholarship. Kiwanis International is an organization of service clubs headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Members of Kiwanis place special emphasis on service to children and youth, both through international initiatives intended to improve the quality of life of children around the world, and through their Service Leadership Programs, made up of about 7,000 youth clubs with about 320,000 youth members. Today, Kiwanis International has more than 600,000 members in more than 13,000 clubs, located in more than 90 countries around the world.

Posted on Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 09:01AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Splish-splash

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(center) Ryan Han, 2, plays in the water at Douglas Park on Thursday, June 19, 2008.

Posted on Friday, June 20, 2008 at 12:45AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint
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