‘Beyond the Abstract,’ a Student Production

Ari L. NoonanA&E

     If you take students who are serious about their music, tell them to create a stage show using their talents and those of their friends’, the result might be something like  "Beyond the Abstract."
     Students from Culver City High School’s Academy of Visual and Performing Arts will perform their own original music in this unique one-night show. The showcase will be on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Robert Frost Auditorium, 4401 Elenda Ave., Culver City. Tickets are $10/general or $7 ASB/seniors/children.
     “Beyond the Abstract” will include an eclectic mix of styles and ensembles as well as soloists. Members of AVPA’s Chamber Singers and the AVPA Jazz Combo will also perform.

Saturday is Little League’s Opening Day

Ari L. NoonanA&E

       More than a thousand persons are expected to attend Opening Day ceremonies on Saturday when the Culver City National Little League opens its fifty-first season.
       The program at Bill Botts Field at the top of Culver City Park begins at 10 a.m.
 
       Among the dignitaries will be Mayor Albert Vera, Vice Mayor Gary Silbiger, Council members Steve Rose, Alan Corlin and Carol Gross, Chief Administrative Officer Jerry Fulwood, Parks and Rec Director Bill LaPointe,  Asst. Police Chief Hank Davies,  School Board members Saundra Davis, Jessica Beagles-Roos and Dana Russell, special guest speaker Artie Harris, a scout for the Dodgers, amomng other personalities.

New-Look Silbiger Talks Light Rail and Mobile Homes

Ari L. NoonanOP-ED

            Seven weeks before Election Day, it can be reported that Gary Silbiger,
 the incumbent City Councilman, bears only a ghost of a resemblance to the
immigration lawyer who winged his way into office four years ago.
            Mr. Silbiger, who has essayed a distinct reputation by casting himself as a laser-focused populist, has a surprise for City Hall watchers who think he will be a one-termer.
            He has matured into a formidable politician.
            As he sat down to talk about the campaign along with his much-analyzed votes on light rail and the mobile home parks on Grandview Boulevard, the change in him was as obvious as his perennial congeniality.
            Instead of taking a distant seat behind the large desk in his Washington Boulevard office, he drew a chair near to his interrogator. He crossed his legs, relaxed his back, and his eye contact never strayed.

Westside Calendar – 2/25/06

Ari L. NoonanA&E

Saturday, Feb. 25   

6 p.m. — Fundraiser for City Council candidate Scott Malsin, 10950 Washington Blvd., NFL Network Soundstage. Silent or auction and cocktails followed by dinner at 7:30. Fee. RSVP: 310.945.5499 or scott@vote4scott.org.

       To list your event or show in thefrontpageonline.com, email your information to Ross Hawkins at rjhculvercity@aol.com. Include time, location, telephone number or email to obtain
information and whether event is free or there is a charge.

Westside Calendar – 2/24/06

Ari L. NoonanA&E

Friday, Feb. 24

            7:30 p.m. — Free play reading, Colin Mitchell’s “Breaking and Entering,” presented by the Culver City Playhouse at the Vets Auditorium, 4117 Overland Ave. Free. 310.839.8312. 

       To list your event or show in thefrontpageonline.com, email your information to Ross Hawkins at rjhculvercity@aol.com. Include time, location, telephone number or email to obtain information and whether event is free or there is a charge.

Westside Calendar

Ari L. NoonanA&E

Saturday, April 1

     11 a.m. — The Art of Cultural Modernism, by architect Steven Ehrlich, in The Art of…Series, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Washington Boulevard, Culver City. Free. RSVP: 310.253.5777.
 
     11:30 a.m. — A Laurel and Hardy Special, a film, the Flying Deuces, at San Gennaro Café, 9543 Culver  Blvd., a program of the Lions Club. Fee. 310.839.2090 or 310.204.6920.
 
     8 p.m. — Culver City Symphony concert, at Vets Auditorium, 4117 Overland Ave. , Culver City.  Free. 310. 253.6630.

Westside Calendar – 2/18/06

Ari L. NoonanA&E

                                                Saturday, Feb. 18
 
            6 p.m. — Shamrock ‘n Roll, Fundraiser for City Council candidate Mehaul O’Leary. Music, food, auction, raffle. Imperial Building, 3849 Main St. RSVP: 310.837.1917 or 310.559.1872 or email vote4mehaul@pacbell.net.

Provocative Question About Ladera Heights

Ari L. NoonanOP-ED

                School Board member Stew Bubar posed a provocative
question  at Tuesday night’s meeting  that may lie at the heart of objections  some families  have to the  proposed transfer of Ladera Heights students.
                If the transfer eventually is approved, he wanted to know how  many more students — beyond the three hundred and thirty-seven presently identified — will want  to enroll on a Culver City campus?
                One answer is relatively few, although an exact count is unknowable.
Further, it appears that the School District is capable of handily accommodating all transfers.

At Culver Crest, Vera Upstages All 3 Candidates

Ari L. NoonanOP-ED

        Even though it still is early in the Culver City election season, swarms of curious voters are pouring into large, well-lighted rooms these late-winter evenings to hear for themselves from unalike City Council candidates and to tune in on strenuous arguments over rewriting the City Charter.
        Every time, their interest is being entertainingly rewarded — such as it was Wednesday night.
Before addressing the standing-room-only monthly meeting of the Culver Crest Neighborhood Assn., Mayor Albert Vera executed yet another U-turn.
        Capitalizing on the prerogative reserved for revered politicians — a change of mind —Mr. Vera said that his ailing wife Ursula is on the mend, clearing the way for him to run for re-election after all on April 11.

Westside Calendar – 02/20/06

Ari L. NoonanA&E

Monday, Feb. 20
 
          7 p.m. — Redevelopment Agency meeting, Council Chambers, 9770 Culver Blvd.

       Presidents Day. Government offices, banks and schools close.

        To list your event or show in thefrontpageonline.com, email your information to Ross Hawkins at rjhculvercity@aol.com. Include time, location, telephone number or email to obtain information and whether event is free or there is a charge.