Category Archives: Arts

Fundraiser for Children of Ukraine and a Hospitalized Theatre Palisades Founder

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Sue

Theatre Palisades Youth Director Lara Ganz is organizing a fundraiser that will support a TP founder, Cindie Wright Banks, as well as children in Mariupol, Ukraine. The youth will be performing “Puffs” at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 9. Tickets are … Continue reading →

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Theatre Palisades Youth Auditions Will be Held for “Newsies”

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Sue

Theatre Palisades Youth Director Laura Ganz has announced that auditions will be held for this summer’s musical “Newsies.” The musical is based on the New York City newsboy strike of 1899.  Residents of New York received newspapers from an army … Continue reading →

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“You Haven’t Changed a Bit and Other Lies” Provides a Fun Evening

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Sue

According to Empower LA more than 1.8 million people 60 and older live in greater L.A. County and more than 700,000 of them are in the City of L.A. If you look to entertainment in movies and television, you’ll see … Continue reading →

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Kinsey Collection Featured in L.A. Daily News

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Sue

Palisades residents Bernard and Shirley Kinsey and the couple’s art and artifacts collection was featured in the January 28 L.A. Daily News (“Creative Works, Creative Displays: SoFi Stadium is the latest unconventional setting for the Kinsey Collection of African American … Continue reading →

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Palisades Centennial Art Contest Winners Announced; All Entries Posted at the Library

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Sue

In conjunction with the Pacific Palisades Historical Society, the American Legion Auxiliary sponsored a coloring/art contest to help the town celebrate its 100th birthday, which was Friday, January 14. The Historical Society will host a special ceremony commemorating the centennial at Simon Meadow … Continue reading →

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Palisadian Foumiko Greenfeld’s Paintings Featured in Malibu Exhibit

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Sue

  Pacific Palisades artist and author Foumiko Kometani Greenfeld has two oil paintings on display in the City of Malibu Arts Commission’s fall art exhibition, “An Eye to the Future,” in the City Hall art gallery. Local artists were invited … Continue reading →

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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Supply Chain Blues

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Sue

(Editor’s note: Palisadian Alan Eisenstock’s 19th book “Redeeming Justice” co-written with Jarrett Adams, came out on September 14 and was named the Best Book of September by Amazon. “A consuming tale of a broken legal system, its trail of ruin … Continue reading →

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Santa Monica Fall Conservancy Program Features “WALL TO WALL”

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Sue

  The Santa Monica Conservancy is hosting its fall event “Wall to Wall” from 5 to 6:15 p.m. on Sunday, November 14,  through a virtual or self-guided tour. The Conservancy invites you to explore the City’s street murals and the … Continue reading →

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Time to Laugh: “A Comedy of Tenors” Opens Friday at Theatre Palisades 

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Sue

After toilet paper shortages, a pandemic, political rancor, a major shipping crisis, protestors of every ilk and fears about climate change, there’s not much to do but…LAUGH! Theatre Palisades will try to fill that void by offering the musical comedy … Continue reading →

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“Dangerous Corner” Opens at Palisades High School

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Sue

  J.B. Priestley’s “Dangerous Corner” will be staged in November as the Palisades High School fall play. This 1932 play (Priestley’s first) was turned into a 1934 movie starring Virginia Bruce, the first honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades (1951-’53). The … Continue reading →

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