Cirque du Soleil presents its hit touring show, KOOZA, the story of an innocent who enters a world of kings, thieves and other archetypal characters. KOOZA is a return to Cirque du Soleil's roots, combining classic circus acrobatics and broad slapstick clowning. Learn more...
KOOZA by Cirque du Soleil at the Santa Monica Pier
Grand Chapiteau at Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, CA)
Spanish Cuisine & Dramatic Flamenco at El Cid
El Cid (Los Angeles, CA)
Enjoy an evening of Spanish cuisine and flamenco dancing on the beautiful wooden stage at El Cid, in hip Silverlake. Historic El Cid is a beautiful indoor-outdoor Spanish villa-style complex, and a night of flamenco could happen in no better venue. An inspiring, exotic evening! Price includes dinner and the show (but not beverages or tip). Learn more...
Choreographer Twyla Tharp Discusses The Collaborative Habit at The Broad Stage
The Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center (Santa Monica, CA)
Tony- and Emmy-winning choreographer Twyla Tharp visits The Broad Stage to discuss her book The Collaborative Habit. Tharp will share stories of her own collaborations with artists like Mikhail Baryshnikov, Billy Joel and David Byrne to illustrate how good collaborators are built, one day at a time, through practice, discipline, commitment, passion -- and, most of all, through habit. Learn more...
Fiesta Hanukkah: Latin Jewish Music, Art and Storytelling at the Skirball
Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Celebrate Hanukkah with a Latin flair as part of the Skirball's ongoing initiative to commemorate Jewish life in Latin America. Families of all backgrounds will enjoy Latin Jewish music, art-making and storytelling. Learn more...
Giving Thanks, the Music and Dance of Brazil, India & Hawaii
Aratani/Japan American Theatre at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center-JACCC (Los Angeles, CA)
On the islands of Hawaii, in the temples of India, and on the sacred shores of Brazil, music and dance are offerings of gratitude. Giving Thanks features 45 artists from three of L.A.'s most creative dance companies share the stage for the first time. Learn more...
California Dance Academy's The Nutcracker Holiday Ballet
Madrid Theatre (Canoga Park, CA)
California Dance Academy, which offers the finest in professional quality dance training, has produced this wonderfully entertaining version of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker for the past several seasons at the Madrid. This classic holiday ballet for the entire family features a magical dreamland filled with characters like the Mouse King and the Sugarplum Fairy. Learn more...
Janet Klein and Her Parlour Boys at the Steve Allen Theatre
Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Come down for an amazing night of obscure, naughty and lovely tunes from the 1910s, 1920s and the 1930s. Janet and her band members, The Parlor Boys will treat you to spirited and inspired renditions of Tin Pan Alley, early hot jazz, vaudeville, Yiddish novelty numbers, ragtime and other lovable, rare and rustic tunes. Learn more...