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Son of Semele Ensemble is accepting proposals from performing artists and theater companies for productions at their Silver Lake theater. There is no rental fee, however all box office revenue will be split 50/50. SOSE will provide a box office representative at each performance. All other staffing will be provided by the producing company. Most [...]

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On Monday, November 17th
LA Stage Alliance announced the recipients of the
2008 Ovation Awards!
Neil Patrick Harris hosted an exciting, visually stimulating, and quick paced ceremony
(clocking in at under 90 minutes).

Presenters included
Edward Asner
Sharon Lawrence
Russell Hornsby
Sandra Tsing Loh
Matt McGrath
Jimmy Smits
Tonya Pinkins
Hamish Linklater
Tracie Thoms
Jennifer Paz
John Glover
Joe Spano
Brooke Adams
Tony Shalhoub
John Cho
&
Zachary Quinto

And the 2008 Ovation Awards go [...]

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Two Jobs Available with Electric Lodge:
Do you love the Arts and the Environment? If so, one of these jobs may be for you…

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Starting with the October 16th issue, Back Stage East and Back Stage West combine to form one national edition.
Read more: http://www.backstage.com/bso/community/bulletins/bulletins_display.jsp?vnu_c
ontent_id=1003873071
www.BackStage.com.

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50 Seat Playhouse on Santa Monica Blvd (near Bundy). Great WESTside
locale, in the hub of Santa Monica/Brentwood! Roomy and Spacious…
- Below Market lease (40 months remaining; renewed 4x’s).
- 1,500 sq. feet: Stage, green-room/ sm. office, bathroom, box-office.
- Established 10 years—resident home for very successful Troupe.
- Marque’ exposure on Santa Monica Blvd.
- Excellent opp. for Theatre [...]

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Right in Our Own Backyard
As faculty members of Los Angeles High School of the Arts (LAHSA), a small LAUSD pilot school located in District 4, we would like to respond to some of the misinformation provided and the questions raised by the September 4th LA Weekly article “Art School or LAUSD Folly” by Erica Zora [...]

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A middle-schooler downloads YouTube videos and suggests favorites to a friend. A family shares its heritage through a holiday skit for neighbors. A baby boomer starts a garage band to relive musical memories of the 60s. Today, many forms of cultural engagement take place off the radar of the traditional infrastructure of nonprofit arts organizations [...]

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The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) is hosting a series of community meetings across Los Angeles to gain feedback from community members and inform the City’s new Cultural Master Plan.
This plan will provide a vision for the future of arts and culture in Los Angeles, and guide the mission of the [...]

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The LA Times shares that there have been some challenges on The Guide’s online listing functionality.
The correct and functioning way to list events can be found by following this link.
www.LATimes.com/submit

If the event is not listed through this mechanism, the LA Times is unable to assign reviewers.

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Mary Lou Westerfield is the new Western regional director of legit thesp union Actors’ Equity. Westerfield has filled the post in an interim capacity for the last six months, prior to which she was Equity’s national director of policy.
As the Hollywood-based director of one of Equity’s three U.S. regions, Westerfield oversees an area that [...]

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