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Keren Engelberg

Keren Engelberg

7 Days in The Arts

7 Days in The Arts… \”Auld Lang Syne\” it with the Santa Monica Playhouse this year, as it presents its New Year\’s Eve dinner theater event, \”Sing Sholom Aleichem.\” Highlights from the playhouse\’s repertoire of Jewish musicals will be featured in two cabaret performances.

7 Days in The Arts

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion once again presents the annual \”L.A. County Holiday Celebration.\” Offering counterbalance to the \”fa-la-la-la-las\” are performers representing varied cultural traditions, including Valley Beth Shalom Congregational Choir, which will sing gospel-influenced Chanukah songs with members of the L.A. Jewish Symphony.

7 Days in The Arts

The Museum of Television and Radio pays tribute to a beloved puppet master in its current series, \”Celebrating 50 Years of Jim Henson and The Muppets.\” Through Dec. 22, see screenings of \”The Great Santa Claus Switch\” and \”Fraggle Rock: The Bells of Fraggle Rock.\”

VH-1 Declares Jews ‘So Jewtastic’

It\’s official. According to VH-1, it is now hip to be Hebrew. The music television channel premieres \”VH-1 All Access: So Jewtastic\” on Dec. 19, making a case for the current trendiness of our tribe.

Nathan Takes a Bite Out of Boring Fare

\”I never think of food as something that\’s stationary,\” Nathan said on a recent book tour stop in Los Angeles. \”Things change, neighborhoods change, food changes, we get new ingredients, people get ideas. And when you come to a country you adapt what you knew to that country.\”

7 Days in The Arts

Los Angeles Master Chorale brings winter cheer today. Their \”holiday wonders\” concert features a program that — while Christmas-heavy — presents the world premiere of \”Hanukkah Suite\” by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown.

7 Days in The Arts

The weekly listing of arts events in the Los Angeles region for the week of December 3rd through 9th, 2005.

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