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Calendar Picks and Clicks: Aug. 7-12, 2010

Director Rob Reiner adapts Wendelin Van Draanen’s young-adult romance “Flipped,” which follows neighbors Juli and Bryce from second to eighth grade, through family drama and first love. The film, opening this weekend, plays in limited release. Sat. flipped-movie.warnerbros.com.
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August 3, 2010

THU | AUG 5

(MUSIC)
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb comes to the Conejo Valley to perform hits, including “Stay (I Miss You),” “I Do,” “How” and more. Thu. 8 p.m. $20-plus. The Canyon Club, 28912 Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills. (818) 879-5016. canyonclub.net.

(MUSIC)
Thursday Night Jazz and Friday Night Music, the summer concert series at the Original Farmers Market, features diverse and local talent. On Thursday, the Jazz Rangers play with D.J. Bonebrake and Mark Christian. On Friday, enjoy a fusion of jazz, Latin rhythms and salsa courtesy of Rudy Regalado. Thu. and Fri. 7-9 p.m. Free. Original Farmers Market, West Patio, 6333 W. Third St., Los Angeles. (323) 933-9211. farmersmarketla.com.


FRI | AUG 6

(FILM)
“The Extra Man” adapts Jonathan Ames’ 1998 comic novel about Louis Ives (Paul Dano), a lonely Princeton prep school teacher who seeks a fresh start in New York when he’s forced to leave his job. After renting a room from a failed playwright (Kevin Kline), Ives is mentored in the art of being an “extra man” — a social escort for wealthy widows in Manhattan high society. Fri. Various times. Laemmle Sunset 5, West Hollywood; Playhouse 7, Pasadena; and Town Center 5, Encino. laemmle.com.

SAT | AUG 7

(FILM)
Director Rob Reiner adapts Wendelin Van Draanen’s young-adult romance “Flipped,” which follows neighbors Juli and Bryce from second to eighth grade, through family drama and first love. The film, opening this weekend, plays in limited release. Sat. flipped-movie.warnerbros.com.


SUN | AUG 8

(ART)
“The Flowers Appear on Earth,” an exhibition at the Slutzky Art Gallery, features the paintings of Carol Goldmark. Psalm 103 — “As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field so he flourisheth … for the wind passes over it and it is gone” — and Goldmark’s own garden served as the inspiration for many of her featured paintings and drawings. Daughter of New England muralist Nathan Kredenser and wife of Temple Beth Ohr’s Rabbi Emeritus Lawrence Goldmark, the artist recently retired from the faculty of Fullerton College, where she taught drawing. Sun. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., 1-4 p.m. (artist reception). Slutzky Art Gallery, Merage Jewish Community Center, 1 Federation Way, Irvine. (919) 435-3400. jccoc.org.

(BOOKS)
Erica Miller, a Holocaust survivor, a former Israeli air force soldier and a clinical psychologist, appears in person to support the release of her autobiography, “The Dr. Erica Miller Story: From Trauma to Triumph.” Sun. 1 p.m. Free. Barnes and Noble at the Commons at Calabasas Park, 4735 Commons Way, Calabasas. (818) 222-0542. drericamiller.com.

(MUSIC)
The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, led by artistic director Noreen Green, pays tribute to Jewish film composers with “Cinema Judaica.” Hear Jerry Goldsmith’s music from “Masada,” Elmer Bernstein’s “Ten Commandments Suite” as well as selections from films with Jewish themes by Steven Schwartz (“Prince of Egypt”) and Charles Fox’s “Victory at Entebbe Suite” with Israeli-born pianist Andy Feldbau. Yuval Ron, composer of the Oscar-winning short “West Bank Story,” joins the performance as a special guest. Sun. 7:30 p.m. $12 (students, children), $25-$36 (general). Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. E., Hollywood. (323) 461-3673. fordtheatres.org.


TUE | AUG 10

(FILM)
“The Producers,” Mel Brooks’ 1968 Oscar-winning tale of a theater producer and accountant who set out to make a flop — starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder — screens at the Skirball as part of the museum’s “Classic Films: Jews on Celluloid” series. Tue. 1:30 p.m. Free. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 440-4500. skirball.org.

(BOOKS)
Writer Gary Shteyngart reads from his latest satirical novel, “Super Sad True Love Story,” a romance set against the backdrop of a dystopian future born out of the Bush years. Tue. 7:30 p.m. Free (limit four). Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 440-4500. skirball.org.


THU | AUG 12

(MUSIC)
Broadway actors-turned-cantors sing about their journey from the profane to the sacred during Judea Bowl: Broadway to Bima! Temple Aliyah Cantors Mike Stein and Mimi Haselkorn join Rabbi/Cantor Alison Wissot and Cantorial Soloist Mark Britowich for a summer evening of song. Temple Judea-West Campus, 6601 Valley Circle Blvd., West Hills. (818) 758-3800. templejudea.com.


FRI | AUG 13

(COMMUNITY)
The 20th World Congress of GLBT Jews features speakers, seminars and Shabbat services at UCLA Hillel. Elissa Barrett of the Progressive Jewish Alliance delivers the event’s keynote speech Friday night. Lisa Geduldig headlines the Saturday night gala dinner, with guest entertainers the Gay Gezunt band and the BCC choir. Fri. Through Aug. 15. Various times. $350 (member), $375 (general). Hillel at UCLA, 574 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles. (310) 208-3081. glbtjews.org/la2010.

(FOOD)
Gastro-historian Jane Ziegelman lectures on “97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement,” her book about culinary tastes and the larger Jewish immigrant experience in the Lower East Side. Ziegelman’s talk follows a Shabbat service. Fri. 8:15 p.m. Free. University Synagogue at Irvine, 3400 Michelson Drive, Irvine. (949) 553-3535. universitysynagogue.org.


(THEATER)
“13,” a coming-of-age musical comedy, follows 12-year-old Evan Goldman through the character-building events leading up to his bar mitzvah. Evan moves from the Upper West Side to a small town in Indiana, where he struggles with being the only Jew in town. This student-cast production is rated PG-13. Fri. Through Aug. 22. 2 p.m. Sat. and Sun.; 7:30 p.m. Thu.-Sat. $18 (students), $25 (adults). Norris Center for the Performing Arts, 27570 Crossfield Drive, Rolling Hills Estates. (310) 544-0403, ext. 266. norriscenter.com.

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