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7 Days in the Arts

First lady of Jewish folk music Debbie Friedman comes to Los Angeles tonight for the first time in more than a year. Get your fix this evening at University Synagogue, where she\'ll host their \"Havdalah Benefit Concert\" honoring Rabbi Zachary Shapiro.
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May 5, 2005

Saturday, May 7

First lady of Jewish folk music Debbie Friedman comes to Los Angeles tonight for the first time in more than a year. Get your fix this evening at University Synagogue, where she’ll host their “Havdalah Benefit Concert” honoring Rabbi Zachary Shapiro. Or, if tonight’s not an option, check her out on May 15 at the Orange County JCC.

7 p.m. $25-$150. 11960 Sunset Blvd., Brentwood. R.S.V.P., (310) 472-1255.

Sunday, May 8

Mom could use a good laugh, and one good bet today is Jennie Fahn’s one-mom show, “You Mutha!” Today’s performance includes a special Mother’s Day preshow reception, but get a babysitter for the younguns, as mature language and themes are part of Fahn’s irreverent motherhood monologue.

3 p.m. $15. The Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. (310) 415-5286.

Monday, May 9

Two recent CD releases are worth a listen this week. Former Camp Alonim director Arthur Pinchev has released his first CD. The album, “Waking Up Tunes,” features folky, acoustic summer campy tunes by Pinchev, who sings and plays guitar. Also in the singer-songwriter tradition is Leerone, whose “Hail to the Queen” conjures Tori Amos and bluesy chanteuses of bygone days.

Pinchev: $16.50. www.sting-a-bee-back.com. Leerone: $6.

Tuesday, May 10

Jewish art exhibits abound this week, as well. View the work of a master at Leslie Sacks Fine Art, where Marc Chagall’s dozen “Four Tales of the Arabian Nights” lithographs are currently on display. See contemporary paintings by artist Shelly Adler, whose Dutch-inspired portraits make up the Workmen’s Circle’s new exhibit, “Shades of Time: The Extended Family of Shelley Adler.” Or head to the UJ for photography by Roman Vishniac, Jacob Riis and Arnold Eagle that evokes “Polish Jewry Before WWII.”

www.lesliesaks.com.www.circlesocal.org.

Wednesday, May 11

Radio and theater converge in another L.A. Theatre Works Records project this week. Tonight through May 15, they present Arthur Miller’s “The Ride Down Mt. Morgan” directed by Richard Masur. The live performances take place at the Skirball and are recorded for later broadcast as part of their nationally syndicated radio series “The Play’s the Thing.” The dramedy tells the story of a man forced to come clean about his double life after a car accident lands him in the hospital.

8 p.m. (May 11, 12 and 13), 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (May 15). $20-$45. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 827-0889.

Thursday, May 12

Tonight, the play continues to be the thing. Two productions that sound promising: American Russian Theatre Players’ “The Shadow” is Evgeny Shvarts’ “satirical fairy tale for grown ups”; Theatre 40’s “Driving Miss Daisy” is still an Alfred Uhry classic.

“The Shadow”: (323) 871-1912. “Driving Miss Daisy”: (310) 364-0535.

Friday, May 13

Est-ce que tu parles allemand? Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, LACMA presents rare French films made during the German occupation, which screens for the next five weeks. “French Cinema and Occupation” offers a double-feature this evening: “La Nuit Fantastique” followed by “Le Marriage de Chiffon.”

7:30 p.m. $6-$9. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.

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