7 Days in the Arts
7 days in the Arts, around Los Angeles.
\”The Ascension of Lili,\” a comedy about beauty, age, sex and suicide, follows a year in the lives of a young aspiring poet and the older woman who initiates him into the languages of love.
The Yiddishkayt Los Angeles Festival zings along as recording artist and VBS Children\’s Music Director Cindy Paley presents songs and stories from her latest recording \”Zing Along.\”
Once, I had the notion on a Sunday afternoon that baking abatch of chocolate chip cookies would be a cathartic experience. Iwent to Ralphs, I bought the ingredients, I read the directions onthe back of the chips. But as I stirred the batter in a huge bowl, Iknew something wasn\’t right.
While it may be true that if you ask two Jews a question, you\’re likely to get three different opinions, it appears that thousands were in agreement last Sunday: The Israel Independence Day Festival at Hansen Dam was the place to be to celebrate the Jewish State\’s 49th birthday. Festival organizers said that attendance reached 10,000 for the daylong event, which featured food, live entertainment, cultural exhibits, picnic areas and a children\’s amusement park.