7 Days in the Arts

7 Days In The Arts.

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Keren Engelberg

January 13, 2005

Saturday, January 15

The Moshav Band be jammin’ locally tonight, thanks to the Happy Minyan and the Breslov Shul. Straight outta Israel, the group will perform a mix of their classics and new songs inspired by Rabbi Shlomo Carlbach. Kabbalah-inspired musician LevYatan opens the show.

8:30 p.m. (doors open), 9 p.m. (concert). $10 (students), $15 (general). Breslov Shul, 1499 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles.

Sunday, January 16

With Jewish classical music that ranges from the more traditional homage to the Rambam by Avi Eillam Amzallag to a “Surfer’s Guide for the Perplexed” by professor David Lefkowitz, tonight’s “Synergy” concert is well named. The combined energy of these varying parts is bound to make for some serious aural stimulation. The show also features “Spinoza,” a musical exploration of the Jewish thinker, and “The Dybbuk Suite,” based on the classic Anski play, and is brought to you by the folks at the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity.

7:30 p.m. $15-$18. Emanuel Arts Theatre, 8844 Burton Way, Beverly Hills. R.S.V.P., (323) 658-5824.

Monday, January 17

With more gold and platinum than a rapper’s got in his smile, lyricist Marty Panzer is yet another one of those guys you’ve heard, but never heard of. Tonight, hear songs like “Even Now” and “It’s a Miracle” performed by Panzer and his friends in “An Evening With Marty Panzer.”

7:30 p.m. $50. Coronet Theatre, 366 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 960-4410.

Tuesday, January 18

“Oooooooooooklahoma!” comes to SoCal today. A newly conceived national tour of the original Rodgers and Hammerstein musical comes to Los Angeles for two weeks only. It’s cowmen vs. farmers – and Curly vs. Jud in the musical battle over the affection of a certain farm girl named Laury. In short, delicious cheese.

8 p.m. (Tues.-Fri.), 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. (Sat.), 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. (Sun.). $42.50-$67.50. Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles.

Wednesday, January 19

One program, two options. Tune in to KCET for chapter one of “Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State,” which airs on the 60th anniversary of the camp’s liberation. Alternately, you can attend the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) special viewing and discussion of an abbreviated one-hour version of the six-hour doc on Thursday.

Wed., 9-11 p.m. on KCET, or Thurs., 6:30-8:30 p.m. with the ADL. For screening location, R.S.V.P., (310) 446-8000, ext. 241.

Thursday, January 20

Judith Hoffman takes the antique store to the next level by moving beyond the cluttered retail showroom to a more inviting salon-type atmosphere. Thus, her gallery for Hungarian modernist antiques doubles as “Szalon,” a gallery now exhibiting Russian avant-garde works from the 1910s and ’20s from the collection of artist Katya Kompaneyets. There will be a discussion of the works in conjunction with today’s opening, and light Russian faire will be served.

Through March 18. 7:30 p.m. 910 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 657-0089.

Friday, January 21

Moved by issues and ideas as disparate as the Holocaust and garbage can dwellers, a dozen choreographers present original dance pieces that incorporate modern dance, ballet and jazz in Santa Barbara Dance Alliance’s “New Works: 12 Santa Barbara Choreographers” this weekend.

8 p.m., Jan. 21-23. $16-$50. Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara. (805) 963-0408.