Friends of Valley Cities JCC and Westside JCC: 7:30 p.m. Celebrity staged play reading of \”Driving Miss Daisy\”with Charlotte Rae, Charlie Robinson and Alan Blumenfeld. $12-$16. Valley Cities JCC, Sherman Oaks.
\”There are three female historical figures that I have wanted to play: Golda Meir, Indira Ghandi and Margaret Thatcher. And the last two haven\’t been offered to me.\”
Tis the season for cocktail parties, so why not one more. The Anti-Defamation League hosts its 2004 Los Angeles Celebration this evening, complete with dinner, dancing, martini bar and keynote speech by Harvard professor/defense attorney/Israel defender Alan Dershowitz.
Wayne Hinton is a Methodist, and he understands what Jewish audiences will feel when they hear a performance by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony.
\”It\’s like when you hear a Frenchman conducting French music,\” said Hinton, the symphony\’s executive director. \”It\’s akin to their soul.\”
The soul, or more specifically the soul aflame, will anchor the symphony\’s Dec. 19 performance at Temple Israel of Hollywood, where the shul\’s Nimoy Concert Series will host the West Coast premiere of \”Souls on Fire,\” an oratorio based on Elie Wiesel\’s book on centuries of Chasidic leaders.
Alma Mahler-Gropius-Werfel, who married and bedded a string of the 20th century\’s most creative geniuses, is celebrating her 125th birthday — and what a party it\’s going to be.
Ran and Dan Alterman are Israel\’s reigning triathlon champions. For the past four years, they have dominated the sport in their native land. Now, they look to bring their success to the international arena.
Just as it seemed his honeymoon governorship was degenerating into insults and whining, Arnold Schwarzenegger finally signed a $105 billion state budget on July 31, about a month late.
Chug on down to the Getty today or tomorrow, as they present Sharon Katz and the Peace Train as part of their Garden Concerts for Kids series.
Free tunes at the Skirball this afternoon, as part of their continuing \”Café Z\” series.
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