Thursday, February 18, 1999
A & E Briefs
BRIEFS:
That’s not all, folks
The Skirball presents the work of Friz Freleng. On display are
his sketches, drawings, production cels, sericels and ephermera
from collections of his daughters and the Warner Bros. Museum. The
exhibition focuses on his work relating to major Warner Bros.
characters, including Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam and Daffy Duck in
addition to work from Freleng’s post Warner career including the
Pink Panther. On exhibition will also be some of Freleng’s Oscars
and Emmys. Funding provided by Warner Bros. Animation.
"That’s Not All Folks – The Art of Friz Freleng" is part of the
Cartoon Art Series. This unique series explores the cultural
expression and social commentary of cartoons through lectures and
film.
The exhibit runs through March 14 at the Skirball Cultural
Center. There is no admission required in the Ruby Gallery. For
more information, call (310) 440-4500.
Hip-hop to 2000
To help usher in the millennium, KCRW music programmer Garth
Trinidad presents the second in a series of monthly club nights
that will count down to the year 2000 – "Kneedeep in the
Countdown." February’s show takes place on Tuesday, beginning at 9
p.m., at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles.
Club-goers will have the chance to win prizes and take home
giveaways. The El Rey Theatre is located at 5515 Wilshire Blvd.
Tickets are $10 at the door, which opens at 9 p.m. For more
information on "Kneedeep," call (213) 538-0153 or check out the
website at: www.mekanic.com/kneedeep.
Quench your thirst
"The Waterboy," starring Adam Sandler, hits video stores March
16. Sandler stars as Bobby Boucher, a socially inept 31-year-old
from the swamps of Louisiana. He is an outcast until a football
coach (Henry Winkler) discovers that Boucher can really tackle.
A comedy that gets laughs from violent slapstick, "The
Waterboy," was a surprise hit amid heaps of poor reviews.
"The Waterboy" will be available on video and DVD.
Manson, Hole tour together
Hole and Marilyn Manson will co-headline tour of the United
States that will see the bands play arenas throughout the country
as well as Canada.
Hole’s latest release, "Celebrity Skin," is an intensely
personal, hook-laden rock record filled with swirling guitars and
sumptuous harmonies.
"Mechanical Animals" entered the Billboard Charts at No. 1.
Marilyn Manson has toured three continents, graced the covers of
more than 30 magazines worldwide and offended 22 politicians.
Tickets for the shows went on sale Jan. 30. The opening act will
be Monster Magnet.
Adventures in space
This is the first in a series of bi-monthly science-fiction and
speculative fiction book discussion groups led by Midnight Special
staff member Bill Glass.
The first book to be discussed will be Phillip K. Dick’s "Radio
Free Albemuth," a novel of Berkeley radicals of the 1940s and ’50s
struggling for the faith, hope, and survival in the 1960s and ’70s
under a repressive self-perpetuating presidency hell-bent on
purging internal enemies from the body politic. It’s a passionate,
humanistic novel.
Midnight Special Bookstore & Cultural Center is located on
1318 Third Street Promenade. For more information, call (310)
393-2923. Adventures in Time & Space is running Thursday at
7:30 p.m. Touchtone Pictures
"The Waterboy," starring Adam Sandler, hits video stores on
March 16.
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