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An afternoon with Cornelia Funke
Tuesday, October 14, 2008; 4 p.m.
Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
Ages 8 and up.
Author Cornelia Funke will discuss her latest book in the "Inkheart" series. Book sale and signing to follow.
Co-sponsored by Children's Book World.
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Creative Kids' Club: Dinosaurs in the Library!
Wednesday, October 15, 2007; 3:45 p.m.
Main Library
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
A stories and crafts program for elementary school students. Come celebrate International Dinosaur Month with stories and a craft.
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Brain Food
Thursday, October 23, 2008; 3:45 p.m.
Main Library Activity Room
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
All ages.
Feed your brain and take a break from homework with healthy snacks and useful study suggestions.
Co-sponsored by the Santa Monica Farmer's Market.
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Halloween Enchanted Lunchtime Theatre
Tuesday, October 28, 2008; 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
A special Halloween edition of the popular Mommy (or Daddy) and me Enchanted Lunchtime Theatre, an entertaining, enriching, and educational weekday theatre experience for kids ages 3 - 6 and their parents that includes story-telling, prop-making and handicrafts, sing-a-longs, make-up and theatre games, and culminates in the enactment of a Halloween-themed fairytale.
Admission: $15 for children; free for adults (including lunch)
Call the Playhouse Box Office for reservations at 310.394.9779 ext. 2
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Howl-o-ween Comedy Magic and Juggling Spooktacular
Wednesday, October 29, 2008; 3:45 p.m.
Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
Ages 5 and up.
Get a head start on Halloween with this funny magic and juggling show starring Abbit the Average.
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Baby Time
Tuesdays, September 2, 2008 - October 7, 2008 and October 28, 2008 - December 9, 2008; 10:15 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Main Library Activity Room
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
(No story time November 11, 2008)
Series for babies up to 2 years old.
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Preschool Story Time
Thursdays, September 4, 2008 - October 9, 2008 and October 30, 2008 - December 11, 2008; 11:20 a.m.
Main Library Activity Room
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
(No story time November 27, 2008)
Stories for 3-5 year-olds.
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Afternoon Preschool Story Time
Thursdays, September 4, 2008 - October 9, 2008 and October 30, 2008 - December 11, 2008; 1:15 p.m.
Main Library Activity Room
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
(No story time November 27, 2008)
Stories for 3-5 year-olds.
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Story Time for Twos
Thursdays, September 4, 2008 - October 9, 2008 and October 30, 2008 - December 11, 2008; 10:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Main Library Activity Room
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
(No story time November 27, 2008)
Stories for 2-year-olds.
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Toddler Time
Mondays; 10 a.m.
Barnes & Noble
1201 Third Street Promenade
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Music Theatre Performance Lab
Tuesdays; October through December
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
The ultimate musical theatre workshop, specializing in personalized audition and performance technique. Want to shine at your next musical audition? This innovative workshop is the place for you. All participants perform in the Holiday Concert Cabaret. A professional experience in a non-competitive atmosphere.
Tuesdays: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Dues: $595.00
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Teen Performance Lab
October 2, 2008 - January 29, 2009
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
A specially designed co-ed workshop program for teens 13 to 17 where students study with working professionals to create a unique performance piece they can truly call their own. Members learn to use their own feelings and emotions to support any characterization, communicate more effectively in school and at home, improve study skills, use new-found acting techniques in any other performance endeavor, and establish the bonds of friendship and trust that are the foundation of the creative process.
Thursdays: 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Dues: $495.00 per session
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Fall Play Production Workshops
Wednesdays, Thursdays or Saturdays running from October 2008 through January 2009
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
Work with a group of professionals to help create an always astonishing original theatre piece which reflects issues that effect you personally. This after school production workshop focuses on theatre as a total activity; acting, singing, dancing, and of course performing!
Dues: $495.00 per session.
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Teen Advisory Council
Every other Monday starting September 22, 2008; 4 p.m.
Main Library Community Room
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
Grades 9-12.
Help plan events for teens! For high school students who live and/or go to school in Santa Monica. For details, call 310.458.8620.
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The Writers Focus Group
Wednesdays; October through January
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
Directed by award-winning playwright Evelyn Rudie, Writers Focus Group for ages 12-18 is an integrated arts approach to writing, concentrating on the dual aspects of creativity and marketability, with special emphasis on works for artistic performance. In the weekly 21/2 hour session, members develop poetry, scenes, monologues, lyrics, essays, do research, study play-reading skills, and work towards the creation of at least one theatre piece which will be produced on stage at the Playhouse. Acceptance also requires a writing submission.
Wednesdays; 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 12 sessions
Dues: $250.00 per session
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Early Stages Create-a-Play
November 1, 2008 through January 31, 2009
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
A workshop for 4 to 6 year olds focusing on the joys of creativity, self-expression and imagination, studying with company members and performance with the members of the Summer, Fall or Spring Theatre Workshop.
9:00 a.m. - noon, Monday through Friday
Dues: $325.00
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Private and Semi-Private Coaching
Ongoing
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
Receive personal attention in a private or semi-private technique class that emphasizes movement for the stage, basics of auditioning, focus and concentration, memorization and cold reading, projection and enunciation. These 90-minute weekly, six-week sessions allow members to develop the ability to excel in performance on any stage and in any artistic endeavor. No matter where you would like to perform, no matter what sort of performing arts experience you would like - theatre, dance, musical performance, speech, debate, television, film - this program will quickly and easily help you excel, from school to the Broadway stage.
Ages 6-17
Dues: $250 per six-week course (semi-private - maximum 5 students); $500 per six-week course (private)
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The Acting Workshop
Mondays, October 2008 through May 2009
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
An inner acting technique workshop using improvisation, theatre games and performance art to practice skills that help you excel in classroom participation, one-on-one personal conversations and in every play in which you will ever perform.
4:00 p.m. - 6:30p.m., every Monday afternoon .
Dues: $85.00 per month (or $60.00 if taken concurrently with another workshop)
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The Advanced Conservatory Program
October through May
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
As a highly intensive look at theatre as a total activity, members study performance technique, voice, diction and enunciation, improvisation, aerobics and specialty dance, comedy timing, stage presence, cold reading, rhythm, theatre history, communication and mediation, teaching skills and more. This workshop emphasizes personal responsibility and commitment, team spirit and the togetherness that comes from sharing in the creative process.
Two classes per week - 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Call (310) 394-9779 ext. 3 for dates, prices and enrollment requirements.
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The Advanced Preparatory Program
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
As the name suggests, this workshop program is the preparation for the Advanced Workshop Program and the plays presented by the Young Professionals' Company. Members of the program take part in the Fall or Spring After-school Performance Workshop and The Acting Workshop as well as such theatre management activities as Ushering, Birthday Parties and Workshop Teaching Assistance.
Call (310) 394-9779 ext. 3 for dates, prices and enrollment requirements.
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