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The Music of Battlestar Galactica
June 13, 2009 7:00PM
Begin your summer musical journey with composer Bear McCreary's live performance of the critically acclaimed original score for the award-winning drama series "Battlestar Galactica." He and his team of world class musicians lead the jump from the small screen to the concert stage via a thunderous blend of percussive, orchestral, rock and world music influences. McCreary's iconic score, "the most innovative music on TV today" (Variety), will thrill fans of all musical genres in this one-of-a-kind event.

City of Los Angeles (COLA ) Artists Project
June 19, 2009 - June 20, 2009 8:00PM
Friday: Lionel Popkin, Bruce Bauman and Cheng-Chieh Yu

Saturday: Alejandra Flores, Gloria Enedina Alvarez and Houman Pourmhedi

Cheng-Chieh Yu's imaginative solo choreography for Dancing Mother Courage explores the themes of feminism and martiality, questioning women's roles and relationships to martial cultures.

"There Is An Elephant In This Solo" is Lionel Popkin's rich and contradictory work that offers metaphors on identity and what truly lies beneath - all performed in a fluidly bulky elephant costume.

Award-winning author Bruce Bauman's staged reading accompanied by female voice brings to life the written word, while Persian classical santur master Houman Pourmehdi uses spoken word and music to examine his personal history and the centuries-old umbilical connection to his homeland.

Writer and visual artist Gloria Enedina Alvarez crosses borders and generations with her thought-provoking "TierraCentro: Echoing Lines/Grabados entre Memorias." Artist and spoken word performer Alejandra Flores brings some of today’s most sobering and visceral news headlines front-and-center in a solo presentation.

Please note: Mature content and strong language in some performances. COLA Fellowship performances are part of the Department of Cultural Affairs’ Cultural Grant Program.

Which Way Home
June 26, 2009 8:00PM
Executive produced by John Malkovich's Mr. Mudd Productions, this unprecedented, revelatory documentary (directed by Rebecca Cammisa), follows three unaccompanied children on a harrowing odyssey that takes them from their homes in Latin America, through Mexico with one mighty shepherding hope: to reach the United States, where they can either reunite with their own families who made the journey before them, or create new lives for themselves.

Presented in Association with Los Angeles Film Festival.