THIS WEEK’S PALETTE IS SO FULL OF TANTALIZING TREATS THAT DECIDING BETWEEN them all just might make your head explode. So, my advice is that you just forget the housework, let the gardens grow on their own, turn off the TV and go have yourself a Santa Monica Cultural Marathon. Hit them all! This weekend, you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll determine a man’s fate, you could create a whole new identity, spend your next year’s salary on a Picasso, or even learn the alphabet. There’s a world of possibilities out there!
HIGHWAYS IS BARELY LEGAL! Highways 18th Birthday Party Highways Performance Space 8:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, June 8 & 9 1651 18th St. $30/$25 Both Nights $50/$40 (310) 453-1755 Celebrate 18 years of cutting edge performances at this world famous Santa Monica institution. On Friday, it’s the Outlaws Of Outlaugh. The Gay Mafia — Jason Stuart,Bob Smith and other subversive comedians — is in the house. These guys will make you howl with laughter, or you might just howl.
COBBLE TOGETHER A NEW IDENTITY Family Day Workshop Phranc a.k.a.The Cardboard Cobbler for ages 6 and over 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday, June 9 Santa Monica Museum of Art Bergamot Station G1 2525 Michigan Ave. (310) 586-6488 x 32 Bring the kids to the Santa Monica Museum of Art for a wonderful afternoon of artmak-ing and reading on Saturday.
A, B, C, D, E…….F? ‘P is for Peanut’ Photographic ABC 2:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 9 Santa Monica Museum of Art Bergamot Station G1 2525 Michigan Ave. Outdoors we’ll be making Phrancly fabulous cardboard trinkets, indoors the Museum will be hosting a special reading of the whimsical new picture book hot off the press from the Getty Museum,“P is for Peanut.”
HIS FATE IS IN YOUR HANDS The Boomerang Kid June 8 through through July 14: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. Sundays at 7:00 p.m. The Powerhouse Theatre 3116 2nd St. - one block east of Main, between Rose & Marine (866) 633-6246 ext. 9 Be the first person on your block to try out one of the newest innovation in theatre specifically designed for Chris Econn’s new comedy, ”The Boomerang Kid.”
IONESCO AT CITY GARAGE Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco City Garage Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. Sundays at 5:30 p.m. Plays through Sunday, July 15 City Garage, 1340 1/2 4th St. in the alley (310) 319-9939 When a Rhinoceros inexplicably appears in a small French town, it’s alarming. But as more and more ordinary citizens begin to transform into these unwieldy beasts, most folks learn to adapt. The play poses a powerful question: When everyone about is stampeding, do you stand in the street to be run down, or is it a better idea to just go along with the flow? In “Rhinoceros,” only one man resists. “I’m the last man left. And I’m staying that way until the end!”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 7, 2007. Read the original PDF.