THIS WEEKEND, THE PALETTE DANCES ITS WAY INTO YOUR HEARTS with two stunning performances of contemporary dance, one at the Miles Memorial Playhouse, the other at Highways. And in other disciplines, Santa Monica’s commercial galleries are gearing up for their spring seasons so head on over to Bergamot Station for some of the best art — not to mention some of the best opening parties — to be found anywhere!
OXFORD STREET DANCE Thur. – Sat. at 8 p.m. Sun. at 2 p.m. The Miles Memorial Playhouse 1130 Lincoln Blvd. Free Parking at 808 Wilshire Blvd. (310) 254-5222 The Miles Memorial Playhouse is establishing a reputation as one of the best places to see contemporary dance on the West Side. This weekend and next, the Playhouse offers a full evening of performance by Oxford Street Dance featuring new work by this dynamic young company.
MEG WOLFE AT HIGHWAYS 8:30 p.m. March 2 and 3 Highways Performance Space at the 18th Street Arts Center 1651 18th St. (310) 315-1459 Our other hot local contemporary dance spot is Highways which is presenting a premiere work by Meg Wolfe that mixes it up with movement and text to the sounds of musings on topics astronomical, letters from old friends, 50s doo-wop and religious theory. It’s gonna be a wild night!
THE CALIFORNIA INCLINE Larry Cohen, Early Morning View of the Bluffs Larry Cohen Craig Krull Gallery Sat., March 3 4 to 6 p.m. (opening) Through April 7 Bergamot Station Building B-3 2525 Michigan Ave. (310) 828-6410 One of this weekend's hottest shows will be found at the Craig Krull Gallery at Bergamot Station which presents its fourth solo exhibition of the work of Larry Cohen whose recent body of work focuses on the historic California Incline, a site familiar to all Santa Monicans.
LONDON PAINTINGS Adam Bricusse Frank Pictures Gallery Opening reception 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sun., March 4 Bergamot Station, A-5 2525 Michigan Ave. (310) 828-0211 Also at Bergamot, Laurie Frank presents Adam Bricusse’s collection of recent works, “Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die,” which draw inspiration from Blake’s Songs and Innocence and Experience. These tantalizing images depict the debaucheries of sin and the glow of innocence found in the world today.
AIRPORT ART WALK NEXT WEEKEND! Santa Monica Airport Art Walk 1 to 5 p.m. Sat., March 10 Airport Avenue — between Bundy Drive and 23rd/Walgrove Avenue (310) 458-8350 From the place where the founders of modern aviation, Howard Hughes, Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart once leapt into the air, artists now do the leaping.
HAMP SIMMONS is the cultural affairs coordinator for the City of Santa Monica. Send comments or suggestions for the Palette to
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 2, 2007. Read the original PDF.