By Daily Press staff
The Edgemar Center for the Arts taps into every artistic genre this month with its introduction of “Kaleidoscope,” a festival of theater, film, music and art.
Visitors to the Santa Monica center will be entertained by a variety of performances all of which will be hosted by Jules Ross, an award winning physical comedian and improvisational mime who studied with Marcel Marceau.
Kaleidoscope offers audiences plays like “The Other Shoe,” and “A Perfectly Good Song,” vocal performances by Lisa Passero and David Rasche, and musical groups such as the “Cross Roads Jazz Ensemble” and the rock band “Shark.”
The newly built Edgemar Center on Main Street enjoys the support of honorary board members, Steven Spielberg, Kate Capshaw and Neil Simon. The self proclaimed “Santa Monica’s first-class home for the arts” hopes that events such as Kaleidoscope will further its mission of encouraging collaboration between writers, directors, actors, musicians and visual artists.
The Edgemar Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding community involvement in the arts on Los Angeles’ Westside. It recently celebrated its birth on July 19 with its first exhibition, a showcase of portraits by “Life and Look” photographer Michael Tighe. Since then, the center has hosted different artistic events, including classes and production which brought together people of various ages and levels of experience to encourage a learning environment.
The center is located at 2437 Main St. in Santa Monica. All Kaleidoscope events begin at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and at 6:30 p.m. on Sundays. Ticket prices range from $25 for a single show to ticket packages for $255. Ticket information can be obtained by calling (310) 392-7327.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 22, 2003. Read the original PDF.