Christine N. Ziemba

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• Posted Pencil This In: White Russians and Dostoyevsky Discussion, Santaland Diaries Opens to LAist
  Nicholas Brendon in The Blank Theatre Company Production of The Santaland Diariesby David Sedaris THEATER TALK A Noise Within is hosting White Russians and Discussions tonight following the 8 pm performance of a new adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. The Russian-themed reception features guest speaker Ed Bacon, Rector for All Saints Church in Pasadena, who will discuss the story of Lazarus, and the ways in which its tale of rebirth intersects with...
• Posted Jason Segel Sings His Phone Number at the Swell Season Last Night to LAist
  Here's a little something something for people (like this LAist poster) heading for the Swell Season concert at the Wiltern tonight. Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) asked for songwriting advice from the band, and Markéta Irglová told him to "write a song from the heart" and "include as much personal information as you can." Here's the result, which he performed at last night's show. And if you call his...
• Posted Pencil This In: DIY Conference for Creative Types, Good Luck Bar Anniversary Party to LAist
  Photo by jvoves via LAist's flickr pool. DRINK* Good Luck Bar celebrates its 15th anniversary tonight with a special event that features Chinese burlesque (10 pm, 11 pm and midnight), DJ Travis Keller and the Kogi Truck in attendance. Drink specials include: $5 Stolis, Sailor Jerry, Cazadores or Jack Daniel's cocktails; selected beers for $2. The party’s on from 7 pm to close. DIY DIY Days::LA comes to the Downtown Independent Theater tonight beginning...
• Posted Road to Freedom and Breach of Peace Exhibits Open at the Skirball Today to LAist
  The Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 makes its West Coast debut today at the Skirball Center. It features more than 160 images that were taken by professional and amateur photographers and social activists to chronicle the injustice in America and helped build the momentum for the civil rights movement. In addition to notable historical figures like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., the Skirball has also assembled photos from...
• Posted Pencil This In: Style Wars at Cinespace, Photography of the Civil Rights Movement to LAist
  The Road to Freedom exhibit opens at the Skirball on Thursday. | Morton Broffman (American, 1928-1992), Dr. King and Coretta Scott King Leading Marchers, Montgomery,Alabama, 1965, Gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Gift of the Broffman Family, 2007.34, © Morton Broffman MUSIC Celebrated jazz bassist Charlie Haden returns to his bluegrass/country roots with his family and friends tonight at Walt Disney Concert Hall tonight at 8 pm. Joining him on stage are...