| September 24, 2008 |
Make a wish, write it on a piece of paper and tie it to the branch of a Wish Tree in Yoko Ono’s participatory installation in Pasadena. Ono, the avant-garde artist and widow of John Lennon, attached wishes to trees in temple courtyards as a child in Japan. Now the act of wishing, which she describes as a “collective prayer,” is part of an ongoing tribute to her late husband. All of the wishes from the current installation will be saved and later buried at Ono’s public art project, the Imagine Peace Tower, in Reykjavík, Iceland.
For more information on Yoko Ono’s “Imagine Peace” projects visit: www.imaginepeace.com/news.html
OPENING EVENT: Wishing will commence at 10am on August 2
VIEWING TIMES: 7am-midnight daily
ADMISSION: Free
WHERE: The Armory at One Colorado
ADDRESS: 41 Hugus Alley, Old Pasadena, CA 91103
WEBSITE: www.armoryarts.org/gallery/upcoming.html#armory
ADDITIONAL INFO: The installation ends November 8
Dolly Parton once said, “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” On that note, it would be ideal for Ms. Parton if you found yourself at her “Backwoods Barbie World Tour” when it drops by the Greek Theatre for a one-night performance. Be ready to get a taste of such hits as “I Will Always Love You,” “Jolene” and the aptly named “I’m Little But I’m Loud.”
A total of five people have died from bioterrorism attacks in the U.S. and by the end of 2008, the government will have spent nearly $50 billion to thwart a future one. Join William Clark, professor in Immunology at UCLA and author of “Bracing for Armageddon? The Science and Politics of Bioterrorism in America,” for a discussion on whether a successful bioterrorist attack is a real possibility or if a flu epidemic, such as the 1918 outbreak that killed millions, is a much more dangerous threat.
Georgia O’Keeffe and the female Modernists who paved the way for her each had their hand in redefining the nature of the feminine in early 20th c. art. Their bold, colorful and mystical works are part of the 80-piece exhibit, “Georgia O’Keeffe and the Women of the Stieglitz Circle,” which includes rarely seen abstract landscape paintings by O’Keeffe and portraits of her by photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
“Godzilla,” “Mothra” and “King Ghidorah” flattened megalopolises for over fifty years during the golden age of Japanese sci-fi films. The new documentary “Bringing Godzilla Down to Size” shows how these monsters were created and animated using handmade F/X techniques. Directed by Norman England, the film takes us behind the scenes of miniature destruction through interviews with special-effects artists, monster stand-ins, filmmakers and legendary sci-fi actors Akira Takarada, Haruo Nakajima and Hiroshi Koizumi. 2008, Classic Media, 68 min.
