Nov. 4
Beth Nam, Somang Jeagal
Classical Crossroads Inc. presents First Fridays at First featuring Beth Nam and Somang Jeagal
Time: 12 p.m. Nov. 4
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 316-5574; www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/FirstFridays.htm
Venue: First Lutheran Church and School, 2900 W. Carson St., Torrance
Nov. 5
Big Daddy, The Band of ’59
On the heels of Smashing Songs of Stage & Screen, their first album in nearly 15 years, Big Daddy, The Band of ‘59 is back. From 1983 to 1994, Big Daddy roamed the rock ’n’ roll landscape foraging for the hit songs of the day, never to sound the same.
Time: 8 p.m. Nov. 5
Cost: $20
Details: (310) 519-1314; www.alvasshowroom.com
Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
Nov. 6
The Steppes
The Steppes will perform music from the first five solo albums by Genesis Alumni, Steve Hackett.
Time: 4 p.m. Nov. 6
Cost: $25
Details: (310) 519-1314; www.alvasshowroom.com
Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
Nov. 6
Memphis
Memphis is filled with roof-raising rock ’n’ roll high-octane dancing and an extraordinary tale of fame and forbidden love that sparked a cultural revolution.
Time: 8 p.m. Oct. 28 and 29, Nov. 3 through 5; 2 p.m. Oct. 2 and Nov. 5; and 1 p.m. Oct. 30 and Nov. 6.
Cost: $20
Details: (562) 856-1999; www.musical.org
Venue: Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 E. Atherton, Long Beach
Nov. 12
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The infamous tale of Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, follows his blood-soaked return to 19th century London as he seeks vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him, ravaged his young wife, and keeps his daughter a virtual prisoner in his house.
Time: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and 2 p.m. Sundays, through Nov. 12
Cost: $20
Details: www.lbplayhouse.org/show/sweeney-todd-the
Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach
Nov. 13
Goodnight Moon and the Runaway Bunny
This hour-long staged adaptation features endearing puppets, stunning scenery, evocative music and stories that have delighted generations. It’s a familiar nighttime ritual about leaving home and a parent’s love.
Time: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Nov. 13
Cost: $25
Details: (562) 985-7000; carpenterarts.org
Venue: Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 E. Atherton, Long Beach
Nov. 5
Unpacked at the Packard
This is an exhibition of the Arts Council for Long Beach’s 2015–2016 Professional Artist Fellows.
Time: 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 5
Cost: Free
Details: artslb.org
Venue: We Labs at the Packard, 203 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach
Nov. 5
Open Studios Day | Fall
Angels Gate Cultural Center enthusiastically invites you to Open Studios Day | Fall, an insider view of the artists’ studios. This is your opportunity to see inside a working artist’s studio, to see how ideas are conceived and developed and to browse the available art for sale for unique holiday gifts.
Time: 1 to 5 p.m. Nov. 5
Cost: Free
Details: http://tinyurl.com/OpenStudioFall
Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 Gaffey St., San Pedro
Nov. 6
Chiaroscuro
Cornelius Projects is pleased to present new paintings by San Pedro artist Candice Gawne. The exhibition will also include an installation of several of Gawne’s signature plasma glass sculptures in the Cornelius Projects’ screening room.
Time: 12 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Nov. 6 through Jan. 15, 2017
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 266-9216; corneliusprojects.com
Venue: Cornelius Projects, 1417 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro
Nov. 12
Primal Origins, Works by Michael Stearns
In his book Cosmos, Carl Sagan wrote “The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean”. In this series Stearns explores the primordial soup from which we emerged 3.5 billion years ago. An artist’s reception will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Nov. 12.
Time: 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Nov. 3 through Dec. 23
Cost: Free
Details: michaelstearnsstudio.com
Venue: Michael Stearns Studio 347
Nov. 20
Serendipity
See the world as things move, then stop and enjoy the sky, flowers and rock patterns through Serendipity, the works of Norma Cuevas, Joe Devinny, and Mina Tang Kan.
Time: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, 12 to 6 p.m. Sundays, through Nov. 20
Details: (310) 265-2592; www.artists-studio-pvac.com
Venue: The Artists’ Studio Gallery at the Promenade on the Peninsula, 550 Deep Valley Drive, #159, Rolling Hills Estates
Nov. 30
Ambiguity
The Long Beach Playhouse Gallery presents Paula A. Prager exhibit, Ambiguity.
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Nov. 30
Cost: Free
Details: (562) 494-1014
Venue: Long Beach Playhouse Gallery, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach
Dec. 10
On Being Blue
TransVagrant and Gallery 478 are pleased to present On Being Blue, Recent Works by Jay McCafferty. Electing the neutrality of the grid as an organizing principle, McCafferty has been creating artworks by focusing rays of sunlight on its points of intersection for more than three decades.
Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, through Dec. 10
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 600-4873
Venue: Gallery 478, 478 W. 7th St., San Pedro
Dec. 12
Altered Objects
Altered Objects offers a reimagining of everyday objects by three Los Angeles artists: Julie Schustack, Tina Turturici, and Nicolas Shake. Shake builds his ghost sculptures from a tire, a shovel, or a palm tree frond, but they change within the context of the media and color he employs. Turturici recreates everyday objects in multiple media including ink drawings, collage, paintings and 3D objects. While Schustack combines found objects with her unique ceramic forms to create mysterious sculptures that capture the essence of time and change, especially her works related to music.
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, through Dec. 12
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 243-3334
Venue: University Art Gallery, LaCorte Hall, A-107, California State University Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson
Nov. 4
Wilmington Art Walk Día De Los Muertos
Experience the transformation of two blocks of Avalon into a night filled with art, music, food and culture.
Time: 6 p.m. Nov. 4
Cost: Free
Details: http://wilmingtonartwalk.com/index.html
Venue: Avalon between C and E streets, Wilmington
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