Category Archives: Arts

Youngsters Produce “Masterpieces” at HO!HO!HO!

For many, the highlight of the HO!HO!HO! – after Santa and Facepainting – was the arts and crafts table, sponsored by the Friends of the Palisades Library. At the December 7 event in Simon Meadow, all were invited to decorate … Continue reading

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Community Rallies to Support $105K Restoration of Temescal Mural

(Editor’s note: This story first ran in the Pacific Palisades Historical Society newsletter and is reprinted with permission.) By LIBBY MOTIKA – Pacific Palisades Historical Society Board Member Forty years ago, Palisades High School senior Kat Kozik and David Strauch … Continue reading

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Talented Palisades Dancers Make a Mark in the Nutcracker

This year the Westside Ballet production of the Nutcracker will feature New York City Ballet Principals Tiler Peck and Roman Mejia. Westside Ballet alumna Tiler Peck is the Sugar Plum Fairy and is joined by fellow NYCB principal Roman Mejia … Continue reading

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Tickets Available for Exceptional “Nutcracker” Performances

  One of the loveliest and most beloved holiday traditions is the Westside Ballet’s Nutcracker. Always magical from the grand Victorian party to the Land of the Sweets, where characters such as the Peppermint Candies and the Marzipan Mirlitons come … Continue reading

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Attention Artists! Art Show November 16

The Palisades Art Association is hosting a Juried Art Show on Saturday, November 16. Artists, who specialize in all art forms, are welcome to participate. There will be a $10 fee for each artwork submitted and artists may submit up … Continue reading

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Allied Artists Present Annual Art on the Green Show

The Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore, whose motto is “Painting and Preserving the Santa Monica Mountains” will hold its 7th Annual Art on the Green Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Sunday, October 20, … Continue reading

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Paper Sculptor Featured at Palisades Art Association Meeting

The Palisades Art Association is hosting a talk by Jeff Nishinaka, a paper sculptor at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October 16, at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. Jeff Nishinaka’s handcrafted work is commissioned around the globe by private … Continue reading

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Chance to Own an Award-Winning Einstein Quilt

The Einstein Quilt, crafted by seventh grader Ruben Hovde, continues to win awards. The most recent award, for the Rapid City, South Dakota native, was at the Northeast Wyoming Quilt Show in Gillette, Wyoming. Hovde took the prize for Best … Continue reading

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Be Part of Funding the Temescal Mural: Please Donate

  Cathy Salser, who is helping to lead the quest for donations to help revitalize the Temescal Canyon Historic Mural, reported on Sunday, October 6. “We are now well past the halfway mark of adding 100 donors in the Challenge … Continue reading

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Help Restore Temescal Mural: Donate Today

The iconic Temescal Mural is badly in need of restoration because of water damage and paint peeling. To refurbish the nearly 500-foot mural across from the Palisades High School Stadium the cost will be about $105,000. As of October 1, … Continue reading

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