Events from June 1 to June 30
The wry and sometimes wicked Sandra Bernhard mixes outrageous humor, cutting satire and fiercely energetic musical numbers in an all-new production that takes its name from Bernhard's appearances as a "pop culture anthropologist" on Bravo TV, but there are no censors and nothing is sacred when Berhard takes the stage to journey through the worlds of contemporary culture, politics and celebrity.
Celebrating the release of the first recording of the complete Bitter Music, Partch’s often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, long-lost hobo journal from 1935 is performed as a special multimedia presentation including the work’s original pen and ink illustrations, photographs from the composer’s scrapbooks and his legendary instruments.
Experimental Los Angeles performing artists offer adventurous new works and works-in-progress in this ongoing series. The Summer 2012 edition of Studio was curated with guest curators Laurel Kishi and Jesus Reyes, and features works by Jon David Casey, Jamie Peterson/The Paper Industry, Ladies and Gentlemen, Pam Gonzales Dance, Waewdao Sirisook and Storytelling Band.
A multimedia solo work written and performed by Ugandan American artist Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, A Missionary Position is a searing response to the rampant homophobia now gripping Uganda. Mwine layers raw video footage and photography with riveting portrayals of Ugandan gay prostitutes, gay priests and LGBT activists.
