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Off Center Festival
01.22.13
Twelve days of avant garde theater and musical acts are kicking off tonight as the Off Center Festival returns at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts through Saturday, Feb. 2. Rival Sons with Robert Jon and the Wreck will be performing at 8 p.m. at the Samueli Theater. The Center brings contemporary theater, avante garde visual arts, rock and indie music, as well as musical comedy filling the stages and arts plaza at OC’s world class venue. The festival brings non-traditional performances and experiences that are affordable—multi packages tickets prices cost $10 (three for $30); and single tickets cost $20.
Leatherby's Cafe Rouge also created a special priced menu available in their Off Center Lounge throughout the festival (except Monday, January 28.) Attendees can mingle and discuss the works with the creators and performers.
Musical comedy madman Reggie Watts performs Wednesday, Jan. 23 at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
Minsk, A Reply to Kathy Acker performances at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at Founders Hall.
Doug Varone and Dancer perform “Stripped/Dressed” Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
Indie band, Sea Wolf performs Monday, Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. at Founders Hall.
For the entire list of performers, shows and schedules, click here.
Tickets are available at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. For more information, call 714.556.2787, or [url=http://www.scfta.org]http://www.scfta.org[/url].
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Photography by Alu
01.18.13
Fine Art photographer, Jeff Alu, a member of The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art [url=http://www.occca.org/]http://www.occca.org/[/url] just released a stunning photography book, Jeff Alu: Surrealities, through Zero+ Publishing. Alu is one of my favorite photographers in the world. He’s a self-taught talent with an eye for capturing amazing scenes of landscapes and urban settings.
Alu will be at Photo LA [url=http://www.photola.com/]http://www.photola.com/[/url] today through Monday at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium at the Zero+ Publishing booth to sign copies of his hardcover book ($40).
Jeff Alu: Surrealities can be ordered directly here.
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