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Submissions to the calendar should be directed to mirrorcalendar@yahoo.commusic and poetry events should be sent to groovesmirror@yahoo.comPLEASE DO NOT SEND attachments. ExhibitsAB OVO, A Project by Steven Hull, through February 11, ARENA 1  Santa Monica Art Studios , 3026 Airport Avenue, (310) 397-7456.AOR – A solo exhibition by Lita Albuquerque, through March 26. Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University24255 Pacific Coast Highway, (310) 506-4851.Ashes and Snow, the acclaimed multimedia exhibit makes its West Coast Debut in a new version of the “Nomadic Museum” in the Santa Monica Pier parking lot. Through May 14. Includes over 100 large-scale photographs, a 35 mm film and a novel in letters. The exhibition encourages attendance by youngsters with a program that offers admission to grades K-6 school groups. Tickets can be bought on www.ticketweb.com or by calling (866) 468-619.Behold, the Pacific! California Coastal Views, The California Heritage Museum, through February 26, 2006, 2612 Main Street, (310) 392-8537.Michel Tabori solo exhibition, through February 18, 6:30 p.m. -8:30 p.m., Berman / Turner Projects [Gallery E1], (310) 453-0909.Patricia Chidlaw, “New Spin.” Terrence Rogers Fine Arts. Through February 25. Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. or by  appointment.  1231 Fifth Street, (310) 394-4999. www.trogart.com.   Cindy Craig’s “Divine Excess,” Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, through February 18, Bergamot Station, (310) 828-1133.Sam Francis: Five Decades, Unique Works and Important Prints, Leslie Sacks Fine Art, 11640 San Vicente Blvd. (Brentwood), through February 6, (310) 820-9448.Sid Garrison’s Signal Drift, through February 18, Sherry Frumkin Gallery3026 Airport Ave., Studio 21, Santa Monica, (310) 397-7493, http://www.frumkingallery.com.The Group 2006, a group show of many artists, Gallery of Functional Art, and Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station, through March 3, (310) 829-6990.From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America, The Skirball Cultural Center, through February 12, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., (310) 440-4500.Gronk, the Ainadamar Opera Paintings, Patricia Correia Gallery, through March 11, (310) 264-1760.Group exhibit of photography, visual art, digital art, mixed media, through Sunday, February 5, and film by artists who Venice Arts Gallery, 1809 Lincoln Blvd.  The Venice Arts Gallery is also open to the public Wednesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (310) 822-8533.Dan Kopp’s first exhibition — landscape of “leftover color chips of an army of abstractioners – painters, architects and sculptors,” and Charles Lang’s new sculpture, photography and video, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, through January 28, Bergamot Station, (310) 453-7535.Carie Leeb’s New Paintings, and Robert Kingston’s New Paintings, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, through February 25, Bergamot Station, (310) 829-3300.Max Liebermann: From Realism to Impressionism, the Skirball Cultural Center, through January 29, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., (310) 440-4500.Kristi Lippire’s Landscape Sculpture, d.e.n. contemporary, through February 18, 6023 Washington Blvd., Culver City, (310) 559-3023.Masterpieces of African American Art – An African American Perspective Opening Reception, M. Hanks Gallery, 3008 Main Street, through April 1, (310) 392-8820, www.mhanksgallery.com.Rachael McCampbell’s “Wing Scapes,” and “Fanciful,” a group show, Tag Gallery, through January 28, 2903 Santa Monica Blvd., (310) 829-9556.Moments, photographs by Lyndie Benson, Edgemar Center for the Arts, a non profit state of the art two theater and art gallery complex, 2437 Main Street, (310) 576-7517.No Act is Unpredictable: Michael Baers, Nicholas Kersulis, Peter Lynde , through February 25, Sixteen: One Gallery, 2116 Pico Blvd., Unit B, (310) 450-4394.Pacific Sands features paintings of Southern California by Humbert Curcuru, Art Mortimer and Fiona Phillips, through February 3, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, (310) 453-5757.Mary Schairer’s “New Work,” collage work dense with imagery, First Independent Gallery, through February 4, Bergamot Station, (310) 829-0345.Tango Metropolis, work by Thomas Kellner, Stephen Cohen Gallery, through February 25, 7 – 9 p.m., 7358 Beverly Boulevard, (323) 937-5525 or visit www.stephencohengallery.com.Cheryl Ann Thomas: Recent Work, ceramic sculpture, Frank Lloyd Gallery, through February 4, (310) 264-3866. Marlene Sanaye Yamada’s “Just Colors,” BGH Gallery, through February 5, Bergamot Station, (310) 315-9502.