February 26-28Camping, a play by Enrico Mario Falconi, presented by Blue in the Face Theatre Of Rome Company, 8pm Thursday-Saturday, $16, The Other Space at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779 x1.February 26 and 28The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, a satirical courtroom drama by Stephen Adly Giurgis, 8pm Friday-Saturday, through March 14, $7-$17, Little Theatre at MacGowan Hall, UCLA, WW, 310.825.3101.The Magic Flute, Mozart’s opera with the Pepperdine University Orchestra, sung in English, 7:30pm Thursday and Saturday, $10-$15, Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University, 24255 PCH, Malibu, 310.506.4055.February 27David Meltzer, Theo Saunders, and George Herms, spoken word and music, 7:30pm, $5-$7, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.822.3006.Samohi Masterworks Choral Concert, featuring “The Little Organ Mass” of Joseph Haydn and Requiem by Gabriel Urbain Faure, 7pm, $5-$10, Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, 601 Pico Blvd., 310.3953204 x403.Special Observing Event: Gems of the Winter Sky, 8pm, preceded by The Night Sky Show 7pm, $5 or $9 for both shows, John Drescher Planetarium, SMC, 1900 Pico Blvd., 310.434.4223.February 27-28A Midsummer Night’s Dream, through March 14, 8pm Fridays, 2pm Saturdays, $7-$17, Little Theatre at MacGowan Hall, UCLA, WW, 310.825.3101.February 28Stephen Aldrich: Tincture of Time, collages, reception 4-6pm, through April 4, Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.6410.Jona Frank in Conversation with art critic Jori Finkel, 3pm, free, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, 3026 Airport Ave., 310.397.7493.Lecture on Peace with Dr. Linda Groff, 4pm, free, SGI-USA Culture of Peace Resource Center, 606 Wilshire Blvd., peacelectures@sgi-usa.rg.Mamma Mia, the movie musical with Meryl Streep and the songs of ABBA, 3pm, free, MLK Jr. Auditorium, Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., 310.458.8600.Open House for British Alternative School, 9:30-11:30am, free, 1220 2nd St., 424.645.2330.Reverse Mortgages, seminar, 11am, free, Fairview Branch Library, 2101 Ocean Park Blvd., 310.450.0443.Juliao Sarmento, reception 6-8pm, through April 4, Christopher Grimes Gallery, 916 Colorado Ave., 310.567.3373.Storytelling with Kathleen Zundell, 10:30am, free, Children’s Book World, 10580 1/2 Pico Blvd., LA, 310.559.2665.Heather Woodbury in The Last Days of Desmond ’Nani’ Reese: A Stripper’s History of the World, performance, 7:30pm, $10, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.822.3006.February 28-March 1Batsheva Dance Company, “Max,” 8pm Saturday, 7pm Sunday, $15-$54, Royce Hall, UCLA, WW, 310.825.2101.March 1Fowler In Focus: Masks of Sri Lanka, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4361. New West Symphony, with works by Britten, Mozart, Barber, and Dvorak, 4pm, $25-$98, Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, 601 Pico Blvd., 866. 776.8400. Open Reading with Leo Briones and Brenda Petrakos, 5pm, free, sign-ups at 4:45pm, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.822.3006.Reception for International Youth Soccer Tournament and its scholarship support campaign, 2-4pm, free, Santa Monica Family YMCA Community Room, 1332 6th St., 310.393.0701.March 2Green Living Workshop, six-week course, 7-8:30pm, donation, library, Grant Elementary School, 2368 Pearl St., sustainableworks.org. Also begins March 3 at Lincoln Middle School, 1501 California Ave., March 4 at Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., and March 5 at REI Santa Monica, 402 Santa Monica Blvd.March 3Free Seminar for New Owners of Rental Property, 6:30-9pm, free, Multi-Purpose Room, Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., 310.458.8751.Phoenix Mars Lander & the Data to Date, lecture with Dr. Michael A. Mischna of NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab, 11:15am, free, Science Lecture Hall, SMC, 1900 Pico Blvd., 310.434.4303.March 3 and 5An Owner’s Guide to the Body: An Interactive Program, eight-week interactive exercise program, 7-9pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 12, $160-$240, Marina Physical Therapy/ Physiotherapy Associates, 4702 Lincoln Blvd., MDR, 310.452.1439.March 3-5IRS Workshop for Tax-Exempt/Nonprofit Organizations, $45, Radisson Los Angeles Westside, 6161 W. Centinela Ave., CC, 800.521.3980 or 703.579.1496.March 4Alan Brennert discusses and signs Honolulu, 7pm, free, Diesel, a Bookstore, Brentwood Country Mart, 226 26th St., events@diseleabookstore.com.It’s a Woodwind World, presented by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, 8pm, $7-$15, Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, WW, 310.825.2101.March 5Baby Mama, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler deal with motherhood in the hit comedy, 2pm, free, Montana Branch Library, 1704 Montana Ave., 310.829.7081. Klezmatics, klezmer-rock band, 8pm, 438-$60, Royce Hall, UCLA, WW, 310.825.2101.J.D. Trout discusses The Empathy Gap, 7pm, free, MLK Jr. Auditorium, Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., 310.458.8600.Mark Your CalendarPurim Carnival, Santa Monica Synagogue, March 8PXL This 18 Film Festival, March 9Keith Jarrett/ Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette at UCLA Live! March 11
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