Brentwood Spring Art Show, April 520 Years of 18th Street, April 11Earth Day on Third Street Promenade, April 11ExhibitsStephen Aldrich: Tincture of Time, collages, through April 4, Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.6410.Michael Beck, The Object As Still Life, through April 18, Lora Schlessinger Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.1133.Joseph Blaustein: Love, War, and Dog Philosophy-Paintings 2007-2008, through April 18, FIG Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.829.0345.Lloyd Cameron: Surrealism and Abstracts in Acrylics and Oils, through April 30, Senior Arts Foundation, 632 Arizona Ave., 310.393.0701.Continental Rifts: Contemporary Time-Based Works of Africa, and Transformations: Recent Contemporary African Acquisitions, two exhibits, through June 14, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4361.Stephen Courtney, Affair in the Garden, exhibit of fine art furnishings, continues indefinitely, James Coleman Gallery, 1431 Ocean Ave., 310.393.7436.Dirty/ Pretty, 13 Los Angeles photographers, through May 22, The Julia Dean Gallery, 801 Ocean Front Walk, Studio 8, Venice, dirtyprettyshow.blogspot.com.Terri Evans, Steel, through May 9, Gallery Luisotti, Bergamot Station, 310.453.0043.Exaltation of the Insignificants, group art exhibit, through April 30, Terra Galleria Artworks, Bergamot Station, 408.223.8419. Karen Florek, Desert Reflections, Jasmine Swope, Palladium Prints, through April 11, VeniceArts Gallery, 1702 Lincoln Blvd., Venice, 310.392.0846.Fowler In Focus: Masks of Sri Lanka, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4361. In Focus: The Portrait, through June 14, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., 310.440.7300.Tom Lieber, through April 4, Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.6410.Greg Miller, Michel Tabori, through April 25, William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station, turnergallery@mac.com.Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA, through May 31, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., LA, 310. 443.7016.Stephanie Sanchez, through April 25, Terence Rogers Gallery, 1231 5th St., 310.394.4999.Juliao Sarmento, through April 4, Christopher Grimes Gallery, 916 Colorado Ave., 310.567.3373.Seeing Is Believing, art by Vik Muniz, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol, Richard Pettibone, and Elaine Sturtevant, through May 16, Ikon Ltd., Bergamot Station, 310.828.6629.Doni Silver Simons, Lines, through May 30, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, 3026 Airport Ave., 310.397.7493.Elias Simé: Eye of the Needle, Arnold Mesches: Coming Attractions (Project Rooms 1 and 2), through April 18, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, 310.586.6488 x118.Tales in Sprinkled Gold: Japanese Lacquer for European Collectors, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, LA, 310.440.7300. TheaterBurn This, play by Lanford Wilson, through April 25, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, $15-$20, Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Ave, 310.397.3244.Cinderella, return of the popular musical, through 2009, Saturdays-Sundays 12:30, 3, and 6pm, $10.50-$12.50, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779.Made Me Nuclear, a one-man musical about surviving cancer, written by and starring Charlie Lustman, through May 30, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, $25, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 866.468.3399.Misalliance, comedy by George Bernard Shaw, through April 26, 8pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, $20-$25, Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., LA, 310.477.2055.Musical Mystery Dinner-Shows, four plays rotate on Saturday nights: Hollywood’s Fatal Premiere, Who Killed The Radio Show, Sock Hop Reunion, Deadly Disco Cruise, 7pm, $75 per person (includes 4-course dinner, show, tax, tip), Marina del Rey Hotel, 13534 Bali Way, MDR, 310.399.1507. My Father’s Dragon, children’s play, through April 5,11am, $6-$8, Morgan-Wixson Theatre, 2627 Pico Blvd., 310.828.7519.The School For Wives, comedy by Moliere, through May 31, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 5:30pm Sundays, $20, City Garage, 1340 1/2 4th St., citygarage.org.The Secret Garden, play based on the classic children’s novel, through April 11, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, $18-$23, Morgan-Wixson Theatre, 2627 Pico Blvd., 310.828.7519. Working, musical based on the book by Studs Terkel, presented by Kentwood Players, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, through April 18, $20, Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester, 310.645.5156.
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