Thursday, January 21, 1999
A&E Briefs
BRIEFS:
‘Perfect Murder’ star explores man’s meat
Viggo Mortensen is largely known for his work in the feature
thriller, "A Perfect Murder." But while fans have stronger memories
of his starring role as David Shaw, Emily’s (Gwenyth Paltrow)
jealous lover, few realize that his work extended to creating the
paintings featured in the film.
Mortensen is currently presenting an exhibition of his new work
in collage, paint and installation at Beyond Baroque, a literary
and arts center, beginning on Jan. 28 and continuing through
February.
His show, "One Man’s Meat," studies modern society’s relation to
meat, how we represent it, what we do with it and how we ourselves
are affected by what we eat. It also explores human relationships
with animals and to one another.
Beyond Baroque is located at 681 Venice Blvd. in Venice. For
more information, call (310) 822-3006.
Rolling Stone relives the ’70s
The creative forces behind "Apocalypse Now," Rolling Stone
magazine, Spinal Tap and "Showgirls" will gather next Thursday at
Book Soup to harken back to the days of Watergate and bell
bottoms.
Reading excerpts from the forthcoming book "Rolling Stone: The
Seventies," the group of big entertainment industry names will
later take questions and sign copies at the Sunset Boulevard
store.
Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas ("Showgirls," "Jagged Edge"), author
Mikal Gilmore ("Shot in the Heart"), writer, producer and director
John Millius ("Apocalypse Now," "Dirty Harry"), biographer,
novelist, lyricist and Grammy Award-winner David Ritz, Rolling
Stone senior editor David Wild, and actor and satirist Harry
Shearer ("The Simpsons," "This is Spinal Tap") will read their
contributions to the 288-page book of essays.
Book Soup is located at 8818 Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood.
Readings start at 8 p.m. For more information, call (310)
659-3110.
Rush tickets on sale for ‘Rent’
Continuing creator Jonathan Larson’s vision of theater for the
masses, "Rent" is offering $20 tickets on the day of each
performance.
The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical, centered
around the lives of struggling artists, has a limited engagement at
the Shubert Theatre from Jan. 20 to Feb. 28.
Twenty-six $20 tickets are available at each performance two
hours before the show at the Shubert Theatre box office.
The offer is open to anybody, paying cash only with a limit of
two tickets per person.
The box office is located at 2020 Avenue of the Stars in Century
City. For general ticket information, call (800) 447-7400.
String quartet to play at Schoenberg
For a performing group with no name, Quartet Sine Nomine has
come a long way.
The European string quartet, whose Latin title translates to
"No-Name," travels Sunday to UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall to perform a
program of Haydn, Bartok and Dvorak.
Reviewers celebrate the group’s uncommon clarity of tone,
praising its "finely gauged dynamics and rhythmic thrust."
This tour comes almost 20 years after the four men first
assembled in Lausanne, Switzerland, products of the famous Melos
Quartet’s coaching.
Violinists Patrick Genet, Francois Gottraux, violist Nicolas
Pache and cellist Marc Jaermann became a team of international note
with the receipt of the Evian International String Quartet
Competition’s first prize followed by a sweep of the Paolo Borciani
Competition.
Quartet Sine Nomine records for the French label Erato, but many
of its compilations are available on American shelves.
This year’s tour has included a mere five stops, leading the
quartet through Virginia, New York, Ohio and, finally, Santa
Barbara and UCLA.
The ensemble will perform Haydn’s quartet in C major, Opus 64,
Bartok’s quartet No. 3, Opus 85 and Dvorak’s Quartet No. 14
starting at 4 p.m., Sunday in Schoenberg Hall.
Tickets for the general public go for $30, while student prices
are $10.
For more information, call (310) 825-2101.
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