A&E Briefs

FILM The 1985 Richard Donner cult classic
“The Goonies” will be showing in the Ackerman Grand
Ballroom tonight and Friday night at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. each
night. Tickets will be $2 at the door. Acclaimed director of such
films as “Roger and Me” and “The Big One,”
Michael Moore will be coming to Ackerman Grand Ballroom on Friday,
March 8 at noon. He will be speaking on his new book, “Stupid
White Men and Other Excuses for the State of the Nation.” On
Tuesday, March 12, there will be a free sneak peek of the new 20th
Century Fox film “Ice Age,” featuring the voice talents
of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Dennis Leary. The sneak will be
held at Ackerman Grand Ballroom at 8 p.m. Tickets will be available
at Kerckhoff 319 starting Friday.

TELEVISION On Sunday, March 10, the new 2.5
minute “Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones”
trailer will be featured at approximately 8:55 p.m. on the FOX TV
network in between episodes of “Malcolm in the Middle,”
and the “X-Files.” The trailer will also be attached to
certain showings of “Ice Age,” opening next Friday,
March 15. MUSIC Playing this Friday at the Wiltern
Theater is the avant metal virtuosic band Dream Theater. For more
info call (213) 380-5005. The Gyuto Monks Tibetan Tantric Choir
will be performing aspects of their rituals at Royce Hall this
Saturday, March 9, at 8 p.m. They will be vocalizing a type of
multiphonic chanting. For ticket info call the Central Ticket
Office at (310) 825-2101. The Aislers Set is performing at the
Knitting Factory on Sunday, March 10. For more info call (323)
463-0204. Singer-songwriter Keller Williams comes to the House of
Blues this Saturday night with The Jon Butler Trio and Robert
Randolph and the Family Band. For more info call (323) 848-5100.
The rock band Oh My God are touring in support of their release of
“The Action Album” and will be playing at The Garage
this Sunday. For more info call (323) 662-6802.
ART There will be a special symposium this
Saturday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s (LACMA)
Leo S. Bing Theater from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for its new exhibit,
“Central European Avant-Gardes: Exchange and Transformation,
1910-1930.” The daylong conference will consist of various
sessions. For more information, call (323) 857-6000 or visit
www.lacma.org. CULTURE The Israeli ensemble Darma
performs their music at The Skirball Cultural Center tonight at 8
p.m. Tickets are $21 for general admission and $15 for students.
For more information, call (323) 655-8587. THEATER
“The Common Man,” a comedy at the MET Theatre in
Hollywood, is playing from Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.
until March 16. For more information, call (323) 957-1152.
“We Are Family,” is playing at the Odyssey Theatre
Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m. For more
information, call (310) 477-2055.

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