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.