Briefs

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Artist to demonstrate

landscape watercolors

MONTROSE -- With paintbrush in hand, Helen Groenekamp will demonstrate

a landscape in watercolors at the Thursday meeting of the Glendale Art

Assn.

The group meets at 7 p.m. at California Federal Bank, 2350 Honolulu

Ave., Montrose.

Groenekamp’s training started at the American Academy of Art in

Chicago. She continued art study with Stuart Hodges at Principia College.

After moving to the West, she studied at the Art Students League in Los

Angeles and took various art courses at UCLA and USC.

She quit her 16-year, full-time art teaching career in 1988 and since

then has displayed her work in many one-person exhibits and has won

numerous awards at juried shows.

Spontaneous theater

group offering laughs

BURBANK -- The Really Spontaneous Theatre Co. offers laughs beginning

at 8 p.m each Thursday at The Third Stage theater, 2811 W. Magnolia Blvd.

in Burbank.

Tickets are $15 and group rates are available. For reservations, call

(323) 969-4991.

Fright Gallery creator

shows works at arts center

BURBANK -- Burbank artist Keith Kaminski is celebrating his 40th

birthday by launching an art exhibit, “40 @ 40,” a retrospective of the

artist’s most distinctive work, at the Burbank Creative Arts Center

Gallery.

The exhibit begins with an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday

and continues through Nov. 22. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday

through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. The gallery is at 1100 W.

Clark Ave., Burbank.

A Burbank native, Kaminski has a degree from Art Center College of

Design in Pasadena. He has designed themed floats for the Burbank

Tournament of Roses Assn. and has been head artist and creator of The

Fright Gallery, Burbank’s annual Halloween attraction, for more than 15

years. He is an attractions designer at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Party raises funds

for theater workshop

GLENDALE -- A fund-raising auction and party are planned to support

the Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

18.

Guests will bid on trips, dinners at local restaurants, theater

events, gift items and services and enjoy entertainment by workshop

members.

Tickets are $5, which will be credited toward the first item

purchased. The event will be at the workshop, 335 N. Brand Blvd.,

Glendale. For reservations, call 502-3309.

The workshop offers its participants a place to develop new musical

theater works and training for lyricists, librettists and composers.

Western Weavers club

promotes square dancing

BURBANK -- Square and round dancing are offered by the Western Weavers

square dance club from 7:30 to 10:45 p.m. the second and fourth Friday of

the month at the Little White Chapel, 1711 N. Avon St., Burbank.

Bill Horst is the caller for Friday and Deborah Carroll will call on

Dec. 8.

Glendale man’s play

now in production

HOLLYWOOD -- Write Act Repertory Co. is producing the world premiere

of “The Last Laugh,” by Glendale resident Arnold Margolin and Mady

Julian, at the Write Act Theatre at St. Stephen’s Church in Hollywood.

Margolin is the co-creator of the anthology comedy series “Love,

American Style,” for which he wrote multiple episodes and served as

executive producer. The show was nominated twice for an Emmy for

Outstanding Comedy Series, and won an Emmy for the title theme song.

Tickets are $15 on Thursdays and Sundays and $18 on Fridays and

Saturdays. For reservations, call (323) 860-8894. The play continues

through Nov. 18. The theater is at 6128 Yucca St. in Hollywood. There is

free parking on the church grounds.