48 Hours

Joyce Rudolph, Weekend

BURBANK -- Kunimi Terada is an artist who paints what she sees and

feels with color and shape.

“The act of looking has always filled me with profound pleasure,” she

said. “I am constantly surprised by what I see -- a landscape, human

body, shapes in the Earth under my feet, piles of autumn leaves, the wind

pushing clouds away from my window frame.

“When I create, the subtleties of color become vividly transformed

when they begin to interact -- what a joyful experience!”

Terada’s work is on display at the Aries Gallery. Her work is

displayed along with gallery owner Fred Wolf and Peggy Nichols.

Wolf’s art emphasizes compositional challenges in figurative

situations.

Nichols, who paints still life paintings in pastels, gains inspiration

from Cezanne, Mary Cassatt and Degas.

Continuing through May 8, the exhibit is by appointment only. The

gallery is at 4222 W. Burbank Blvd. For more information or reservations,

call 846-0611.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Falcon Theatre produces

Grimm Brothers classic

“Snow White,” a new version of the Grimm Brothers old classic, opens

Sunday at The Falcon Theatre.

It was adapted by Thorin Alexander with direction by Hope Alexander.

It blends all the story’s favorite characters with a new twist.

Hope has worked from Costa Mesa at the South Coast Repertory Theatre

all the way to Paris, France. She has received multiple DramaLogue and

Critic’s Circle awards.

Playwright Thorin’s credits include dramaturg on “The Last of Mrs.

Lincoln” for director Art Manke at the El Portal Theatre Center and

dramaturgical assistant on “Pericles” for A Noise Within in Glendale.

Tickets are $10 and reservations can be made by calling 955-8101. Show

times are 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday through June 16. The

Falcon Theatre is at 4252 Riverside Drive.

Genealogical Jamboree

scheduled this weekend

The Southern California Genealogical Society and Family Research

Library, based in Burbank, will sponsor the 33rd annual Genealogical

Jamboree and Family History Faire today and Sunday at the Pasadena

Convention Center, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena.

There will be classes, lectures and booths offering products and

research pointers for researching family history lines.

Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $10 for one day and $15 for both. Parking is $7. For more

information, call 843-7247 or log on to the Web site at

www.scgsgenealogy.com.

Pianist makes debut

with Pasadena Symphony

Pianist Robert Thies, winner of Russia’s prestigious Prokofiev

Competition, will make his Pasadena Symphony debut performing Dohnanyi’s

popular Variations on a Nursery Tune on at 8 tonight at the Pasadena

Civic Auditorium.

Music Director Jorge Mester of Montrose will also conduct Rossini’s

William Tell Overture and Shastokovich’s Symphony No. 15, which quotes the popular Rossini work, among others. Musicologist Nancy Fierro will

present the pre-concert lecture at 7.

Performing in the orchestra will be Burbank resident Peter Doubrovsky

on string bass.

Tickets are available at the box office and range from $10 to $64 and

$5 for children ages 5 to 17. The Pasadena Civic Auditorium is at 300 E.

Green St. in Pasadena.

Doll club sponsors

Doll Show and Sale

Jewel City Doll Club will sponsor its 24th annual Doll Show and Sale

from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Glendale Civic Auditorium, 1401

Verdugo Road.

There will be antique and collectible dolls and accessories, paper

dolls, old toys, bears, miniatures and related books.

Participants can have their picture taken for free with their favorite

doll or dolls.

There will be free doll identification provided by the doll club’s

members.

Special guest is Patricia Schoonmaker, noted doll book author.

For dealer reservations or more information, call Dene Alcott at

248-4862 or Jan Drugan at 957-2732.

THEATER ARTS

Colony’s ‘Side Show’

extended to April 20

The Colony Theatre Company has extended the Broadway musical “Side

Show” until April 20 and added two more performances 8 p.m. Thursday,

April 18, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at the Burbank Center Stage. There

will be no more extensions to the show.

It relates the true story of Daisy and Violet Hilton, twins joined at

the hip, who became the toast of the vaudeville circuit during the

Depression. Misty Cotton and Julie Dixon Jackson star as the twins.

The role of Jake will be played by James Black for the performances of

the extension only. Black was most recently seen as Jim in Deaf West’s

award-winning production of “Big River” and in Reprise’s production of

“Hair.”

Show times during the extention are 8 p.m. today, Thursday, Friday and

April 20 and 2 p.m. April 21. Tickets range from $25 to $31, and can be

reserved by calling 558-7000. The Colony Theatre Company makes its home

at the Burbank Center Stage, 555 N. 3rd St.

Improv company supplies laughs with one-act plays

The Really Spontaneous Theatre Company, an improvisational theater

ensemble, is concentrating on improvising one-act plays in the styles of

many playwrights -- David Mamet and Tennessee Williams -- for this run at

the Third Stage theater in Burbank.

Show time is 7 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $15. For tickets, call (323)

969-4991. The Third Stage is at 2811 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank.

MUSEUM Howard Museum offers history of Burbank

The Gordon R. Howard Museum Complex features exhibits of early

Burbank. Hours are from 1 to 4 p.m. each Sunday.

Admission is free, but donations are accepted. The complex is at 1015

W. Olive Ave., Burbank. Parking is available at George Izay Park lot off

Clark Avenue. For more information, call 841-6333.

KARAOKE

Dimples showcases its customers

Dimples, 3413 W. Olive Ave. in Burbank, serves up some karaoke, Las

Vegas lounge-style. The club presents its Singers Showcase from 5 p.m. to

1:30 a.m. daily for those willing to croon for a crowd. Choose from more

than 10,000 songs and get a free cassette recording of your performance.

The club opens its bar at 5 p.m. and starts serving dinner at 6:30

p.m. During show breaks, hit one of two dance floors playing disco, salsa

and popular music. For more information, call 842-2336.

ATTRACTIONS

Skating is cool fun at Pickwick arena

Pickwick Ice Skating Arena, 1001 Riverside Drive in Burbank, has

public-skating, figure-skating and ice-hockey lessons. It is also

available for private parties.

Public sessions are from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; 8 to

10 p.m. Saturdays; 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and

8:15 to 9:45 p.m. Wednesdays. Admission is $6, $5 for 17 and younger, and

$3 extra for skate rentals. For more information, call 846-0035.

Equestrian center great for horsing around

The Los Angeles Equestrian Center, 480 Riverside Drive in Burbank, has

horse events throughout the year but also rents out the animals from 8

a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Horse rentals are $20 for one hour, $30 for 1 1/2

hours, and $35 for two hours, all with a $15 deposit, cash only. Private

hourlong lessons are $35.

Private parties can take night rides or, for the summer only, sunset

barbecue rides. The sunset rides are also open to the public. To horse

around, call 840-8401, or for general information about the center, call

840-9063.

Talk to the animals at the Los Angeles Zoo

The L.A. Zoo is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $8.25

for adults, $5.25 for seniors 65 and older, $3.25 for kids 2 to 12 and

free for kids younger than 2. Parking is free, and strollers and

wheelchairs are available to rent. The zoo is at 5333 Zoo Drive, Los

Angeles. For more information, call (323) 644-6400. It is closed

Christmas Day.

Moonlight Rollerway is the place to skate

Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale offers skating for children and adults

throughout the week.

Admission ranges from $4.50 to $6.75. There is a $2 skate-rental fee,

or skaters can bring their own in-line or regular skates.

There is a session for children 12 and younger and their parents from

10 a.m. to noon Saturdays.

Public sessions are from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1:30

to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Adult Disco Night for those 18 and older

is from 8:30 to 11 p.m. Monday. Old-timers Night with live organ music is

from 8 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

Skaters receive a discount on the public session from 8 to 10:30 p.m.

Wednesdays. Admission is $5, with $2 skate rental. The rink is reserved

for private parties Thursday.

Moonlight is at 5110 San Fernando Road in Glendale. For more

information, call 241-3630.

DANCING

Dance to live music at Sardo’s

Sardo’s, 259 N. Pass Ave. in Burbank, features the house band,

Skyline, playing Top 40, rock and country and western from 9:30 p.m. to 1

a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. There is no cover charge. For more

information, call 846-8126.

Crazy Jack’s offers country entertainment

Crazy Jack’s, 4311 W. Magnolia Blvd. in Burbank, offers live country

entertainment and free dance lessons.

Entertainment includes live country bands from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

Fridays and Saturdays, and 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sundays. Dance lessons are

from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The menu includes steaks, hamburgers and French dip sandwiches, along

with a full bar. For more information, call 845-1121.

ART EXHIBIT

Toluca Lake artist

has solo exhibition

A solo exhibition of new watercolors by Toluca Lake artist Gayle

Garner Roski is continuing through April 21 at the Tirage Gallery, One

West California Blvd., in Pasadena.

A series of dessert paintings was created in preparation for the

artist’s 60th birthday celebration on Sept. 11. She wanted to paint the

passions of her life and decided the best visual descriptions would be

sinful hot fudge sundaes.

But the tragic events of that day compelled the artist to put

frivolity aside. So the beautiful desserts segue to the graphic depiction

of motion and solace following that horrible day.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Monday through Friday..

For more information, call (626) 405-1020.

Aries Gallery sponsors

second art exhibition

Academy Award-winning filmmaker and artist Fred Wolf has opened his

second art exhibition at his gallery in Burbank.

The display also shows the works of Kunimi Terada and Peggy Nichols.

Terada’s intention is to create poetic entities in which form and color

become one. Nichols, an award-winning artist, gains inspiration from

Cezanne, Mary Cassatt and Degas.

Wolf’s art emphasizes compositional challenges in figurative

situations.

Continuing through May 8, the exhibit is by appointment only. The

gallery is at 4222 W. Burbank Blvd. For more information or reservations,

call 846-0611.

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RUDOLPH at 637-3241 or fax them to 241-1975.