Spooky exhibit at Wax Poetic

JOYCE RUDOLPH

A hauntingly fun exhibit featuring 13 artists, many who work in the

animation field, is showing at Wax Poetic Gallery in Burbank.

Among the artists are Frank Dietz, a longtime monster movie fan,

who brings his drawings of classic horror creatures to the Magnolia

Park salon and art gallery. His animation has appeared on several

Disney feature films including, “Hercules,” “Tarzan” and “Atlantis,

The Lost Empire.”

Megan Elizabeth is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work has

appeared at Art Coalition, Out of the Streets and Hangar 1018

galleries. She is currently working on the album cover for musical

group Inure and will be a featured artist in “Religion & Allegory” at

the Toyroom Gallery in Sacramento.

Another artist exhibiting is D.W. Frydendall, a Los Angeles-based

professional visual artist, animator and illustrator, who has worked

at Disney, Universal, DreamWorks, Saatchi and Saatchi and White Wolf.

He is now creating a new series of paintings titled “Childhood

Nightmares” and is finishing his comic titled “The Journal of

Rohauser.”

This exhibit continues through Jan. 15. The gallery and spa salon

is at 3208 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank. For more information, call

(818) 843-9469.

SPECIAL EVENTS

CASA ADOBE DE SAN RAFAEL OPEN SUNDAY

Glendale Beautiful members will be giving tours during an open

house from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Casa Adobe de San Rafael, 1330 Dorothy

Drive, Glendale.

The open house is usually scheduled on the first Sunday of the

month, but was postponed because of the holiday.

The house features period furnishings and historic artifacts. For

information, call (818) 246-3634.

ON STAGE

‘COMEDY OF AEROSMITH’ AT FALCON

The Troubadour Theater Company’s musical parody, “The Comedy of

Aerosmith,” directed by Matt Walker, is continuing at the Falcon

Theatre in Burbank.

It’s a case of mistaken identities, sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll

as the Troubadour Theater Company sends up the bard with the raucous

parody of Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” mixed with the music

of American rock icon, Aerosmith.

This show is for mature audiences only as there are adult humor,

sexy situations and scantily clad women.

Performances are 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 4 p.m.

Sundays until 4 p.m. Jan. 30. Tickets are $25. For reservations, call

(818) 955-8101. The theater is at 4252 Riverside Drive, Burbank.

‘COME BLOW YOUR HORN’

AT CENTRE THEATRE

Glendale Centre Theatre, in its 59th year of presenting family

entertainment, is offering Neil Simon’s “Come Blow Your Horn.”

Directed by Burbank resident George Strattan, the comedy is about

bachelor brothers sharing an apartment in the Big Apple while

girlfriends come with dinners and designs in hopes of changing their

bachelor status. How the older brother keeps his kid brother and

himself single at the onslaught of those women provides the evenings

fun.

Performances are at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m.

Saturdays through Feb. 12. Prices range from $16 to $20. The theater

is at 324 N. Orange St., Glendale. For reservations, call (818)

244-8481.

ART EXHIBITS

SCULPTOR HAS

100th EXHIBITION AT STEPHANIE’S GALLERY

Sculptor and painter Emil Kazaz is having his 100th exhibition at

Stephanie’s Art Gallery in La Canada Flintridge.

He won one of the five gold medals for sculpture at the

International Biennale Exhibition in Florence, Italy in 2003.

He has also recently released a hard-cover book.

The exhibit continues through February. The gallery is at 466

Foothill Blvd., La Canada Flintridge. For more information, call

(818) 790-4905.

‘PAINTERS TWO’ AT

LA CANADA LIBRARY

“Painters Two,” a collection of paintings by John Parshall and Ann

Hoffman, are on display at the La Canada Flintridge Library.

This exhibit will be on display until Jan. 29. The library is at

4545 Oakwood Ave., La Canada Flintridge. The hours are from 10 a.m.

to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and 11

a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, call (818)

240-9349.

NEW EXHIBIT AT

CREATIVE ARTS CENTER

Ceramist and high-fire clay artist Karin Swildens is exhibiting

her work this month at the Creative Arts Center Gallery in Burbank.

Swildens was born in Holland, raised in Morocco where she learned

French, and studied at Les Arts Decoratifs in Paris.

The gallery is at 1100 W. Clark Ave., Burbank. Hours are 9 a.m. to

8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to

1 p.m. Saturday. The exhibit will continue until Jan. 27.

For more information, call (818) 238-5397.

ARTIST’S ‘VISTAS’ ON

EXHIBIT AT WHITES GALLERY

Glendale artist Kendra Page is displaying her landscape paintings

in an exhibition called “Vistas and Vignettes” at Whites Gallery in

Montrose.

This oil painter’s favorite subject is a wide-open vista of the

California landscape, in any season, but she also paints wildlife and

domestic animals.

Hours are from 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and

Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The

show ends Jan. 31. The gallery is at 2414 Honolulu Ave., Montrose.

For more information, call (818) 957-4071.

PHOTOGRAPHS ON

EXHIBIT AT CAFE ELEGANTE

Jutta Ribot of Sun Valley is showing her photographs in a solo

exhibit at Cafe Elegante in Burbank.

Her pieces, she said, capture more than just light and shadow.

They are neither tourist snapshots, nor technically perfect images,

but pieces of art that reflect a love of nature and a keen eye for

detail. They are “captured moments” in time.

The exhibit ends Jan. 31. The cafe is at 2905 N. Glenoaks Blvd.,

Burbank. For more information, call (818) 558-5870.

THREE ARTISTS SHOW

WORKS AT BODDY HOUSE

Colorful works await those visiting Descanso Gardens’ Boddy House

Gallery this month.

The three artists will meet and greet guests at the gallery, which

is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Two exhibitors who are

returning to the Boddy House are Tenny Lim, who brings whimsical and

elegant pottery of earthenware, porcelain and Raku, and Gerane

Mooney, whose oil paintings feature vivid colors and bright

highlights in an impressionistic style.

Deborah McDonald, winner of a Creative Challenge competition, will

exhibit watercolors in her first showing at the Boddy House. The

prize-winning painting will be featured in the February edition of

“Watercolor Magic.”

This exhibit continues until Feb. 3. Visits to gallery are free

with gardens admission. Descanso Gardens is at 1418 Descanso Drive,

La Canada Flintridge. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily except

Christmas Day. Parking is free.

Admission fees are $7; $5 for seniors and students; $2 for

children 5 to 12, and free for members and children 5 and younger.

For more information, call (818) 949-4200 or visit

www.DescansoGardens.org. Descanso Gardens is accredited by the

American Assn. of Museums.

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