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Craft and Folk Art Museum
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Norton Simon Museum
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Pasadena Museum of California Art
Skirball Cultural Center
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Performances and Films
November 21, 2009
Four Angry Young Men Film Series
Saturday November 21, 2009
4 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Like Irving Penn's photographs of dignified workers, a movement in the 1950s called the British New Wave gave the common person visibility. These films popularized the ideas of "angry young men," developed by British authors such as John Osborne whose works championed the lower classes and critiqued the wealthy. The films are gritty and beautiful as were their blazing new stars: Albert Finney, Richard Harris, Tom Courtenay, and Richard Burton. Complements the exhibition Irving Penn: Small Trades. Free, reservations required.

Saturday, November 14, 4 p.m., Look Back in Anger (1959, Great Britain, not rated)
Saturday, November 14, 7 p.m., Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1961, Great Britain, not rated)
Saturday, November 21, 4 p.m., This Sporting Life (1963, Great Britain, not rated)
Saturday, November 21, 7 p.m., The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962, Great Britain, not rated)

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Four Angry Young Men Film Series
Saturday November 21, 2009
7 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Like Irving Penn's photographs of dignified workers, a movement in the 1950s called the British New Wave gave the common person visibility. These films popularized the ideas of "angry young men," developed by British authors such as John Osborne whose works championed the lower classes and critiqued the wealthy. The films are gritty and beautiful as were their blazing new stars: Albert Finney, Richard Harris, Tom Courtenay, and Richard Burton. Complements the exhibition Irving Penn: Small Trades. Free, reservations required.

Saturday, November 14, 4 p.m., Look Back in Anger (1959, Great Britain, not rated)
Saturday, November 14, 7 p.m., Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1961, Great Britain, not rated)
Saturday, November 21, 4 p.m., This Sporting Life (1963, Great Britain, not rated)
Saturday, November 21, 7 p.m., The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962, Great Britain, not rated)

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November 22, 2009
Pauline Oliveros and Stuart Dempster: Deep Listening
Sunday November 22, 2009
3 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Experimental artists Pauline Oliveros (accordion) and Stuart Dempster (trombone) bring the transformative experience of Deep Listening to Los Angeles. Deep Listening is a philosophy and practice developed by Oliveros that distinguishes the difference between the involuntary nature of hearing and the voluntary selective nature of listening. Co-presented by the J. Paul Getty Museum and LA Phil as part of West Coast: Left Coast, a celebration of California's distinct musical culture.

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December 5, 2009
Swashbuckling Days and Daring Knights Film Series
Saturday December 5, 2009
1 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Step back in time to the days of knights in shining armor with these classic movie matinees! Witness chivalrous heroes, fair maids, and dastardly villains storm castles, romance one another, and joust upon horseback! Geared toward kids and families, this film series complements the exhibition The Medieval Scriptorium. Free; reservations required.

Saturday, December 5, 1:00 p.m.: Camelot (1967, rated G)
Sunday, December 6, 1:00 p.m.: Ivanhoe (1952, not rated)
Saturday, January 23, 1:00 p.m.: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, rated PG)
Sunday, January 24, 1:00 p.m.: Knights of the Round Table (1953, not rated)

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December 6, 2009
Swashbuckling Days and Daring Knights Film Series
Sunday December 6, 2009
1 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Step back in time to the days of knights in shining armor with these classic movie matinees! Witness chivalrous heroes, fair maids, and dastardly villains storm castles, romance one another, and joust upon horseback! Geared toward kids and families, this film series complements the exhibition The Medieval Scriptorium. Free; reservations required.

Saturday, December 5, 1:00 p.m.: Camelot (1967, rated G)
Sunday, December 6, 1:00 p.m.: Ivanhoe (1952, not rated)
Saturday, January 23, 1:00 p.m.: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, rated PG)
Sunday, January 24, 1:00 p.m.: Knights of the Round Table (1953, not rated)

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January 16, 2010
Sounds of L.A.: Mamak Khadem
Saturday January 16, 2010
7:30 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Vocalist Mamak Khadem draws inspiration from the ecstatic roots of Persian melodies and poems. Working across traditional and contemporary idioms found in the Middle East and beyond, Khadem's richly atmospheric music is an unswerving testament to the power of artistic exploration. Free; reservations required.


Reservations available beginning December 22.
January 17, 2010
Sounds of L.A.: Mamak Khadem
Sunday January 17, 2010
3 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Vocalist Mamak Khadem draws inspiration from the ecstatic roots of Persian melodies and poems. Working across traditional and contemporary idioms found in the Middle East and beyond, Khadem's richly atmospheric music is an unswerving testament to the power of artistic exploration. Free; reservations required.


Reservations available beginning December 22.
January 23, 2010
Swashbuckling Days and Daring Knights Film Series
Saturday January 23, 2010
1 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Step back in time to the days of knights in shining armor with these classic movie matinees! Witness chivalrous heroes, fair maids, and dastardly villains storm castles, romance one another, and joust upon horseback! Geared toward kids and families, this film series complements the exhibition The Medieval Scriptorium. Free; reservations required.

Saturday, December 5, 1:00 p.m.: Camelot (1967, rated G)
Sunday, December 6, 1:00 p.m.: Ivanhoe (1952, not rated)
Saturday, January 23, 1:00 p.m.: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, rated PG)
Sunday, January 24, 1:00 p.m.: Knights of the Round Table (1953, not rated)

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January 24, 2010
Swashbuckling Days and Daring Knights Film Series
Sunday January 24, 2010
1 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Step back in time to the days of knights in shining armor with these classic movie matinees! Witness chivalrous heroes, fair maids, and dastardly villains storm castles, romance one another, and joust upon horseback! Geared toward kids and families, this film series complements the exhibition The Medieval Scriptorium. Free; reservations required.

Saturday, December 5, 1:00 p.m.: Camelot (1967, rated G)
Sunday, December 6, 1:00 p.m.: Ivanhoe (1952, not rated)
Saturday, January 23, 1:00 p.m.: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, rated PG)
Sunday, January 24, 1:00 p.m.: Knights of the Round Table (1953, not rated)

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February 6, 2010
Gordon Getty Concert: Repast
Saturday February 6, 2010
7:30 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Hailed by the New York Times as a "graceful, energetic ensemble," Repast delves into its masterful repertoire of the Baroque era to present an evening of music from Rembrandt's Amsterdam. Complements the exhibition Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference. Tickets $20; $15 students/seniors.


Tickets on sale beginning December 8.
February 14, 2010
Sounds of L.A.: Mythili Prakash
Sunday February 14, 2010
3 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


As one of the leading young exponents of Bharata Natyam, the classical dance of southern India, Mythili Prakash brings an intrepid dynamism to the form. In a special program celebrating the connections between of music and dance, Prakash performs with an outstanding group of musicians from India and the United States. Free; reservation required.


Reservations available beginning January 21.
March 21, 2010
Sounds of L.A.: Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba
Sunday March 21, 2010
3 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Bassekou Kouyate is an incomparable master of the Malian ngoni, a lute-like instrument from western Africa, and he has performed with everyone from the late Ali Farka Toure to Taj Mahal. With a repertoire that illuminates the soul of Bambara culture, Kouyate's stellar ensemble makes its Southern California debut at the Getty.


Reservations available beginning February 25.
March 27, 2010
Saturday Nights at the Getty
Saturday March 27, 2010
7:30 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Saturday Nights at the Getty is a free, contemporary performance series featuring an eclectic mix of music, dance, theater, and spoken-word events.


Reservations available beginning February 25.
Performances and Films
February 19, 2010
Villa Theater Lab: Euripides' Alkestis
Friday February 19, 2010
8 pm
Auditorium, Getty Villa


Two acclaimed creative forces—renowned translator Anne Carson and the daring, experimental Big Dance Theater—come together in a new movement-theater version of Alkestis. This genre-defying play, in which Herakles wrestles Death for the soul of an ideal woman, is one of Euripides' strangest and most beautiful works. Tickets $7.


Tickets on sale beginning January 21.
February 20, 2010
Villa Theater Lab: Euripides' Alkestis
Saturday February 20, 2010
3 pm
Auditorium, Getty Villa


Two acclaimed creative forces—renowned translator Anne Carson and the daring, experimental Big Dance Theater—come together in a new movement-theater version of Alkestis. This genre-defying play, in which Herakles wrestles Death for the soul of an ideal woman, is one of Euripides' strangest and most beautiful works. Tickets $7.


Tickets on sale beginning January 21.
Villa Theater Lab: Euripides' Alkestis
Saturday February 20, 2010
8 pm
Auditorium, Getty Villa


Two acclaimed creative forces—renowned translator Anne Carson and the daring, experimental Big Dance Theater—come together in a new movement-theater version of Alkestis. This genre-defying play, in which Herakles wrestles Death for the soul of an ideal woman, is one of Euripides' strangest and most beautiful works. Tickets $7.


Tickets on sale beginning January 21.
February 21, 2010
Villa Thater Lab: Euripides' Alkestis
Sunday February 21, 2010
3 pm
Auditorium, Getty Villa


Two acclaimed creative forces—renowned translator Anne Carson and the daring, experimental Big Dance Theater—come together in a new movement-theater version of Alkestis. This genre-defying play, in which Herakles wrestles Death for the soul of an ideal woman, is one of Euripides' strangest and most beautiful works. Tickets $7.


Tickets on sale beginning January 21.