Long Beach Post: First Fridays: Setting The Knolls Ablaze

Thursday, February 9, 2012

First Fridays: Setting The Knolls Ablaze

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Orlando Greenhill pictured at right. Photo by Sander Wolff

11:00am | First Fridays is always a good time. Bixby Knolls is loaded with interesting restaurants, innovative gallery and performance spaces, and eclectic retail.

Many people are drawn to the grandure of the Expo Building, which has two galleries, a theatre, and fun activities for young and old alike. Still, further

South, all kinds of fun stuff goes on.

For example, monster musicial genius Orlando Greenhill will be at Elise's Tea Room [3924 Atlantic Avenue], throwing down the gauntlet and challenging everyone to musical duels. Bring an instrument, or just your voice, and he'll play with you. I'm so there!

Salon Medusa [4232 Atlantic] is hosting local favorite Mike the Poet, The Potential Lunatics, and art by Scott Hamilton.

At 9 PM, the fire dancing troupe Sirena Serpentina will be performing in the parking lot of Nino's Restaurant [3853 Atlantic] and, after 10, they'll be hosting the hot new game: Drink & Draw!

Gallery Expo [4321 Atlantic] is presenting "California's Cool Car Culture," a collection of sculptures, installations, and photographs. Also inside the Expo building, catch the acoustic jazz stylings of Timbreline, and visit the Jones Gallery.

First Fridays is a great opportunity to discover Bixby Knolls, catch some great art, enjoy music, get some dinner, and otherwise have a good time. I'll see you there!

Related Stories: First Fridays, Mike The Poet, Bixby Knolls, Orlando Greenhill

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CARINA
Thanks so much for supporting the arts and small business community of BK. The best part, having you eat at Nino's and join the fun! It was a fantastic night! Always nice seeing you! Thanks a bunch!

Sander
It was a great evening, full of music, festive happenings, great food, and art. Dining at Nino's with my sweetie was wonderful, but I must confess that my brief duet/duel with Orlando at Elise's Tea Room was my personal highlight.

Sander lives with his wife, step-daughter, dogs, and cats. He's an avid photographer, and enjoys creating close-up images of flowers and plants, and capturing urban landscapes. He's been involved in music production since the early 80's, and worked professionally as an audio engineer, live sound mixer, and producer.

Sander Roscoe Wolff is a musician, artist, and was co-founder and Executive Director of LongBeachCulture.org, the City's first comprehensive, and free, arts calendar and registry.

He has served on the boards of the 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space and the East Village Arts District, curated a 6 month gallery exhibition in the Long Beach World Trade Center, and produced Songs For Bethune, a CD of original and traditional holiday songs by local artists, to raise funds for the Arts Council's Passport to the Arts program.

His work has been featured in local gallery exhibitions, in SoundWalk, and L.A. Siggraph's Photon Ballet.

His current music project is Ain Soph Aur, a systems based improvisational performance duo and studio team.