2015 - Year of the Wooden Sheep

**2015**
Year of the Wooden Sheep

Dear Friends,

As this year draws to a close, we look forward to the coming of the New Year 2015 and the many joys and challenges that await us. We will commemorate several milestones in the history of our institution -- 2015 marks the 15th year since The Velaslavasay Panorama was founded on Hollywood Boulevard, and also marks the organization's 10th year in our current home at the Union Theatre, a building on which construction began in 1915 and opened the following year as a cinema called Fairyland, making it 100 years old this year!

Our stimulating programming for the next year will include an evening with Professor Allison de Fren, who will lead an exploration of the spectral soudscapes of the glass harmonica, as well as a polar-themed film program with Los Angeles Filmforum Director Adam Hyman, among other events. But in order to continue presenting special events and continuous programming, your support is greatly needed.

We invite you to celebrate The Velaslavasay Panorama's quin-decennial year as an institution by joining the distinguished ranks of the Velaslavasay Panorama Enthusiast Society, the benefits of which are bountiful and grand, and include discounted ticket prices for special events and screenings as well as free admission to visit the exhibits and grounds throughout the membership's yearlong duration. Additionally, you will receive one of our finely crafted souvenir gifts as a token of our gratitude, an emblem by which you can proudly display your enthusiasm whilst inspiring envy and admiration amongst your peers.

View support options and join us here:
http://panoramaonview.org/vpes.html

 

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LA / Islam Arts Initiative, The Velaslavasay Panorama & FORM follows FUNCTION presents:

The Cotabato Sessions: 
A special screening and live performance

Saturday, December 13, 2014
8 o'clock pm
Tickets $12 ($10 for current VPES members)
Available in advance at cotabatosessions.brownpapertickets.com 
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Featuring GB (Gifted & Blessed), live-remixing tracks
from The Cotabato Sessions soundtrack 
and 
Kulintang Artists Mary Talusan, Bernard Ellorin, and
Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble with Eleanor Lipat

A music-meets-cinema collaboration with composer and percussionist Susie Ibarra (Song of the Bird King LLC) and director Joel Quizon (FORM follows FUNCTION), The Cotabato Sessions (2014, 29 minutes, digital projection) is a documentary of the musical legacy of National Heritage artist Danongan Kalanduyan and his family.  The Kalanduyans are part of a minority Islamic tribe in the Philippines, the Maguindanaons, who have been entirely relocated to Cotabato City and elsewhere after many decades of civil unrest in the south. Kalanduyans are practitioners of the indigenous art form known as "kulintang" (rhythmic gong ensemble music) and the colorful dance that often accompanies it.

The film is followed by a live performance from Los Angeles-based kulintang artist Mary Talusan, San Diego-based kulintang artist Bernard Ellorin, and Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble with Eleanor Lipat, along with a special performance by analog electronic composer/producer GB (Gifted & Blessed), live-remixing tracks from The Cotabato Sessions soundtrack!

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