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A20 THE COAST NEWS<br />
MARCH <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2013</strong><br />
ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT<br />
DreamWorks breaks caveman mold<br />
By Noah S. Lee<br />
DreamWorks’ latest animated<br />
film “<strong>The</strong> Croods”<br />
takes a chance at trying something<br />
new against cave people<br />
stereotypes and succeeds,<br />
becoming a likeable, familyfriendly<br />
adventure that is sure<br />
to gain favor with moviegoers<br />
looking for a good time at the<br />
movie theater.<br />
Whenever we hear the<br />
word “caveman,” the first<br />
image that comes to mind is<br />
an unintelligent, cavedwelling<br />
person clad in shaggy<br />
animal hides, using both<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Croods (and friends) wave to the family patriarch, as they near the end of their journey. From left: Belt<br />
(Chris Sanders), Guy (Ryan Reynolds), Eep (Emma Stone), Ugga (Catherine Keener), Sandy, Thunk (Clark<br />
Duke) and Gran (Cloris Leachman). Image courtesy DreamWorks Animation LLC<br />
Leucadia artist<br />
Garit Imhoff has<br />
memorialized<br />
world-renowned<br />
musician Ravi Shankar in his<br />
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Eclectic artist pays<br />
tribute to Shankar<br />
Garit Imhoff’s “Letting Go — A<br />
Tribute” is a celebration of the<br />
musical genius of Pandit Ravi<br />
Shankar, under whom Imhoff<br />
studied at <strong>The</strong> California Institute<br />
of the Arts in the early 1970’s.<br />
Image courtesy of Stephen Whalen<br />
Photography<br />
KAY<br />
COLVIN<br />
A Brush With Art<br />
Arts Alive banner titled<br />
“Letting Go — A Tribute,” currently<br />
on exhibit at the southwest<br />
corner of Leucadia<br />
Boulevard and the 101 in<br />
Leucadia.<br />
<strong>The</strong> image of the legendary<br />
musician playing his<br />
sitar under a star-filled sky is a<br />
tribute to the iconic Shankar,<br />
called “the godfather of world<br />
music” by former Beatle<br />
George Harrison, and “a<br />
national treasure” by the prime<br />
minister of India. Shankar<br />
resided in Encinitas for twenty<br />
years before passing away last<br />
December. Garit Imhoff studied<br />
under Ravi Shankar at <strong>The</strong><br />
California Institute of the Arts<br />
in the early 1970’s while earning<br />
his BF A in Design, later<br />
reconnecting at the Center f or<br />
World Music in San Diego .<br />
Shankar’s influence has continued<br />
to impact Imhoff’s musical<br />
life to this day.<br />
As a singer , songwriter,<br />
musician, storyteller, shadow<br />
puppeteer, and arts and drama<br />
teacher; the multifaceted<br />
Imhoff states, “Music, art, education,<br />
and entertainment ar e<br />
my passions.”<br />
His background is<br />
extremely eclectic, with a history<br />
that includes appr enticing<br />
with a puppeteer and w oodcarver<br />
in Indonesia, working in<br />
computer animation for the<br />
first Star Wars movie, teaching<br />
computer animation at<br />
CalArts, and working in advertising<br />
in Los Angeles. His exploration<br />
of w orld cultures has<br />
taken him to Mexico, Central<br />
America, India, Thailand,<br />
Nepal, Indonesia, Japan and<br />
China and Africa. As a profes-<br />
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