Ballet Dancing Frogs at Pacific Opera Project

(Photo – Reg Green)

My house in La Cañada has turned into a sweatshop.

Few days ago, I wrote about a giant teapot that appeared in the living room. Then came a teacup big enough to drown in. Now it’s a plague of frogs.

It’s the fault of my wife, Maggie, the costumer for the try-anything Pacific Opera Project of Eagle Rock With three part-time volunteers who have jobs of their own but come in whenever they can, she is working garment district hours for three performances of Maurice Ravel’s opera about a little boy’s nightmares, “L’enfant et les Sortilèges,” at Occidental College this coming Saturday afternoon.

The frogs aren’t just pretty faces, by the way: they are ballet dancers too.

Thorne Hall, Occidental College
Thorne Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041
• Saturday Jan. 25: 3:00 pm.
(Celebration Brunch: 1:00 pm)
• Saturday Feb. 1: 7:00 pm.
• Sunday Feb. 2: 3:00 pm.
General admission: $15 – $60
Purchase here.