Malibu High students Jake Dvorsky and Sage Smith perform as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and beloved sidekick Igor in Malibu High’s production of the musical version of Mel Brooks’ classic, “Young Frankenstein.” The show ran over the weekend in the MHS auditorium.

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Love expert Dr. Ava Cadell hosts special book-signing event on Sunday to celebrate the release of her “NeuroLoveology.”

By Homaira ShifaSpecial to The Malibu Times

More than 150 people filled DIESEL, A Bookstore on Sunday in Malibu to

meet Dr. Ava Cadell, whose new book, “NeuroLoveology: The Power to Mindful Love & Sex,” explores how the brain processes attraction, relationship conflicts and sexual intimacy.

Dr. Cadell, who holds doc-torates in both human behavior and human sexuality, spoke to the enthused crowd and signed copies of the book while guests enjoyed drinks and appetizers by Malibu’s Monrose Catering.

“My two favorite things are the science of love and the brain,” Dr. Cadell said. “And I wanted to find

Julie Ellerton / TMT“NeuroLoveology” includes Dr. Cadell’s tips for enhancing the romantic relationship, including hugging for at least six seconds.

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a connection between the two. That’s how I came up with the term ‘NeuroLoveology.’”

Dr. Cadell, who has been mar-ried for more than 21 years, used insights from her own relation-ship in putting the book together. “NeuroLoveology” offers more than 100 “neuro-cises” (brain exercises) to create life-enriching and love-enhancing experiences that help brain cells and relation-ships grow, she said.

Her one piece of advice for a lasting relationship is to hug.

“Hug for at least six seconds a day,” Dr. Cadell said. “To release oxytocin, which establishes deep intimacy.”

“I’m the guinea pig,” said Peter Knecht, Dr. Cadell’s hus-band. “I love it. When I first met her, she was a movie star. She then went [on] to become the best real estate agent, then the best doctor. She has her own television show and radio show with clients in more than 78 countries.”

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By Melonie MagruderSpecial to The Malibu Times

You may ask, “What does today’s genera-tion of teens know about whip-cracking, vaudevillian humor, 1930s horror films

and a dash of Catskills circuit silliness?” If you saw Malibu High School’s production of “Young Frankenstein” over the weekend, you’d say plenty.

The musical, an adaptation by master come-dian Mel Brooks from his own 1974 comedy by the same name, uses the same collaborators and production team of his earlier classic com-edy “The Producers.” The MHS team jumped all over the Borscht Belt schtick one would expect from Brooks, a comedic mastermind who cut his teeth writing with American enter-

tainment icons like Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner and Neil Simon.

Employing an ingenious use of black and white projection, clever staging and a few sig-nificant props, MHS Theatre Arts head and show director Jodi Plaia was able to translate the beloved 1974 film to the school stage, working all of the spring semester with the cast, crew and orchestra. The MHS production kept

the original’s farcical reference to early hor-ror films, those silly running gags (mere men-tion of Frau Blücher still elicits the screaming neighs of horses) and the ultimate lunacy of Dr. Frankenstein introducing his now-sophisticated “Creature” to the village people in top hat and tails for the ultimate buck and wing, “Puttin’ On the Ritz.”

For those who never saw the original, non-musical “Young Frankenstein,” the film was Brooks’ homage to the Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi horror films of the ‘30s and ‘40s, fil-tered through outsized characters and rollick-ing schtick.

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MHS theater program brings the classic film and musical to life.

Malibu mom of two selected as 2014 Mother of the YearMia and Nico Quilici say their mom, Melissa, is kind, loving and lets them have ice cream after dinner.

By Sarah ShmerlingAssistant Editor

With Mother’s Day fast approaching, many are taking

extra time to reflect on all that mothers do for us. Mia and Nico Quilici did so by nominating their Malibu mother and this year’s win-ner, Melissa Quilici, for the 2014 Mother of the Year Rosie Award. The award is given out annually in honor of Rosie York, publisher

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