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LA Fashion Week March 18- LA Millinery Guild featuring Anita Hopkins
Hats off to Millinery Guild’s “Mad Hatter” Fashion show– LA Fashion Week by Leticia Marie Sanchez All Fashion Photography ©2010 Leticia Marie Sanchez March 18, 2010- The L.A Millinery Guild hosted its first fashion show, kicking off LA Fashion Week to an electrifying start. The theme of the show, the “Mad Hatter party” showcased the hats of…
Read MoreBOXeight’s Fashion:Refocus- LA Fashion Week- March 2010
Leitmotifs and Painting with Light; Fashion: Refocus at BOXeight Studios by Leticia Marie Sanchez All Fashion Photography: © 2010 Leticia M. Sanchez March 20– BOXeight Studios showcased Fall and Winter 2010 Collections from a unique vantage point: a behind-the-scenes look at fashion photography. Guests were voyeurs to the inner sanctum of a photo shoot. The models’ make…
Read MoreUnsolved Art Mysteries: WHODUNIT?
The Case of the Pilfering “Policemen” by Leticia Marie Sanchez WHO: Two art burglars disguised as policemen WHAT: The greatest art heist in world history WHERE: Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum WHEN: October 18, 1990 WHY: $500 million dollars worth of art Paging Sherlock Holmes and Scotland Yard! This month marks the 20th anniversary of…
Read MoreWeek of March 19
DA CAMERA SOCIETY Sat. 20 March 2010; 8 pm Voces Intimae Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Trio in F Major, Op. 22; Felix Mendelssohn, Trio in D Minor, Op. 49; Franz Schubert, Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929. Doheny Mansion. Pompeian Room. 8 Chester Place LA 90007 213-477-2929’ http://dacamera.org/
Read MoreJamming Django
Legend has it that prolific Jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt enchanted Andrés Segovia with a jazz crepuscule. After the captivating performance Segovia asked if he could take a peek at the sheet music. Django laughed and replied, “I just made it up.”
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA: March 6-7
Villa Play-Reading Series: Euripides’ Helen Saturday March 6 3 pm; 8 pm Auditorium, Getty Villa. 17985 PCH. Pacific Palisades, California 90272 (310) 440-7300 http://www.getty.edu/ Photography by Leticia Marie Sanchez Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare Directed by Michael Murray February 27-May 21, A Noise Within. 234 S. Brand Blvd. Glendale, CA 91204 (818) 240-0910 For tickets and…
Read MoreMOCA names New Director: Jeffrey Deitch
MOCA’s Board of Trustees named influential New York Gallerist, Jeffrey Deitch, as the museum’s new director. A prominent figure in the art world, Mr. Deitch has worked with such artists as Jean Michael Basquiat and Jeff Koons, in addition to founding the vanguard gallery, Deitch Projects. An avid art connoisseur, Mr. Deitch is also a an…
Read MoreGaze: Portraits of Artists and Composers
Musical Performance Fri. February 26 Performer Polli Chambers-Salazar links composers Scriabin and Hindemith to Jawlensky, Klee, and other painters after Ingres. 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. TheaterNorton Simon Museum of Art.411 W. Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91105 626.449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/
Read MoreNews: LA’s Department of Cultural Affairs saved from budget slash…for now
Due to its dire fiscal straits, the LA City Council considered a bill this month that would have slashed the funding from LA’s Department of Cultural Affairs. The proposal re-evaluated the $1 tax per $100 in hotel room charges that results in about $10 million of funding per year for the Department of Cultural Affairs.…
Read MoreFashion Police
CALL THE FASHION POLICE by Leticia Marie Sanchez Crazy polka dots, mismatched leggings, fanny packs: we’ve all heard the term. But what is its origin? During the Middle Ages, feudalism reigned. A strict hierarchical social code classified lords, ladies, knights, vassals, and serfs. The medieval social code governed people’s behavior and manner of dress. Clothing…
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