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Quote of the Day: First Lady Michelle Obama
“In order for creativity to flourish and imagination to take hold, we …need to expose our children to the arts from a very young age.” Photo Credit: Ron Edmonds/Associated Press
Read MoreCultural Events LA: June 25-June 26
Fellini’s LA STRADA Opening Saturday July 25th at a movie theater near you. This 1954 film is being screened at Laemmle’s theatres in Beverly Hills, Pasadena, and Encino. For showtimes and locations, please visit: http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes-tickets/movies/1800086211-movie/ Moliere’s The Miser In the Age of Madoff and corporate scandals- Moliere’s 17th-century-play is more timely than ever! Opens Saturday, July 25 at 8 pm Directed by Ellen…
Read MoreCultural Events LA: July 17-19
American Ballet Theater Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Fri. July 17. 7:30 p.m. Sat. July 18. 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Sun. July 19 2:00 p.m Dorothy Chandler Pavillion. 135 North Grand Ave. LA, CA 90012. (213) 972-0711 http://www.musiccenter.org/ Cal Phil at the Mill Sat. July 18. 8:00 p.m. Musicians from the California Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at…
Read MoreCultural Events LA: July 10-12
Phil Ranelin Sextet ri July 10. 6 pm BP Grand Entrance Free, no reservations LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 857-6119 http://www.lacma.org/ Two Guitars and Two Centuries: Odeum Guitar Duo: Robert Wetzel and Fred BenedettiFriday, July 10, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m Program includes: Albinoni, Rameau, Weiss, Albéniz, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, J. S. Bach & Torelli. Norton…
Read MoreCultural Events LA: June 26-28
Friday Night Jazz Sweet Baby J’ai. Fri. June 26th 6 pm Free. No reservations. BP Grand Entrance LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90036. (323) 857.6115 http://www.lacma.org/ BY GEORGE! George Gershwin, George F. Handel Cal Phil Festival on the Green Sat. June 27. Arboretum, Arcadia 7:30 p.m Sun. June 28.Walt Disney Concert Hall. 2:00 pm. 626.300.8200 http://www.calphil.org/ David…
Read MoreCultural Events LA: June 5-June 7
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 Friday June 5th. 8:00 P.M Sat Jun 6. 8:00P.M Orange County Performing Arts Center 600 Town Center Dr. Costa Mesa, CA. 714-556-2787. http://www.ocpac.org June 7th- Music Under The Stars Free concert for the community Featuring the Pasadena Pops. Pasadena City Hall 5:30 Pre-Concert: Theater 360 and performers from the Rose City Ballroom. 7:00 Concert: The program includes…
Read MoreThis weekend in LA: Cultural Events May 29-31st
A Model for Matisse (2006) Fri May 29 7:00 p.m. Norton Simon Museum. 411 W Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91105. (626) 449-6840 Illustrious 20th-century artist Henri Matisse forms a rapport with French Dominican nun Sister Jacques-Marie, the inspiration behind his last creation, the Chapelle du Rosaire (Chapel of the Rosary) in Vence, France. Barbara Freed, Professor of French…
Read MoreTheater Review-So Farce, So Good at the ICT
So Farce, So Good: Mark Twain’s “Is He Dead?” at the International City Theater, Long Beach by Leticia Marie Sanchez Mark Twain may be dead, but his work can still elicit quite a brouhaha. The hilarious West Coast premiere of “Is He Dead?” directed by Shashin Desai at the ICT proves…
Read MoreCultural Events Los Angeles: weekend of May 16th-17th
Da Camera Society: Presenters of Chamber Music in Historic Sites Sat. May 16 8 pm Doheny Mansion. 8 Chester Place, LA, CA, 90007. Colorado String Quartet. Mozart, Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370; Samuel Barber, Quartet in b, Op. 11; L. Boccherini, Oboe Quintet in C, Op. 45, No. 1; F. Schubert, Quartet in d, D. 810,…
Read MoreCultural Events LA: May 20-24
La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi Opening Night Thur. May 21. 7:30 p.m. LA Opera. 135 North Grand Ave. LA, CA 90012. (213) 972-8001 www.losangelesopera.com La Sylphide Los Angeles Ballet Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary, Artistic Directors; Freud Playhouse, UCLA: Sat. May 23: 7:30 p.m; Sun. May 24th 2 pm; 405 Hilgard Ave.,Westwood Alex Theatre Glendale; Sat. May 30, 7:30…
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