Cultural Events LA: May 1- May 3

Opening this weekend Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples May 3–October 4, 2009. LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. L.A., CA 90036 Pompeii and the Roman Villa is a specially ticketed exhibition. Purchase tickets online or by calling 877.522.6225.  http://www.lacma.org/ Is He Dead?  The West Coast unveiling of a newly discovered play by…

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Review: Immortality Through Art

Immortality through Art By Leticia Marie Sanchez Live Forever Mr. Electrico to Ray Bradbury Let baser things devise  To die in dust, but you shall live by fame: My verse your virtues rare shall eternize, And in the heavens write your glorious name Edmund Spenser, Sonnet 75 Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,…

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Cultural Events LA April 24-26

Slumgum:  April 24th: 8-10 p.m Café Metropol. 923 E. 3rd. Street, Los Angeles Slumgum weaves elements of jazz, free improvisation, world music, and contemporary classical music. Free www.slumgummusic.com Harmonia Baroque Players Sunday, April 26, 2009, 4:00 p.m. Oneonta Congregational Church. 1515 Garfield Avenue. South Pasadena, CA 91030 Sonata in B-flat Major, Johann Friedrich Fasch; Sheep May Safely…

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Review: A New World at the Pasadena Symphony

 A New World at the Pasadena Symphony  by  Leticia Marie Sanchez Peter Adams’ painting, The Pools Above Sturtevant Falls, graced the entrance of the Pasadena Symphony on Saturday, April 18.  Mr. Adams’ painting of the cataracts  in Santa Anita Canyon beckons the viewer to take a dip in translucent aquamarine waters. The tempting pool, with its sunlight swirl, retains an…

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Cultural Calendar of Events in Los Angeles: April 18-19

Pasadena Symphony: A New World Saturday April 18th, 7:30pm Milhaud: The Creation of the World; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Linda Wang, Violin; Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World.” Benefit Auction immediately to follow concert in the Gold Room on the Mezzanine Level. The Auction will include international villa vacations in New Zealand and Tuscany. Local Artist Peter Adams has…

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Cultural Events LA: April 10-12

Salonen Conducts Beethoven and Salonen Fri. April 10th 11:00 AM. Sat. April 11, 8:00 PM LA Philharmonic;  Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Women of the Los Angeles Master Choral;, Grant Gershon, music director BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5; LIGETI Clocks and Clouds;SALONEN New Work (LAPA commission) Walt Disney Concert Hall. 111 S. Grand Ave. LA, CA USA 90012 Phone: (323) 850-2000 http://www.laphil.com/…

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Cultural Events LA- the weekend of March 27th

Fire and Spice: West LA Symphony Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez performed and conducted by Sir Angel Romero Featuring Singers Diego Torre and Jose Adan Perez, from the Los Angeles Opera Domingo-Thornton Young Artists Program* Sun. March 29; 7-9pm Royce Hall, UCLA Campus Free Admission. For more information, please call: (310) 873-7777 Visit:  http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=644 Folk Songs: Brahms and Copland. Los Angeles…

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Review: Rebirth at the Pasadena Symphony

Rebirth at the Pasadena Symphony by Leticia Marie Sanchez  A few months ago, the Pasadena Symphony unfortunately reported the cancellation of several concerts due to the recession. Good news Pasadena- Spring is on the Horizon. On March 14, the Pasadena Symphony, led by the ever-vivacious Jorge Mester, performed an uplifting troika celebrating “Rebirth.” The reinvigorating…

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Cultural Events March 19-22

A Conversation with James Conlon, Music Director of LA Opera Thurs. March 19. 7pm.Huntington Library. 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108 To register, call: 626-405-2128. http://www.huntington.org/ Sound and Color: Henri Matisse and the Music of His Time. Fri. March 20, 7:00-8:00. Piano and Lecture: Polli Chambers-Salazar.Norton Simon Museum of Art. 411 W. Colorado Blvd.…

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Cultural Events LA March 12-15

New Music For Flute and Piano: Performed by Antares Boyle, flutes, and Rory Cowal, piano. Sunday, March 15 7:00 P.M. Featuring World Premieres of works by Qasim Naqvi and Chappell Kingsland. Also works by Tristan Murail, Beat Furrer, and Diego Luzuriaga. Brand Library and Art Center. 1601 West Mountain Street. Glendale, CA, 91201. (818) 548. 3782 *FREE* Pasadena Art Night Friday, March 13: 6:00 – 10 p.m. Pasadena’s Cultural Institutes invite you to…

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