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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.…
Read MoreCultural 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…
Read MoreReview: Francis Alÿs’ Fabiola Portraits at LACMA
An overwhelming sea of red greets visitors entering the Francis Alÿs’ Fabiola exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts. The darkly colored room on the museum’s second floor houses a hushed shrine. The LACMA pilgrim entering the room is struck at first glance by the undeniable likeness between more than 300 veiled women, mostly in…
Read MoreReview: Francis Alÿs’ Fabiola Portraits at LACMA
The Fabulous Fabiolas At LACMA Through March 29, 2009 An overwhelming sea of red greets visitors entering the Francis Alÿs’ Fabiola exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts. The darkly colored room on the museum’s second floor houses a hushed shrine. The LACMA pilgrim entering the room is struck at first glance by…
Read MoreCultural Events LA: the Weekend of March 7 and 8th
The Last Full Measure of Devotion: Collecting Abraham Lincoln Feb. 7–April 27, 2009 Library West Hall. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road. San Marino, CA 91108. 626.405.2100 http://www.huntington.org/ America Youth Symphony Royce Hall, UCLA Sun. March 8 7 pm Royce Hall. UCLA. Royce Drive at Sunset Blvd. LA, CA. 90095. (310) 470-2332 Mozart…
Read MoreCultural Events LA. Feb 28-March 1
Das Rheingold Sun. March 1, 2:00 PM LA Opera. 135 North Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 972-7219 http://www.laopera.com/ Matisse’s Amours: Illustrations of Pierre de Ronsard’s Love Poems Norton Simon Museum of Art. 411 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91105. (626) 449.6840 The exhibit includes 25 pages of a rare copy of Matisse’s anthology of Ronsard’s 16th…
Read MoreCultural Events LA: Feb 21 and 22nd
Tragedy, Revenge, Deux Ex Machina! Orestes at the Getty Villa, Malibu Theater Lab: The Ghost Road Company presents Orestes Fri. Feb 20/Sat Feb 21 8 pm. Sun. Feb 22 3:00 p.m Tickets: $7. Auditorium, Getty Villa For more information, Please Visit: http://www.getty.edu/visit/calendar/events/Performances.html Les Violins Du Roy Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 3:30 PM Beckman Auditorium. Cal Tech, Pasadena Program Includes: Purcell: Selections…
Read MoreMammoth Skeleton Found in LA Parking Lot
A Mammoth Skeleton from the Ice Age, now referred to as “Zed,” discovered in a parking lot in LA’s Hancock Park. For the Full Story Read: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-fossils18-2009feb18,0,7775847.story Mammoth Skeleton from the same era as Zed. A new twist to LA Road Rage: fighting Woolly Mammoths for parking spaces.
Read MoreLucia di Lammermoor: Live in HD. (Let the madness begin!)
Lucia Di Lammermoor is sold out in New York- but that does not mean that you cannot see it in LA! At a movie theater near you. Tonight, Wednesday February 18. Lucia Di Lamermmoor. Live in HD. Visit the website below for show times and location: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/hd_events_next.aspx
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA: Feb 15
Los Angeles Italia: Film, Fashion, and Art Fest February 15-21. Daily Screenings. Art, Fashion, and Photo Exhibits. Free Admission. Film Screenings at Mann Chinese 6 Theater: Hollywood. Films Include: De Sica’s Bicycle Thief, Michael Radford’s Il Postino, Fellini’s Roma. According to Los Angeles Italia, the fest celebrates the De Sica Dynasty with screenings of Vittorio De Sica’s Oscar-winning film “The Bicycle…
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