Forget Black Friday!  Thanksgiving Weekend is the perfect time to do some Cultural Shopping!

This week’s Cultural Cocktail includes a Dash of Caravaggio, a splash of Golden Renaissance and several ounces of Beethoven drama! Pumpkin Martini Optional.

Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance: Painting and Illumination 1300-1350 Nov 13, 2012- Feb 10, 2013

Getty Center. 1200 Getty Center Drive. LA, CA. 90049. (310) 440-7300

Thanksgiving weekend hours: The Getty Closed Thursday but open Friday- Sunday

Image Left: “The Virgin Mary with Saints Thomas Aquinas and Paul” (detail), about 1330, Bernardo Daddi; Tempera and gold leaf on panel; The J. Paul Getty Museum.

http://www.getty.edu/

A Late Quartet Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken, Mark Ivanir, and Imogen Poots Directed by Yaron Zilberman For trailer, tickets & showtimes, enter your Zip Code on the top left hand corner of this site: http://www.alatequartet.com/

Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy November 11, 2012–February 10, 2013

LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90036 323 857-6000

LACMA closed Wed and Thurs this week, but open Fri-Sunday

Image Left: Caravaggio, Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, 1604-1605, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Trust.