The Sherry-Netherland: A welcome dose of Beauty and Civility

By Culturalcocktailhour | August 24, 2019

 Review: The Sherry-Netherland A welcome dose of Beauty and Civility in Manhattan by  Leticia Marie Sanchez Amidst the hustle and bustle of New York City is a place that embodies civility at its finest: The Sherry-Netherland. If you find yourself lost, a sidewalk clock on Fifth Avenue bearing the hotel’s name lets you that you have…

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Review: The 2019 Hampton Designer Showcase House in Southampton

By Culturalcocktailhour | August 22, 2019
Leticia Marie Sanchez posing near the swimming pool

Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark Review: An artistic oasis in Southampton by Leticia Marie Sanchez Photo Left: Cultural Cocktail Hour Editor-In-Chief Leticia Marie Sanchez at the 2019 Hampton Designer Showhouse presented by Traditional Home to benefit Stonybrook Southampton Hospital. What struck me about the design of this Southampton retreat on Rosko Lane was that it was simultaneously a calm, light-filled seaside escape as…

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Cultural Cocktail Hour visits New York!

By Culturalcocktailhour | July 29, 2019

Throwback Tuesday to New York trip two years ago! Looking forward to visiting New York again next week! All photography ©2017 Leticia Marie Sanchez “If London is a watercolor New York is an oil painting”- Peter Shaeffer Central Park, New York,  July 2016

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Get Lost! (Lost in Liberty Park, that is)

By Culturalcocktailhour | July 4, 2019

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Cultural Cocktail Hour in 2008. In 2017, the Sphere moved from Battery Park to Liberty Park, where it now overlooks the World Trade Center site. Fritz Koenig’s The Sphere by Leticia Marie Sanchez It is the stillness after the storm, a place for reflection on the violence that occurred nearby in lower Manhattan. It is…

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Cultural Events LA: July 4th

By Culturalcocktailhour | July 2, 2019

William Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream Opens July 4th Directed by Melora Marshall Saturdays at 4 pm: July 4, 11, 18* Thursdays at 8 pm: August 6, 13, 20, 27 Monday at 6:30 pm: September 7 (Labor Day) *Prologue (pre-show discussion): Saturday, July 18 at 3:00 pm (included in ticket price)The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum. 1419 N. Topanga…

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Cultural Events LA: June 19-21

By Culturalcocktailhour | June 18, 2019

Friday Night Jazz Peter Sprague String “Consort” Friday June 19th 6 pm BP Grand Entrance.  Free No reservations LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90036. (323) 857.6115 http://www.lacma.org/ Photo by Leticia Marie Sanchez Saturdays Off the 405. Music by Chairlift, DJ Frosty, and DJ Ale Sat. June 20 6 pm – 9 pm Museum Courtyard, Getty Center. 1200 Getty…

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Cultural Events LA June 12-14

By Culturalcocktailhour | June 12, 2019

Unveiling A Masterpiece Fri. June 12. 7:00 p.m.  California String Quartet performs in the Museum’s 18th-Century Gallery. Ernst von Dohnanyi’s String Quartet No. 2, Op.15, Josef Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 76 No. 2, Quinten Norton Simon. 411 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91105. 626.449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/ William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Directed by Ellen Geer June 6 through September 26…

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Cultural Cocktail Hour Photography: Riviera Gardone, Italy

By Culturalcocktailhour | June 7, 2019

Cultural Cocktail Hour Photography: Riviera Gardone, Italy All Photography and text © Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark Lake Garda has long provided a wellspring of inspiration for creative-minded souls, including: Nobel Laureate Paul Heyse, Goethe, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz Kafka, and D. H. Lawrence, who once wrote, “The lake is…

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