Most Recent Cultural Cocktails
Review: LA Art Show 2023 By Leticia Marie Sanchez Filled with an abundance of inspiring art from all over the world, LA Art Show 2023 was one of the best shows in recent memory. Here are my Top 3…
Read MoreDark Athena by Arthur Houghton was a riveting read. It’s the perfect juxtaposition between a spy novel and an art mystery (and having read the author’s background on the book jacket, that comes as no surprise). Houghton served in the…
Read MoreCultural Cocktail Hour Top Pick LA Art Show: February 15- 19 Los Angeles Convention Center (West Hall) 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015 Thrilled that LA Art Show will be in full swing this year! Looking especially forward to…
Read MoreCinéma Vérité Lucia Di Lammermoor at LA Opera: A Must See Production by Leticia Marie Sanchez (*Spoiler Alerts* on opera plot) LA Opera’s Lucia Di Lammermoor is like a double feature: for the price of admission, you get to…
Read MoreArt Review “Conserving de Kooning: Theft and Recovery” at the Getty Center on view at the Getty Center June 7–August 28, 2022 by Leticia Marie Sanchez Truth is stranger than fiction. Who could have imagined that a pair of…
Read More“Step away from the Lamb and no one gets hurt!” “There will be no Hirst Heist today, buddy.” The LA Times reports that pistol-carrying guards protect Damien Hirst’s Away from the Flock at BCAM. Realistic preventative measure? Or disruption to the artistic experience? It’s…
Read MoreAll Photography and Text © 2011 Leticia Marie Sanchez All Rights Reserved. Passionate singers, heavenly arias, storm clouds, and an adorable Jack Russell Terrier! It was a dark and stormy night. Or day, rather. (Yes, there will be a canine featured…
Read MoreThis Sunday’s New York Times discussed the opera sensation”Il Volo,” a popular teenage boy band that has teen girls swooning. With appearances on TV shows like Entourage, can “Il Volo” bring the love of opera to a mainstream teen audience? “Il Volo” means “the…
Read MoreReview: Immersive Van Gogh Los Angeles by Leticia Marie Sanchez The Immersive Van Gogh exhibit transformed this once hesitant audience goer into a true believer. A few weeks ago, this incredible show had encountered a bump in the road to…
Read More“Let the Sunshine In!” An Evening by the water with the Pasadena Pops by Leticia Marie Sanchez Yesterday, I took my son and his friend to check out the Pasadena Pops. The waterfront setting at the LA County Arboretum was an…
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