Most Recent Cultural Cocktails

In the news: Rembrandt found under ping pong table fetches millions

January 17, 2018

Three brothers from New Jersey discovered a valuable Rembrandt under their Ping Pong Table. Better than finding toxic mold! Here is the news link: http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2018/01/how_an_old_painting_turned_out_to_be_a_11_million.html

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Met Opera Auditions- Western Region Finals- Zipper Hall

January 16, 2018

This past Sunday was yet another afternoon filled with wonderful talent. Opera Singers from across the Western Region vied for a chance to sing on the Met Stage at auditions held at the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall. Soprano Julia Metzler…

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LA Art Show- *A MUST SEE* LA Cultural event

January 12, 2018

All Photography © 2018 by Leticia Marie Sanchez Strolling through the LA Art Show, there are delightful surprises around each corner, like the Earthenware by Picasso, who knew? “Metamorphosis” by Erika Harrsch in which ”Extinct” Butterflies are created by currency made extinct by the  Euro And an allusion to…

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Chagall at LACMA: dreamy and ethereal

January 7, 2018

All Photography © 2018 by Leticia Marie Sanchez This lovely exhibit devoted to Marc Chagall (which ends Sunday January 7th) is filled with a host of costumed characters from “The Magic Flute,” “The Firebird,” “Daphnis and Chloë,” among others…

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LA Art Show 2018: Jan 11th- Jan 14th

January 4, 2018

LA ART SHOW OPENING NIGHT PREMIERE Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Thurs. Jan. 11, 2018 | 11am – 7pm; Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 | 11am – 7pm; Sat, Jan. 13, 2018 | 11am – 7pm; Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018 | 11am – 5pm TICKETS
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Beethoven & the Beef Stew- don’t try this at home!

January 1, 2018

First published by Cultural Cocktail Hour on January 21, 2011 by Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark According to Norman Lebrecht, author of “The Book of Musical Anectodes” (Simon & Schuster, 1985), Beethoven flew off the handle when a waiter at the…

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December Blooms

December 14, 2017

“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” – Percy Bysshe Shelly  (Photo snapped In the Huntington Rose Garden, December 2017) Photography © 2017 by Leticia Marie Sanchez

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“Taking Shape: Degas as Sculptor” at the Norton Simon- a MUST SEE exhibit

November 14, 2017

Taking Shape: Degas as Sculptor A MUST SEE exhibit at the Norton Simon By Leticia Marie Sanchez Stepping into the Norton Simon Museum for a new exhibition, the foresight of collector Norton Simon never ceases to impress me. Last year, perusing the…

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Wise Man: George Bernard Shaw

November 10, 2017

You use a glass mirror to see your face;  You use works of art to see your soul.”   – George Bernard Shaw Caravaggio, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome

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Wise Man: George Bernard Shaw

November 10, 2017

You use a glass mirror to see your face; You use works of art to see your soul.” – George Bernard Shaw Caravaggio, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome

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