Most Recent Cultural Cocktails
The latest Cultural Cocktail recipe includes a Mozart-Marimba mixer, a dash of the Renaissance, and a splash of free art in Pasadena-Enjoy! Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Mozart to Marimba Jeffrey Kahane, conductor; Richard Goode, piano; Wade Culbreath, marimba; TIMO ANDRES Word of Mouth (West Coast premiere); MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in…
Read MoreGreek Tragedy in the city of Angels By Leticia Marie Sanchez Intense. Riveting. Pulsing with life from beginning to end. During a time when the heartbreaking plight of fleeing refugees has garnered global headlines, the struggles of Medea and her…
Read MoreSoprano Lillian Nordica’s Wacky Wedding Crime of Passion or Fairly Typical Operatic Engagement? * You Decide. by Leticia Marie Sanchez Lillian Nordica, the first American opera singer to perform at Bayreuth, gives a whole new meaning to the phrase shot gun wedding. While performing…
Read Moreby Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark The New York Times reports that federal officials have released a video that raises questions about the art heist that took place at the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum 25 years ago. In the…
Read MoreA Touch of the Blues By Leticia Marie Sanchez This week two complementary exhibitions opened at the Norton Simon Museum of Art: Fragonard’s Enterprise: the Artist and the Literature of Travel and the Revolution of the Palette. Although both exhibitions proved stunning (and sublimely…
Read MoreBy Leticia Marie Sanchez This week’s feature may seem a bit off the beaten path for the Vivaldi-loving readers of Cultural Cocktail Hour. Warning: if you’re expecting a white-gloved, chamomile-tea sipping Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express, you’re in for…
Read MoreThe latest Cultural Cocktail recipe includes a dash of Degas, an infusion of artists in their natural habitats, & a smooth stirring of secret walks in LA Enjoy! Degas: “Russian Dancers” and the Art of Pastel. Getty Center. 1200 Getty Center Drive. LA, CA. 90049. (310)…
Read MoreA Dose of London in LA: British Polo Day USA 2015 by Leticia Marie Sanchez The launch party for British Polo Day USA 2015, held at the rooftop of the London Hotel brought a dose of Britain to the city…
Read MoreThe latest Cultural Cocktail recipe includes a flask of Flamenco, a pinch of Polo, & a splash of Strauss! Enjoy! Rodrigo’s Concierto De Aranjuez performed by classical guitarist Angel Romero MAY 21-24; Thu-Fri, May 21-22 8:00pm; Sat-Sun, May 23-24 2:00pm; Program also includes Manuel de Falla, El Amor Brujo; Siudy Garrido Flamenco Dance Company;…
Read MorePicasso: Quote of the Day “My Mother said to me, ‘If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the pope.‘ Instead, I was a painter, and I became Picasso.”
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