Most Recent Cultural Cocktails

In the news: Italian art police track down copy of Da Vinci’s lost masterpiece

December 4, 2012

Italian art police have successfully tracked down a 400 hundred year-old-copy of a lost Da Vinci Masterpiece- an unfinished Fresco of the Battle of Anghiari. After being stolen, the panel’s secret journey took it from Naples to Switzerland, Germany, New York, and, finally,…

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From Playboy to Priest: Franz Liszt

November 27, 2012

From Playboy to Priest: Franz Liszt  by Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark Screaming Fainting. Fighting over a pair of handkerchiefs and gloves. A dystopian scene out of Black Friday? No, just a day in the life…

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Cultural Events LA: Thanksgiving Weekend

November 21, 2012

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,…

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Cultural Cocktail LA- Thanksgiving weekend

November 21, 2012

Emanuel Ax will be performing three times this week in LA- so, don’t miss it!  Walt Disney Concert Hall– Nov 25th-Nov 27th Salonen conducts Beethoven and Hillborg Fri. Nov. 25th 8:00PM; Sat, Nov. 26th 8:00PM Sun. Nov. 27th 2:00PM  Emanuel Ax, piano. Hila…

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Cultural Cocktail Hour: Halloween in LA

October 30, 2012

CCH has two recommendations to celebrate this Halloween with an artistic twist! LA Philharmonic presents the Cat and Canary: a night of organ and film Oct 31. 8pm  For tickets, visit www.laphil.com/halloween LACMA MUSE presents its Annual Costume Ball Oct 31 8pm …

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Autumn Gold

October 23, 2012

Photography© 2012 Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark “There is a harmony in autumn, And a luster in its sky-” Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Rare Van Gogh Self Portrait coming to Pasadena this December

October 10, 2012

“I wish they would only take me as I am”- Vincent Van Gogh by Leticia Marie Sanchez A rare self portrait of Vincent Van Gogh, on loan from the National Gallery of Art, will grace the Norton Simon on December 7. Van Gogh created this…

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LA’s Top Picks

September 30, 2012

LA’s Top Cultural picks A dash of Mozart and a literal blast from the past make the recipe for this week’s explosive Cultural Cocktail by Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark The scent-sational Don Giovanni at LA Opera “I think I smell a woman,”…

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Photo: Sunset at LA Opera, Opening Night of Don Giovanni, Sept 22

September 25, 2012
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L.A. Opera’s “The Two Foscari”- A Must-See Production

September 22, 2012

What Lies Beneath: Probing the Shadows of Power in LA Opera’s I Due Foscari by               Leticia Marie Sanchez Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, rued Shakespeare’s Henry IV. Or, in the case of Giuseppe Verdi’s I Due Foscari, uneasy lies the…

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