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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,…
Read MoreFrom 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…
Read MoreForget 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,…
Read MoreEmanuel 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…
Read MoreCCH 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 …
Read MorePhotography© 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
Read More“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…
Read MoreLA’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,”…
Read MoreWhat 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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