Most Recent Cultural Cocktails

In the News: Baroque Harpists booted out of Central Park

June 11, 2011

Authorities in New York’s Central Park have branded the soothing harp a “public disturbance” while mega rock concerts can go on, undisturbed. For the full article, please read the link below: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110612/lf_afp/lifestyleusmusicsocietynewyork_20110612051411

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Moliere’s Tartuffe– June 11 through October 1- Theatricum Botanicum

June 11, 2011

Written by MolièreAdapted and Directed by Ellen GeerFeaturing Ted Barton, Joanna Bateman, Daniel Billet, Sydney Blair, Alan Blumenfeld, Misha Bouvion, Kelly Derouin, Bill Durham, Liz Eldridge, Willow Geer, Leah Gutentag, Katherine Griffith, Aaron Hendry, Jackson McCord Thompson, William Reinbold WHEN:Performances: June 11 through October 1:The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum. 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. Topanga CA  90290. (midway between Pacific Coast Highway…

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17th annual Culver City Music Festival– July 7- August 25

June 11, 2011

The 17th annual Culver City Music Festival – Eight free concerts under the stars in the intimate courtyard of Culver City City Hall. The 2011 summer series offers something for everyone including flamenco, rock ‘n roll, jazz, reggae, salsa and acoustic Celtic…

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Bakersfield Mist- a new comedy about art by Stephen Sachs- and the Jackson Pollock mystery

June 7, 2011

Bakersfield Mist – A comedy, inspired by true events.Maude Gutman, an unemployed, chain-smoking ex-bartender living in a run down California trailer park, believes the painting she bought in a thrift store for $3 is really an undiscovered Jackson Pollock painting worth millions.…

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In the News: Are cultured men happier and healthier?

May 24, 2011

Cultural Cocktail fans– Another reason to stroll through a museum, listen to some jazz, or attend a theatrical production filled with witty barbs. It’s good for your health!! Koenraad Cuypers of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Cuypers researched the…

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In the news: Is Classical Music relevant to today’s youth?

May 17, 2011

Last week, the prestigious Cambridge Union Debating Society at Cambridge University held a debate concerning the relevance of classical music to today’s youth. BBC Radio 1 DJ Kissy Sell Out debated comedian and writer Stephen Fry. The idea that classical music is…

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LACMA MUSE ART WALK- this Saturday May 14th

May 11, 2011

MUSE ARTWALK  Saturday, May 14  Participating Museums include: LACMA. 5900 Wilshire Blvd. | 11 am–8 pm.  Free general admissionArchitecture+Design Museum. 6032 Wilshire Blvd. | 12–6 pm. Free general admission Global Bazaar at Craft Folk and Art Museum. 5814 Wilshire Blvd. | 10…

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Vermeer painting never before seen in California- to be on view at Norton Simon

May 10, 2011

According to the Los Angeles Times, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will loan Vermeer‘s “Woman with a Lute” to the Norton Simon Museum this summer.  No West Coast museum currently owns a work by the celebrated Dutch Master. For a full report, please read:…

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In the news: Getty names new president- James Cuno

May 10, 2011

The J. Paul Getty Trust has named as its new Chief Executive Officer, James Cuno, the Director of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dr. Cuno has an M.A. and PhD in art history from Harvard, where he served as director of the Harvard…

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Mark Morris Dance Group at LA Opera: May 5-8

May 2, 2011

George Frideric Handel’s “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato”  Pastoral ode after poems by John Milton, rearranged by Charles Jennens Mark Morris Dance Group Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus Grant Gershon, CONDUCTOR Hei-Kyung Hong, SOPRANO Sarah Coburn, SOPRANO Barry Banks, TENOR John Relyea, BASS-BARITONEAvailable by phone only…

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