Most Recent Cultural Cocktails
One of the most influential documents in history, impacting constitutions everywhere (including the American Constitution) comes to LACMA on April 26th. The 1217 version, on view at LACMA during Brit week, is only one of 17 surviving original manuscripts of the Magna…
Read MoreKeep your rotten plants away from me! According to eminent music critic, Harold C. Schonberg in his book, The Great Conductors (Simon & Schuster 1967) German maestro Hans von Bülow cringed at the idea of being crowned, Apollo-style, with plants. When…
Read MoreTennessee Williams puts the fun in dysfunctional at the Fountain Theater ©2011 by Leticia Marie Sanchez The Fountain Theatre’s “A House Not Meant To Stand” deserves a standing ovation. The dynamic cast, its Gothic set spewing forth leaks, and the…
Read More–-Scarlett O’Hara had nothing on me! In a lecture a few years ago at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, it was revealed that Arabella Huntington, powerful arts patroness, happened to be a tempting siren. Mystery shrouds the birth of…
Read MoreMonday March 14 8:00-10:00 PM Doors open at 7:00 PM Skirball Cultural Center 2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90049 Fashion Show and Art Gallery Proceeds benefit the Downtown Women’s Center, a project of ServeLA. http://www.hopeinthecity.info/mosaic/
Read MoreThe more things change… Financial Episodes in Late Nineteenth- Century Art Jan 29-May 30 Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road. San Marino, CA 91108. 626.405.2100 http://www.huntington.org
Read More“A room without booksis a bodywithout a soul”CICERO Painting Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Read MoreDr. Chambers-Salazar lecture-recital at the Norton Simon revealed a wonderful quotation: “Color is the keyboard,the eyes are the harmonies,the soul is the piano with many strings. Wassily Kandinsky
Read MoreGeorge Washington says, “Do not chop down a cherry tree- Instead go to LACMA– it’s free.” (And you won’t have to grapple with fibbing to your old man.) LACMA Admission Free President’s Day. Monday, February 21
Read MoreBanksy, the mysterious, anarchist street artist may have descended upon the city of Angels. Nominated for Best Documentary for his film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Banksy, whose identity remains a secret, petitioned to be allowed on stage to accept his potential award…
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