Most Recent Cultural Cocktails
DA CAMERA SOCIETY Sat. 20 March 2010; 8 pm Voces Intimae Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Trio in F Major, Op. 22; Felix Mendelssohn, Trio in D Minor, Op. 49; Franz Schubert, Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929. Doheny Mansion. Pompeian…
Read MoreLegend has it that prolific Jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt enchanted Andrés Segovia with a jazz crepuscule. After the captivating performance Segovia asked if he could take a peek at the sheet music. Django laughed and replied, “I just made it…
Read MoreVilla Play-Reading Series: Euripides’ Helen Saturday March 6 3 pm; 8 pm Auditorium, Getty Villa. 17985 PCH. Pacific Palisades, California 90272 (310) 440-7300 http://www.getty.edu/ Photography by Leticia Marie Sanchez Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare Directed by Michael Murray February 27-May 21,…
Read MoreMOCA’s Board of Trustees named influential New York Gallerist, Jeffrey Deitch, as the museum’s new director. A prominent figure in the art world, Mr. Deitch has worked with such artists as Jean Michael Basquiat and Jeff Koons, in addition to founding…
Read MoreMusical Performance Fri. February 26 Performer Polli Chambers-Salazar links composers Scriabin and Hindemith to Jawlensky, Klee, and other painters after Ingres. 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. TheaterNorton Simon Museum of Art.411 W. Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91105 626.449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/
Read MoreDue to its dire fiscal straits, the LA City Council considered a bill this month that would have slashed the funding from LA’s Department of Cultural Affairs. The proposal re-evaluated the $1 tax per $100 in hotel room charges that…
Read MoreCALL THE FASHION POLICE by Leticia Marie Sanchez Crazy polka dots, mismatched leggings, fanny packs: we’ve all heard the term. But what is its origin? During the Middle Ages, feudalism reigned. A strict hierarchical social code classified lords, ladies, knights,…
Read MorePhotographs of LA’s Cultural and historic landmarks. By Leticia Marie Sanchez http://www.flickr.com/photos/culturalcocktailhour/
Read MoreRichard Goode: Richard the Great by Leticia Marie Sanchez Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York: Richard Goode, Richard the Great. Audiences at the Walt Disney Concert Hall attending his January 19 recital…
Read More‘Twas the Week Before Christmas Walt Disney Concert Hall. Sat. Dec 20, 2:00 PM. Sun Dec. 21, 7:00 PM http://www.laphil.com/ 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012 The Kirov Ballet presents The Nutcracker Sat. Dec. 20. 2:00 p.m & 7:30 p.m. Dorothy…
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