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Shakespeare’s observation on Summer…

August 27, 2019

“Summer’s lease  hath all too short a date” – William Shakespeare Photos Taken in Montauk, New York (Well Hello there Montauk, where have you been all my life?)  All photography ©2019 Leticia Marie Sanchez

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Snapshot of Manhattan, August 2019 with the words of Walt Whitman 1867

August 24, 2019

Give me faces and streets — give me these phantoms incessant and endless along the trottoirs! Give me interminable eyes… Give me such shows — give me the streets of Manhattan! Walt Whitman, 1867 All photography ©2019 Leticia Marie Sanchez

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The Sherry-Netherland: A welcome dose of Beauty and Civility

August 24, 2019

 Review: The Sherry-Netherland A welcome dose of Beauty and Civility in Manhattan by  Leticia Marie Sanchez Amidst the hustle and bustle of New York City is a place that embodies civility at its finest: The Sherry-Netherland. If you find yourself lost,…

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Leticia Marie Sanchez posing near the swimming pool

Review: The 2019 Hampton Designer Showcase House in Southampton

August 22, 2019

Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark Review: An artistic oasis in Southampton by Leticia Marie Sanchez Photo Left: Cultural Cocktail Hour Editor-In-Chief Leticia Marie Sanchez at the 2019 Hampton Designer Showhouse presented by Traditional Home to benefit Stonybrook Southampton Hospital. What struck me about the design of this Southampton…

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Cultural Cocktail Hour visits New York!

July 29, 2019

Throwback Tuesday to New York trip two years ago! Looking forward to visiting New York again next week! All photography ©2017 Leticia Marie Sanchez “If London is a watercolor New York is an oil painting”- Peter Shaeffer Central Park, New York,  July 2016

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Get Lost! (Lost in Liberty Park, that is)

July 4, 2019

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Cultural Cocktail Hour in 2008. In 2017, the Sphere moved from Battery Park to Liberty Park, where it now overlooks the World Trade Center site. Fritz Koenig’s The Sphere by Leticia Marie Sanchez It is the stillness after the storm,…

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Cultural Events LA: July 4th

July 2, 2019

William Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream Opens July 4th Directed by Melora Marshall Saturdays at 4 pm: July 4, 11, 18* Thursdays at 8 pm: August 6, 13, 20, 27 Monday at 6:30 pm: September 7 (Labor Day) *Prologue (pre-show discussion): Saturday,…

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Cultural Events LA: June 19-21

June 18, 2019

Friday Night Jazz Peter Sprague String “Consort” Friday June 19th 6 pm BP Grand Entrance.  Free No reservations LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90036. (323) 857.6115 http://www.lacma.org/ Photo by Leticia Marie Sanchez Saturdays Off the 405. Music by Chairlift, DJ…

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Cultural Cocktail Hour in Paris: Backstage at Palais Garnier, the Paris Opera, Part II

June 17, 2019

Backstage at Palais Garnier, the Paris Opera Part Two by Leticia Marie Sanchez All Photography and text © Leticia Marie Sanchez This article first appeared on Cultural Cocktail Hour in 2012 Charles Garnier declared, “I have two shows in my opera; one…

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Cultural Events LA June 12-14

June 12, 2019

Unveiling A Masterpiece Fri. June 12. 7:00 p.m.  California String Quartet performs in the Museum’s 18th-Century Gallery. Ernst von Dohnanyi’s String Quartet No. 2, Op.15, Josef Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 76 No. 2, Quinten Norton Simon. 411 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA…

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