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Read More52nd Metropolitan Opera National Council (MONC) – Western Regional Finals Saturday, Nov 15. 1:00p.m. Tickets $29 each at www.usctickets.com Or call 213.740.4672. Bovard Auditorium. University of Southern California. 3551 Trousdale Pkwy,Los Angeles, CA 90089. (213) 740.4211 The Metropolitan National Council Auditions unearths raw…
Read MoreBy Leticia Marie Sanchez “When I get a little money, I buy books; And if any is left, I buy food and clothes.” ~ Desiderius Erasmus ~ The Los Angeles Times reports that the troubles of the Pasadena Symphony, Opera…
Read MoreDibner Hall of the History of Science opens at the Huntington. From Ptolemy and Copernicus to Galileo and Newton this exhibit presents revolutionary ideas that changed the world. The Huntington.1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. (626)405.2100 http://www.huntington.org/ Midori and Harth-Bedoya Sat.…
Read MoreImbibe a Cultural Cocktail this Halloween! Halloween in Hades; UCLA Hammer Museum; 7-11 p.m This Halloween party includes a costume contest, a spooky screening in the Billy Wilder Theater as well as musical performances by the groups Discount Cruise to Hell, Hecuba, and We Are…
Read MoreA touch of Fantasy.. A touch of Myth and Magic.. An experience you’ll never forget! In conjunction with LA Opera and Hispanics for LA Opera, Dr. Sherwin Sloan, Chairman of the Southern California Wagner Society, will give a lecture on…
Read MoreVANITY FAIR PORTRAITS : Photographs 1913–2008. Opens Oct. 26th Hammer Building. LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. LA, CA 90036. (323) 857-6000 http://www.lacma.org/ NightSpot by Twyla Tharp & Elvis Costello Fri. Oct. 24 & Sat Oct 25 7:30 P.M Sun. Oct. 26. 2:00…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: As your cultural correspondent will be on a different continent this month, here are October’s activities in advance. Weekend of October 4-5 Da Camera Society Sat. Oct 4 8pm Doheny Mansion 8 Chester Place, LA, CA, 90007 Richard…
Read MoreLecture: Rodin: The Back Story Sat. Sept 27 2:00-3:00 p.m Norton Simon Museum of Art. 411 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91105 (626).449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/ The Janis Mann Quartet Fri Sept 26: 6pm LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. LA, All the Saints of the City…
Read MoreOriginal Mozart Music Discovered in Nantes, France Staff of a Library in Nantes, France discovered the draft of an unknown original piece by Mozart. According to Ulrich Lesinger, head of research at the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, Austria, the handwriting…
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