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This Weekend in LA: July 19

July 18, 2008

Shakespeare By the Sea presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream Puck, Oberon, Lysander, and company make mischief in the woods. The best scene is when Titiana wakes next to Nick Bottom, who has been transformed into a donkey, and Snout exclaims,…

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Cultural Cocktails: Fourth of July in LA

July 1, 2008

LACMA Friday July 4th 3:00 PM TOUR: America’s Artistic Heritage  6:00 MUSIC PROGRAM: Friday Night Jazz- Rickey Woodard Sextet LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90036. (323) 857. 6000 http://www.lacma.org/events/Calendar.aspx Museums open on the Fourth include: LACMA and Norton Simon Museum of Art.…

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This Weekend in LA, June 28th

June 25, 2008

Harvard Glee Club | 150th Anniversary Tour Sat. June 28. 8 p.m.  Walt Disney Concert Hall  Concert Tickets: $49 – $19  Purchase tickets Online: www.harvard-la.org  The New Ivy Chamber Ensemble & ”Intermezzo” June 29, 2008, 3:00 P.M. Rancho Boca de Santa…

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The Best Exhibit in Los Angeles. Hands Down.

June 24, 2008

If there is only one exhibit you see in Los Angeles this year, this is IT: J. Michael Walker walks where Angelenos fear to tread All the Saints of the City of the Angels The City of the Angels is…

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Weekend Cultural Events Los Angeles; June 21

June 19, 2008

Verdi’s Rigoletto: Center Stage Opera Saturday June 21: 7:30 P.M Sunday June 22: 3:00 P.M The Madrid Theater. 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA. To purchase tickets over the phone call: 818. 347. 9938 http://www.centerstageopera.org/Rigoletto/RigolettoPage.html Kalil Wilson and the Berkeley Everett…

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Wise Man of the Day: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

June 17, 2008

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

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Mingei East and West at the Pacific Asia Museum

June 15, 2008

East Meets West: The Mingei Exhibit at the Pacific Asia Museum The East and West have often been at conflict on the political stage. Even today, geo-political grandstanding mars the 2008 Summer Olympics in China as titans prove unwilling to…

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This Weekend in LA: Cultural Events June 14-17

June 13, 2008

Mingei East and West Art Critic Yanagi Soetsu invented the term “Mingei” which means “folk art” to advocate art which is natural, traditional, functional, simple, and selfless. The beauty of this new exhibit is that it explores the connection and…

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This Weekend in LA: Cultural Events June 7-8

June 6, 2008

La Rondine: LA Opera Saturday June 7, 7:30 P.M. Puccini’s lesser- known La Rondine contains beautiful pieces including: “Chi il bel sogno di Doretto,” and “Ma come puoi lasciarmi.” “La Rondine,” the swallow, revolves around the love between a free-spirited courtesan, Magda,…

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A bright candle for Peace

June 3, 2008

Picasso, Dove of Peace, 1949 Pippa Bacca, an Italian performance artist on a mission to promote peace and cultural understanding was murdered during her journey last spring. Peace is one of the highest goals of art. May Pippa’s idealistic spirit always…

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