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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,…
Read MoreLACMA 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.…
Read MoreHarvard 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…
Read MoreIf 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…
Read MoreVerdi’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…
Read More“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Read MoreEast 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…
Read MoreMingei 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…
Read MoreLa 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,…
Read MorePicasso, 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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