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This Weekend in LA: Cultural Events May 30- June 1

May 29, 2008

Fridays Off The 405 Friday, May 30, 6:00–9:00 p.m. Free admission; no reservations required. Free live music, gallery tours, California video screenings, cash bar, and more. Getty Center Museum Courtyard  1200 Getty Center Drive, LA, CA 90049. 310. 440.7300. http://www.getty.edu/visit/events/fridays_405_053008.html Salonen’s Piano Concerto…

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Memorial Day Free at LACMA!

May 25, 2008

LACMA is hosting Monumental Monday replete with live music, entertainment, and hands-on art workshops. Free admission from 12-8p.m. Swing to the sounds of Art Deco and His Society Orchestra. Create your own art with artists Ismael de Anda and Eszter Delgado. Performance and art…

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Cultural Events This Weekend in LA: May 23-25

May 23, 2008

Colburn Dance Recital: Friday, Saturday, Sunday.  Zipper Hall. Friday 7p.m. Dance Institute. Professional Training Spring Concert. Saturday 7:30 p.m.Spring Showcase. Sunday 3:00 p.m. Tap and Folklorico Showcase. Free admission, but reserved tickets required. Call 213 621-1050  Colburn School. 200 South Grand Avenue LA,…

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Pandora

May 22, 2008

During the best of times and the worst of times, we must always remember that Hope was the last spirit in Pandora’s Box; she captured it just in time as a last refuge for humanity. “Only Hope was left within…

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Pandora

May 22, 2008

During the best of times and the worst of times, we must always remember that Hope was the last spirit in Pandora’s Box; she captured it just in time as a last refuge for humanity. “Only Hope was left within…

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Review: Camerata Pacifica at the Huntington, May 20th

May 21, 2008

O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, How can we tell the dancer from the dance? William Butler Yeats, Among School Children     Ludwig Van Beethoven called music “the electric soul in which the spirit lives.” The supremely talented Camerata Pacifica filled…

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Classical concert, Camerata Pacifica, this Tuesday, May 20th at the Huntington

May 19, 2008

What better way to feel refreshed on a balmy spring evening than with a soothing concert at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens? Camerata Pacifica, a Chamber Music ensemble based in Santa Barbara, will be gracing the Huntington with Mozart, Grieg, and Schumann.Tuesday…

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Cultural Events this weekend in LA: May 17th

May 15, 2008

Music: To Hear or Not to Hear  Tosca is opening this weekend. LA Opera calls Tosca “Puccini’s action-packed pyschological thriller.” Sir Richard Armstrong conducts in May. Placido Domingo conducts the second week in June. LA Opera 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012. 213.972.7219. For tickets and times, visit  http://www.losangelesopera.com/productions/0708/tosca/index.htm …

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Cry Me a River! Oldest Bust of Caesar found in the Rhone

May 14, 2008

 I came. I saw. I was thrown overboard. From today’s news: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3932198.ece

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The Dude

May 14, 2008

If you a) live anywhere in the LA area b) have a remote interest in classical music You already know, or will learn about Gustavo Dudamel, who in September 2009 will take over the LA Philharmonic. The 27 year-old Dudamel has been…

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