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Salvador Dalí and the Scuba Diving Fiasco
by Leticia Marie Sanchez Salvador Dalí, surrealist extraordinaire, decided to lecture at the 1936 London International Surrealist Exhibition dressed to the nines in scuba gear. He commenced giving his speech, Fantomes paranoiaques authentiques (authentic, paranoid, phantoms) when suddenly, he could not breathe. As Dalí waved his hands for help, the audience laughed uproariously. The more he suffocated and gesticulated,…
Read MoreReview: “Bouchardon: Royal Artist of the Enlightenment”- a MUST SEE Exhibit at the Getty Center
Review: “Bouchardon: Royal Artist of the Enlightenment” at the Getty Center by Leticia Marie Sanchez All photography ©2017 Leticia Marie Sanchez This Enlightening Cultural Cocktail recipe includes: Splashes of Sculpture and Infusions of Drawing! Juxtaposition is the name of the game at the Getty’s exhibit on Edmé Bouchardon. Sculpture and Drawing. The Sacred and the Profane. Aristocracy and the Common Man.…
Read MoreMassenet and the crossed phone line: Dial M for Murder
by Leticia Marie Sanchez French opera composer Jules Massenet once experienced an untimely mix-up in phone lines at the precise moment he was dashing off the finishing lines to an opera. Stuck on the last scene of his opera Thérèse he called up his collaborator from a hotel phone to brainstorm together. Unfortunately, the lines got crossed, and…
Read MoreValentine’s Weekend at the Getty
All photography ©2017 Leticia Marie Sanchez Bouchardon’s “Cupid” Stole My heart! Look for an upcoming review on Bouchardon: Royal Artist of the Enlightenment on Cultural Cocktail Hour Glorious day, post-tempests in LA:
Read MoreA Cultural Cocktail of Cirrus, Stratus, and Cumulus
A Cultural Cocktail of Cirrus, Stratus, and Cumulus “There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.” – G. K. Chesterton Stroll through The Garden of Flowing Fragrance, Liu Fang Yuan, The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens All photography ©2017 Leticia Marie Sanchez
Read MoreWise Man of the Day: Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon
“If the riches of the Indies,or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europewere laid at my feetin exchange for my love of reading,I would spurn them all.” Francois Fenelon
Read MoreFebruary Top Pick! Mozart and Mendelssohn with Pittance Chamber Music
A mélange of Mozart and Mendelssohn creates an intriguing Cultural Cocktail! Pittance Chamber Music Friday, February 3, 8 p.m. Zipper Concert HallThe Colburn School. 200 South Grand Avenue, LA, CA 90012 Featuring Maestro James Conlon Conducting Members of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra MOZART Serenade No. 10 in B flat (“Gran Partita”) James Conlon, conductor MENDELSSOHN Octet for Strings in E flat, Op. 20…
Read MoreRachmaninov’s Retort
According to author Norman Lebrecht, in his Book of Musical Anecdotes, virtuoso pianist Sergei Rachmaninov was in the midst of performing a violin and piano recital in New York when his partner, violinist Fritz Kreisler was struck by a memory block. A nervous Kreisler inched towards the piano, whispering intensely at Rachmaninov, “Where are we?” To which Mr. Rachmaninov cooly…
Read MoreWise Man of the Day: Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Take a music bath once or twice a week” – Oliver Wendell Holmes-
Read MoreJanuary 2017: LA’s TOP CULTURAL PICKS!
An exciting and vibrant month in LA in which to imbibe a Cultural Cocktail of Iconic Photography and a cornucopia of art! Two heavy hitters hit the LA Art Scene: Photo LA 2017 and LA Art Show CCH is looking forward to: PHOTO LA 2017 and checking out 1) photographer Grey Villet‘s intimate images of interracial couple Richard and Mildred Loving, whose compelling story to marry in segregated Virginia…
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