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Greetings from Umbria!
Photography and text © 2013 Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark Greetings from Umbria! Artists including Cimabue, Giotto, Perugino, Fillipo Lippi, and Piero della Francesca spent time in this verdant oasis. How could they not be inspired? Even the crickets in Umbria are creative types, performing a rigorous daily and nightly symphony. Insomniacs needing a…
Read MoreAssisi, Night and Day, August 2013 by Leticia Marie Sanchez
All Photography © 2013 Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark
Read MoreSt. Francis and the Cappuccino
Photography and text © 2013 Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark Okay, so this photo isn’t a cappuccino. But an espresso macchiato from Badia a Coltibuono, Gaiole In Chianti (where I had the most scrumptious Aubergine Terrine on the planet, but I digress…) After years of living as a fashionista playboy, St. Francis took a…
Read MoreCultural Cocktail Hour heads to Umbria
Cultural Cocktail Hour heads this summer to Umbria, which is known as Il cuore verde d’Italia‘, “The Green Heart of Italy.” Check back in September for photography from Umbria, including the Cathedral of Saint Francis of Assisi, seen in the photo at the left. In the meantime, please enjoy this excerpt of a prayer attributed to Saint Francis. “Make me…
Read MoreCultural Events LA: June 28, 29, & 30
This weekend’s Cultural Cocktail recipe includes 1 Part Architecture, A Splash of Schubert, and a Blaue Reiter Fusion! Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered Trademark Color, Line and Form: Alexei Jawlensky and the Music of His Time Fri. June 28 7:00 – 8:00 pm Dr. Polli Chambers-Salazar, pianist Norton Simon Museum of Art.411 W. Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91105 626.449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/ A New…
Read MoreCultural Events LA: June 14-16
This weekend’s Cultural Cocktail recipe includes 1 Oz. Jazz and a double dose of Opera! Enjoy! Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered Trademark Billy Childs Quartet Fri. June 14th –6 pm Free, no reservations. BP Grand Entrance. LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90036. 323 857-6000 http://www.lacma.org/ Los Angeles Dream Orchestra Sat, June 15 7:00 pm In celebration of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi &…
Read MoreCultural Events June 8th and 9th
This weekend’s Cultural Cocktail recipe includes a Splash of the Renaissance and a Dash of the heart-breaking Tosca! Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered Trademark Gardens of the Renaissance An Illuminated Manuscript Exhibition Getty Center.1200 Getty Center Drive. LA, CA. 90049. (310) 440-7300 http://www.getty.edu/ LA Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca Sat. June 8th 7:30 P.M. 135 North Grand Ave. LA, CA 90012 (213)…
Read MoreLA Cultural Events May 24th, 25th, & 26th
Memorial Day weekend’s Cultural Cocktail recipe includes 1 dose of Doheny, 2 dashes of Balanchine, and a swirl of Medici Jewels. On the Rocks! Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered Trademark Da Camera Society Horszowski Piano Trio May 24, 8 pm Doheny Mansion Shostakovich Trio No. 1 in C, Op. 8; Dvorák’s Piano Trio No. 3 in f, Op. 65; Piano Trio No.…
Read MoreCultural Events: May 17, 18, & 19th
This weekend’s Cultural Cocktail includes: a tall glass of Mozart, a swirl of Tosca, and a Bollywood Pacific Asian Fusion on a museum dance floor! Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered Trademark Mozart/Da Ponte Trilogy: The Marriage of Figaro Walt Disney Concert Hall Fri, May 17: 7:30 PM Sun. May 19: 2:00pm Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Set design by Jean Nouvel; Costumes…
Read MoreCultural Cocktail Hour- Top Picks May 9th, 10th, & 11th
This week’s Cultural Cocktail recipe: 3 Tablespoons of a well-aged bottle of Bach, a soupçon of Sicily, and a shot of Schoenberg– enjoy! Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra BAROQUE CONVERSATIONS Thurs, May 9, 7pm Zipper Concert Hall. Colburn School. 200 South Grand Ave. LA, CA 90012 Margaret Bajtier, leader & violin;Allan Vogel, oboe d’amore; Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Sinfonia in D minor, “Adagio and…
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