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Cultural Events Labor Day Weekend LA
Watch an Ancient Greek tragedy like the Ancient Greeks did, in an amphitheater under the evening stars.. Agamemnon (Preview) Fri. Aug. 29, 2008. 8 pm. The Barbara & Lawrence Fleischman Theater, Getty Villa, Malibu (Sold Out Saturday the 30th) Starring Tyne Daly and Delroy Lindo http://www.getty.edu/visit/events/agamemnon.html From the Getty site: “This open-air staging by acclaimed director Stephen…
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA, August 22 and 23rd. Southwest Chamber Music
Friday August 22. 7:30 P.M Saturday August 23. 7:30 P.M Darius Milhaud: La Cheminée du Roi René Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôros No. 2Samuel Barber: Summer MusicHeitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6Leos Janacek: MládiThe Huntington.1151 Oxford Road. San Marino, CA 91108 http://www.swmusic.org/home/home.html
Read MoreLa Scala Comes to Beverly Hills, Thursday August 21
A film of La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, Thursday August 21, 7:30 P.M Laemmle Music Hall. 9306 Wilshire Boulevard. Beverly Hills. 90211 310.274.6869. www.laemmle.com
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA: Friday August 15. “Winds in the Garden.”
Winds in the Garden Friday, August 15: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. In the Norton Simon Sculpture Garden, oboist Myka Miller and flautist Salpy Kerkonian will perform works by Rodrigo, Fauré and Copland. Norton Simon Museum of Art. 411 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91105. 626.449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/
Read MoreCultural Events LA this weekend: August 1-2
ngelenos, take a weekend getaway, and immerse yourselves in music! La Jolla Music Society Summer Fest from August 1-August 24, is a nationally-recognized chamber music festival featuring over 70 world-class artists and ensembles performing 16 concerts. This cornucopia of musical treasures includes: jazz, dance, and works by Mozart, Bach, Brahms, Stravinsky, Messiaen, and many more.…
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA: July 25 and 26
Baroque Treats for the Eye, Ear, and Soul Fri. July 25: 7:00 p.m. Norton Simon Museum of Art. 411 W. Colorado Boulevard. Pasadena, CA 91105. 626.449.6840.In the Museum’s early-Renaissance gallery, the Harmonia Baroque Players will perform baroque chamber music in addition to medieval and Renaissance-era selections on period instruments. http://www.harmoniabaroque.org/ Harmonious music wafting among the paintings by Botticelli, Fra Angelico,…
Read MoreMozart Under the Stars: July 22 and July 23
Tuesday July 22 8:00 P.M Wednesday July 23 8:00 P.M Hollywood Bowl. 2301 North Highland Ave. Hollywood, CA 90068. 323.850.2000 LA Philharmonic. Sir Andrew Davis, conductor. Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano. Orion Weiss, Piano. Mozart. Overture to La Clemenza Di Tito; “Ch’io mi scordi di te.”; Piano Concerto No 17. K. 453. “Exsultate Jubilate;” Symphony No. 38, K. 504. “Prague.” http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance_detail.cfm?id=3520
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA: July 19
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, “O Bottom, thou art translated.” Saturday July 19, 7pm Polliwog Park. 1601 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Manhattan Beach,…
Read MoreCultural Cocktails: Fourth of July in LA
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. Museums closed on the Fourth include: Getty Center Brentwood, Getty Villa Malibu, Autry National Center LA Philharmonic…
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA, June 28th
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 Monica. 565 Dryad Road. Santa Monica, CA. Inaugural concert by the New Ivy Chamber Ensemble playing selections…
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