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Cultural Events LA: June 19-21
Friday Night Jazz Peter Sprague String “Consort” Friday June 19th 6 pm BP Grand Entrance. Free No reservations LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90036. (323) 857.6115 http://www.lacma.org/ Photo by Leticia Marie Sanchez Saturdays Off the 405. Music by Chairlift, DJ Frosty, and DJ Ale Sat. June 20 6 pm – 9 pm Museum Courtyard, Getty Center. 1200 Getty…
Read MoreCultural Cocktail Hour in Paris: Backstage at Palais Garnier, the Paris Opera, Part II
Backstage at Palais Garnier, the Paris Opera Part Two by Leticia Marie Sanchez All Photography and text © Leticia Marie Sanchez This article first appeared on Cultural Cocktail Hour in 2012 Charles Garnier declared, “I have two shows in my opera; one on the stage and one in the theater.” The most prestigious box, that of the…
Read MoreCultural Events LA June 12-14
Unveiling A Masterpiece Fri. June 12. 7:00 p.m. California String Quartet performs in the Museum’s 18th-Century Gallery. Ernst von Dohnanyi’s String Quartet No. 2, Op.15, Josef Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 76 No. 2, Quinten Norton Simon. 411 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91105. 626.449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/ William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Directed by Ellen Geer June 6 through September 26…
Read MoreCultural Cocktail Hour Photography: Riviera Gardone, Italy
Cultural Cocktail Hour Photography: Riviera Gardone, Italy All Photography and text © Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark Lake Garda has long provided a wellspring of inspiration for creative-minded souls, including: Nobel Laureate Paul Heyse, Goethe, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz Kafka, and D. H. Lawrence, who once wrote, “The lake is…
Read MoreCultural Cocktail Hour at Chiesa San Vidal in Venice, Italy
In this episode, from a few years back Cultural Cocktail Hour founder Leticia Marie Sanchez takes you briefly inside the Chiesa San Vidal, a deconsecrated church that was rebuilt after the fire of 1105 and the fire of 1696. The new facade was built in the 18th century and housed works by Carpaccio and Piazzetta. Now, the church has been…
Read MoreCultural Gems- Bernard Berenson
“No artifact is a work of art if it does not help to humanize us. Without art, visual, verbal and musical Our world would have remained a jungle.” Bernard Berenson, I Tatti, Florence, 1952
Read MoreIn the news: Picasso in the garbage? An art thief named Spiderman?
by Leticia Marie Sanchez FLASHBACK TO AN ART CRIME NEWS STORY FROM 2011 Picasso’s “Le Pigeon aux Petits-Pois” stolen from the Paris Museum of Modern Art Sacré bleu! Is nothing sacred ? A Parisian art thief confessed that he dumped more than $134 million dollars worth of art in a garbage bin. The stolen works,…
Read MoreMoonwalking at the Piccolomini Library, Siena
In honor of World Book Day- a ThrowBack Tuesday to Moonwalking at the Piccolomini Library, Siena Photography and text © 2013 Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark Scruffy tennis shoes tread on crescents more than five centuries old. Half-moons fade under the weight of so many soles. Has no one thought…
Read MoreStudy: A Child’s Brain develops faster with exposure to music education
Researchers at the Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI) at the University of Southern California conducted a 2 year-study that illustrates that exposure to music and music instruction increases the rate of brain development in young children. The study focused on the areas of the brain responsible for language development, sound, reading skill and speech perception.…
Read MoreOur hearts are with the people of Paris
Editor’s Note: Leticia Marie Sanchez Devastated to read about the fire at Notre Dame Remembering a peaceful morning stroll this summer with my son from Notre Dame to the bird market. CNN’s latest report is that ”The entire wooden interior of Notre Dame Cathedral has been lost.” https://www.cnn.com/…/nortre-dame-fire-oak…/index.html What a terrible artistic loss. Our hearts are…
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