Most Recent Cultural Cocktails

Getty Villa Chefs and the Bacchae..

July 25, 2018

Chefs at the Getty Villa are already preparing the menu for the concessions available on the nights of the performances of Bacchae, opening September 6th. Treatsinclude the edible butterfly on this chocolate tart. The pleasure-seeking Dionysus would certainly approve of this Cultural Cocktail for the…

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Sneak Preview: Bacchae at the Getty Villa- opening September 6th

July 25, 2018

Sneak Preview: Bacchae at the Getty Villa- opening September 6th by Leticia Marie Sanchez Dionysus (aka Bacchus in Roman) was a busy deity; he was the god of, among other things,  wine, winemaking, religious ecstasy, madness and the theater. Multi-tasking Dionysus: “I wear…

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Beyond Civilized- Von Bulow vis a vis Wagner

July 24, 2018

Cosima Liszt, the daughter of the illustrious composer Franz Liszt, married conductor and pianist Hans Von Bulow. While married to Von Bulow, she became pregnant three times with the offspring of German composer Richard Wagner, bearing Wagner three children: Isolde, Ava, and Siegfried. Although…

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Salvador Dalí and the Cauliflower-stuffed Rolls Royce

July 21, 2018

by Leticia Marie Sanchez         Salvador Dalí mastered the art of creating his own image. Dalí shocked audiences everywhere with his flamboyant persona. A limousine or taxi was just too dull for the outrageous surrealist. So Mr.…

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A FOR ART- Icons of Style- A Century of Fashion Photography- A MUST SEE at the Getty Center

July 14, 2018

A for Art ICONS OF STYLE: A CENTURY OF FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY- A MUST SEE AT THE GETTY CENTER By Leticia Marie Sanchez June 26–October 21, 2018 Icons of Style at the Getty is NOT-TO-BE MISSED for a myriad of reasons. Firstly, the presentation itself is…

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Monet’s Water Lillies at L’Orangerie- Paris

July 9, 2018

At Monet’s opening at L’Orangerie Art critic Louis Gillet declared,  “An Astonishing painting, without pattern, without borders… there is no sky no horizon hardly any perspective or stable points of reference enabling the viewer to orient himself, just completely arbitrary boundaries between actual…

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Monet’s Water Lillies at L’Orangerie- Paris

July 9, 2018

At Monet’s opening at L’Orangerie Art critic Louis Gillet declared,  “An Astonishing painting, without pattern, without borders… there is no sky no horizon hardly any perspective or stable points of reference enabling the viewer to orient himself, just completely arbitrary boundaries between actual…

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Review: Gustav Klimt at l’Atelier des Lumières- PARIS- a MUST SEE

July 9, 2018

Gustav Klimt at L’ Atelier des Lumières – A MUST SEE in Paris a dazzling immersion of lights in the City of Lights By Leticia Marie Sanchez All Photography and text © 2018 Leticia Marie Sanchez This month’s Cultural Cocktail recipe includes 2 Oz of…

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Cultural Cocktail Hour reports from Paris: Garnier and the Paris Opera

June 21, 2018

A brief history of Le Palais Garnier: Persona Non Grata and the Opera Bombs By Leticia Marie Sanchez All Paris Photography and Text © 2012 Leticia Marie Sanchez Persona Non Grata On the exuberant opening night at Le Palais Garnier, the…

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Cultural Cocktail Hour heading to Paris!

June 15, 2018

Cultural Cocktail Hour will head to Paris at the end of this Month! (the last week of June) In the meantime here are some photos from CCH’s 2012 exploration of Paris All Paris Photography  © 2012 Leticia Marie Sanchez

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