Most Recent Cultural Cocktails

Wise Man of the Day: Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon

January 26, 2017

“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

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February Top Pick! Mozart and Mendelssohn with Pittance Chamber Music

January 24, 2017

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.…

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Rachmaninov’s Retort

January 20, 2017

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…

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Wise Man of the Day: Oliver Wendell Holmes

January 10, 2017

“Take a music bath once or twice a week” – Oliver Wendell Holmes-

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January 2017: LA’s TOP CULTURAL PICKS!

January 5, 2017

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…

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Strolling through a Sea of Picassos; “States of Mind”- A Must See Exhibit at the Norton Simon

November 27, 2016

Review: “States of Mind” at the Norton Simon October 14, 2016- February 13, 2017  By Leticia Marie Sanchez The act of artistic creation is often a mystifying process, in which a mysterious alchemy of genius, inspiration, and hours of labor…

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December TOP PICK: LA Dance Project December 9th and 10th

November 23, 2016

A splash of  art+ 2 shots of music+ a pas de bourrée of ballet= a TOP PICK! The choreography of Benjamin Millepied+ piano etudes of Philip Glass, + a live performance by Rufus Wainwright+ the art of Mark Bradford =the recipe for a scintillating CULTURAL COCKTAIL! L.A. Dance Project at The Theatre…

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Behind every cloud is a silver lining…Nimbus at Walt Disney Concert Hall

November 16, 2016

All photography ©2016 Leticia Marie Sanchez CCH designates NIMBUS as a must-see, must-hear! Art Installation + Accompanying Music= Purely Celestial From LA Phil website: “Fallen RisingText from the Tenth Elegy of Rilke’s Duino ElegiesTranslated by Yuval SharonAnd weAnd we who alwaysAlways think of happiness risingRisingand we who always think…

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Another blissful day imbibing art and nature in LA

October 12, 2016

Another blissful day imbibing art and nature in LA All photography ©2016 Leticia Marie Sanchez The pale pink flower bed is “Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘Pink Cloud’” Sun-drenched stroll at the Huntington Library, Art Collection, and Botanical Gardens

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Music for the Soul..

October 2, 2016

Spectacular performance tonight at the Ambassador Auditorium by the Colburn Orchestra:the jazzy notes of Ravel, the stirring strings of Wagner & the passion of Shostakovich A very soulful Cultural Cocktail indeed!

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