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MOCA Fresh Silent Auction. The museum’s popular biennial fundraising event features over 250 artworks by established and emerging artists from all over the world. All proceeds support MOCA’s contemporary art programming. Sat. May 9th. 7–11pm Food, Drinks, and Music. DJ…
Read MoreOpening this weekend Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples May 3–October 4, 2009. LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. L.A., CA 90036 Pompeii and the Roman Villa is a specially ticketed exhibition. Purchase tickets online or by…
Read MoreImmortality through Art By Leticia Marie Sanchez Live Forever Mr. Electrico to Ray Bradbury Let baser things devise To die in dust, but you shall live by fame: My verse your virtues rare shall eternize, And in the heavens write your…
Read MoreSlumgum: April 24th: 8-10 p.m Café Metropol. 923 E. 3rd. Street, Los Angeles Slumgum weaves elements of jazz, free improvisation, world music, and contemporary classical music. Free www.slumgummusic.com Harmonia Baroque Players Sunday, April 26, 2009, 4:00 p.m. Oneonta Congregational Church. 1515 Garfield…
Read MoreA New World at the Pasadena Symphony by Leticia Marie Sanchez Peter Adams’ painting, The Pools Above Sturtevant Falls, graced the entrance of the Pasadena Symphony on Saturday, April 18. Mr. Adams’ painting of the cataracts in Santa Anita Canyon beckons the viewer to take…
Read MorePasadena Symphony: A New World Saturday April 18th, 7:30pm Milhaud: The Creation of the World; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Linda Wang, Violin; Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World.” Benefit Auction immediately to follow concert in the Gold Room on the Mezzanine Level.…
Read MoreSalonen Conducts Beethoven and Salonen Fri. April 10th 11:00 AM. Sat. April 11, 8:00 PM LA Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Women of the Los Angeles Master Choral;, Grant Gershon, music director BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5; LIGETI Clocks and Clouds;SALONEN New Work (LAPA commission) Walt…
Read MoreFire and Spice: West LA Symphony Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez performed and conducted by Sir Angel Romero Featuring Singers Diego Torre and Jose Adan Perez, from the Los Angeles Opera Domingo-Thornton Young Artists Program* Sun. March 29; 7-9pm Royce Hall, UCLA Campus Free Admission.…
Read MoreRebirth at the Pasadena Symphony by Leticia Marie Sanchez A few months ago, the Pasadena Symphony unfortunately reported the cancellation of several concerts due to the recession. Good news Pasadena- Spring is on the Horizon. On March 14, the Pasadena…
Read MoreA Conversation with James Conlon, Music Director of LA Opera Thurs. March 19. 7pm.Huntington Library. 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108 To register, call: 626-405-2128. http://www.huntington.org/ Sound and Color: Henri Matisse and the Music of His Time. Fri. March…
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