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‘Waiting for Godot’s’ opening-night bash at Geffen Playhouse: L.A. arts and culture this week
1 month, 4 weeks ago

‘Waiting for Godot’s’ opening-night bash at Geffen Playhouse: L.A. arts and culture this week

LA Times  

The crowd was jubilant on the opening night of “Waiting for Godot” at the Geffen Playhouse last Thursday. Best bets: On our radar this week Faniswa Yisa, left, Billy Edward, Craig Leo, Carlo Daniels, Sandra Pinsloo and Andrew Buckland in “Life & Times of Michael K.” ‘Life & Times of Michael K’ Times theater critic Charles McNulty has been eyeing …

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Día de los Muertos and a new ‘Spanish Dracula’ score: The best of L.A. arts this weekend
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Día de los Muertos and a new ‘Spanish Dracula’ score: The best of L.A. arts this weekend

LA Times  

While the weekend is once again upon us, I can’t stop thinking about an intimate, site-specific, one-night-only performance I experienced last weekend. cinema.ucla.edu Dispatch: ‘The Infinite Swell’ Isabella Feliciana and Matthew Scott Montgomery in IAMA Theatre Company’s “The Infinite Swell” at the Casa Loma Beach Hotel in Laguna Beach on Oct. 19. Guests gather at the grand opening of Casa …

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Violence erupts inside and outside Walt Disney Concert Hall during graduation event
7 months ago

Violence erupts inside and outside Walt Disney Concert Hall during graduation event

LA Times  

Police responded to Walt Disney Concert Hall after reports of a shooting on Thursday. During a graduation ceremony held at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Thursday evening, violence broke out inside as well as outside the concert venue, and a shooting may have occurred. The L.A. County Probation Department said in a statement late Thursday that the department had co-hosted …

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Downtown L.A. is hurting. Frank Gehry thinks arts can lead a revival
9 months ago

Downtown L.A. is hurting. Frank Gehry thinks arts can lead a revival

LA Times  

A pedestrian walks past Walt Disney Concert Hall on a sunny April morning in downtown Los Angeles, where two major expansions of cultural institutions are in the works. Bunker Hill will soon have the largest concentration of buildings designed by Frank Gehry in the world and promises to become a cultural center “like no other place,” the architect told the …

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California is suing Big Oil, accusing them of climate change ‘deception’
1 year, 3 months ago

California is suing Big Oil, accusing them of climate change ‘deception’

LA Times  

It’s Monday, Sept. 18. The state takes on the oil industry with an ambitious lawsuit Los Angeles could establish an independent redistricting commission The man behind the world’s best restaurant And here’s today’s e-newspaper California is suing Big Oil, accusing them of climate change ‘deception’ California is no stranger to fighting climate change with legal battles. Rob Bonta has filed …

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30 must-see arts events in Southern California this fall
1 year, 4 months ago

30 must-see arts events in Southern California this fall

LA Times  

As the calendar races toward autumn and the writers’ and actors’ strikes wear on — significantly cutting into fresh streaming options —entertainment and culture seekers would do well to embrace the thrill of the city’s rich arts offerings. — Deborah Vankin Sept. 15-Jan. 14 ‘Harmony Korine’ The artist-filmmaker may be best known for writing the 1995 film “Kids,” directed by …

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Appreciation: Composers are often revered but rarely beloved. Kaija Saariaho was both
1 year, 7 months ago

Appreciation: Composers are often revered but rarely beloved. Kaija Saariaho was both

LA Times  

This year’s Ojai Festival began Thursday night with a tribute to Kaija Saariaho, the Finnish composer who died earlier this month. French organist Olivier Latry, right, applauds composer Kaija Saariaho after he performed her “Maan Varjot” with the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2014. Composer Kaija Saariaho with conductor Gustavo Dudamel, …

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Commentary: At 86, Zubin Mehta reflects on his career, Mahler and the ‘Mehta Sound’
1 year, 10 months ago

Commentary: At 86, Zubin Mehta reflects on his career, Mahler and the ‘Mehta Sound’

LA Times  

Zubin Mehta walks onstage more slowly than he did in his youthful, dashing days and is helped by a cane. Zubin Mehta conducts the L.A. Philharmonic in Mahler’s Third Symphony at Walt Disney Concert Hall Where does Mehta Sound come from? He once came to my performance of Mahler’s Fifth and didn’t like it.” Zubin Mehta conducts the L.A. Phil …

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L.A. Phil’s 2023-24 season lineup celebrates the 20th anniversary of Walt Disney Concert Hall
1 year, 10 months ago

L.A. Phil’s 2023-24 season lineup celebrates the 20th anniversary of Walt Disney Concert Hall

LA Times  

Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Frank Gehry-designed home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with a 2023-24 season that will pay tribute to the hall and its architect, the orchestra is expected to announce Tuesday — on Gehry’s 94th birthday. This fall’s Disney Hall lineup will call back to Oct. 24, 2003, when a Times …

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Your ultimate guide to ‘Nutcrackers,’ ‘Christmas Carols’ and other holiday shows in SoCal
2 years, 1 month ago

Your ultimate guide to ‘Nutcrackers,’ ‘Christmas Carols’ and other holiday shows in SoCal

LA Times  

South Coast Rep’s “A Christmas Carol,” Zombie Joe’s “Cabaret Macabre Christmas,” Los Angeles Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” and Mariachi Reyna De Los Angeles make our list of holiday shows to see this season. 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 2-18. onstage411.com “Bob’s Holiday Office Party.” Dec. 16-18, Dec. 22-24 and 26 Los Angeles Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ The company’s annual touring …

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L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated

LA Times  

More than a year after it was secretly recorded and a month after it was leaked, a backroom conversation among three Los Angeles City Council members and a prominent union president continues to shake city politics. Julia Wick, reporter “Curren” This refers to Curren Price, a political ally of Martinez’s and a two-term L.A. City Council member who represents Council …

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Inside Frank Gehry’s latest Los Angeles mega-project
2 years, 6 months ago

Inside Frank Gehry’s latest Los Angeles mega-project

LA Times  

As his latest Los Angeles mega-project neared completion, Frank Gehry was offered an apartment with sweeping views high up in the 45-story Grand LA complex he designed on Bunker Hill in downtown. Disney Hall doesn’t look like an outlier.” VIDEO | 02:57 Frank Gehry gives a tour of the $1-billion mixed-use complex, the Grand Frank Gehry gives a tour of …

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16 mejores cosas para hacer en la víspera de Año Nuevo, incluido Grand Park + The Music Center N.Y.E.L.A.
5 years ago

16 mejores cosas para hacer en la víspera de Año Nuevo, incluido Grand Park + The Music Center N.Y.E.L.A.

LA Times  

Tenemos 16 recomendaciones para decir adiós a 2019 y hola a 2020, incluidas las actuaciones anuales de Grand Park + The Music Center de N.Y.E.L.A., de Kristin Chenoweth, Los Lobos, Dita Von Teese, et al, además de numerosas fiestas de baile schmancy. Grand Park y The Music Center Plaza, Hope Street hasta Los Angeles Street entre Temple Street y 3rd …

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‘I feel valued and encouraged’
5 years, 1 month ago

‘I feel valued and encouraged’

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She is the daughter of legendary Kuchipudi dancers, Dr Raja Reddy and Kaushalya Reddy. Q You were selected to perform the Kuchipudi dance for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra’s production of Stravinsky’s’ Rite of Spring. Q This show was staged with the Philharmonic Orchestra at the prestigious Walt Disney Concert Hall. Q For the first time an Indian classical dancer …

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Column: A homeless musician changed my life. I wish I could do more to change his
5 years, 4 months ago

Column: A homeless musician changed my life. I wish I could do more to change his

LA Times  

TOGETHER: Nathaniel Anthony Ayers and Yo-Yo Ma, who attended Juilliard at the same time, chat at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Another thing I wouldn’t have guessed was that all these years later, Los Angeles would still have thousands of people living under the stars, many of them reeling from mental illness as severe as his. Early on, when I wanted …

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Eli Broad looks back at the evolution of L.A.’s most important arts hub
5 years, 7 months ago

Eli Broad looks back at the evolution of L.A.’s most important arts hub

LA Times  

Introduction Entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad has been compared to Lorenzo de’ Medici, a patron without peer who has played major roles at arts institutions throughout Los Angeles. Here Broad looks back at the creation and development of MOCA, the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Broad museum — which have reinvigorated Grand Avenue and downtown and elevated the city’s …

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10 great places to eat and drink around Grand Avenue in downtown L.A.
5 years, 7 months ago

10 great places to eat and drink around Grand Avenue in downtown L.A.

LA Times  

The blocks of Grand Avenue that are home to the Broad museum, MOCA, Walt Disney Concert Hall and the rest of the Music Center make up what is arguably the aesthetic center of Los Angeles. 351 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, 265-7477, barclacson.com Grand Central Market The Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles during the market’s 100th anniversary celebration in …

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Explore the past, present and future of downtown L.A.’s Grand Avenue
5 years, 7 months ago

Explore the past, present and future of downtown L.A.’s Grand Avenue

LA Times  

Walk the length of Grand Avenue from Temple to 5th Street, and you’ll encounter one of the most vital arts hubs in the city. Travis Geske / For The Times City of angels, city of culture Los Angeles Times executive editor Norman Pearlstine shares his impressions of the Grand Avenue project in downtown Los Angeles. How Grand Avenue elevated L.A.'s …

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Timeline: How Bunker Hill transformed Los Angeles and Grand Avenue
5 years, 7 months ago

Timeline: How Bunker Hill transformed Los Angeles and Grand Avenue

LA Times  

Grand Avenue is home to a cluster of architectural and artistic achievements that attract millions of people a year, locals and tourists whose energy carries the promise of a vibrant urban center on Bunker Hill. The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency studied how to redevelop 135 acres of the Bunker Hill neighborhood “classified by local and federal authorities as a slum …

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Spring classical picks: Mahler’s Eighth, Hannigan’s Ojai and ‘Central Park Five’
5 years, 9 months ago

Spring classical picks: Mahler’s Eighth, Hannigan’s Ojai and ‘Central Park Five’

LA Times  

Violinist Hilary Hahn is among the artists who’ll be performing at the grand opening of the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla on April 5. The Los Angeles Philharmonic will be overstuffing Walt Disney Concert Hall with Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand” and hosting a 12-hour new-music marathon that opens with David Lang’s “crowd out,” composed for as …

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Review: Philip Glass takes David Bowie and the symphony to new places with a stupendous ‘Lodger’
6 years ago

Review: Philip Glass takes David Bowie and the symphony to new places with a stupendous ‘Lodger’

LA Times  

Angèlique Kidjo is the soloist in the world premiere of Philip Glass’ Symphony No. The First Symphony, from 1992, is a kind of symphonic metamorphosis on three songs from the 1977 album “Low.” The Fourth Symphony contains arrangements of six songs from 1977’s “Heroes” intended as a dance score. Singer Angèlique Kidjo with conductor John Adams at Disney Hall, where …

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