Diavolo meets New West Symphony at Valley Performing Arts Center
We live in strong anticipation of DIAVOLO‘s season-opening “L’Espace du Temps” performance at the beautiful, acoustics-rich Valley Performing Arts Center. The performance will enjoy live orchestral...
View ArticleWhat a week! Los Angeles blossoms in the fine arts
I've lived here since 1989. In the performing and visual arts, this was the week that was. ...read more The post What a week! Los Angeles blossoms in the fine arts first appeared on arts•meme.
View ArticleInfectious holiday fun: “Salsa Navidad” at VPAC
A very merry Christmas - with a salsa beat - as Spanish Harlem Orchestra and Ballet Red rock the Valley Performing Arts Center. ...read more The post Infectious holiday fun: “Salsa Navidad” at VPAC...
View ArticleClass! John Pizzarelli’s Sinatra tribute at Valley Performing Arts Center
Frank Sinatra's swellegant birthday tribute at VPAC. ...read more The post Class! John Pizzarelli’s Sinatra tribute at Valley Performing Arts Center first appeared on arts•meme.
View Article“Dreamgirls”‘s Moya Angela to sing national anthem at Dodger Stadium
It’s Oh say can you see & And I am telling you — all in one fell swoop. We’re all looking forward to four performances of the Tony Award-laden “Dreamgirls” at the Valley Performing Arts Center in...
View ArticleTo higher musical spaces and places, with Jacaranda
Chamber music, a relatively portable art form (relative to, say, a symphony orchestra), in May climbed our city’s peaks in celebration of The Big Vista, the annual summer party of our top-favorite...
View ArticleGeorgeous & Rita-licious
As Oscar Sunday approaches, we turn to the year when two beautiful young singer/dancers both won Academy Awards for West Side Story. George Chakiris and Rita Moreno, respective winners for Best Actor...
View ArticleJuan de Marcos’s Afro-Cuban beat to pulsate The Soraya
Cuban music has tantalized and insinuated itself into the United States since the 19th Century. New Orleans-born composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) was smitten with the Cuban tresillo,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Keigwin + Company Celebrates Bernstein @ The Soraya
Not one, but two, sweet-hearted, newly commissioned dance works by choreographer Larry Keigwin for his charming and excellent dance troupe, Keigwin + Company, had world premieres tonight in the classy,...
View ArticleElectric Miles Davis in the new millennium, at The Soraya
Wilburn leads the Miles Davis Electric Band, which plays The Soraya on March 1. It’s an outfit that celebrates the Davis electrified canon from the ‘70s to the ‘80s. ...read more The post Electric...
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