31 January 2010

C’era una volta il West (1968)

Sergio Leone’s masterpiece “Once Upon a Time in the West” screens at the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles. [...]

27 January 2010

Why is James Cameron so happy?

About Los Angeles choreographer Lula Washington who created movements for James Cameron’s “Avatar” [...]

25 January 2010

Satchmo sings “Stardust”

Louis Armstrong sings Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust.” [...]

22 January 2010

Sir Frederick Ashton. Genius. Cigarette smoker.

Joffrey Ballet Artistic Director Ashley Wheater reminisces about choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton. [...]

20 January 2010

Martin Scorsese lectures at LACMA

High expectations of meaningful dialogue between LACMA Director Michael Govan and filmmaker Martin Scorsese were dashed when a canned presentation on the merits of film presentation replaced a reality-based conversation. [...]

17 January 2010

Panorama-kan at Velaslavasay

A lecture at Velaslavasay Panorama describes the panorama “craze” that took place in Japan from 1860-1910. [...]

13 January 2010

Moira Shearer in Ashton's Cinderella

Frederick Ashton choreographed his ballet classic “Cinderella” in part on Moira Shearer in 1948. [...]

9 January 2010

Hitler's emigres & exiles in Southern California

“Hitler’s Emigres and Exiles in Southern California,” a new book by Dorothy Lamb Crawford, has multiple events in Los Angeles [...]

1 January 2010

Twenty-ten

Happy New Year from arts•meme!

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