We’re seeing it next week. But no harm to view the trailer.
“One to One: John & Yoko” concerns an eighteen-month window in 1971 in which the controversial couple, newly arrived in the United States, lived in a tiny apartment in the Village where, among other things, they watched gobs of American television. Living through the tumultuous years of social and political turmoil changes their approach to protest — ultimately leading to the One to One concert, which was inspired by a Geraldo Rivera exposé they watched on TV. Their sole offspring together, Sean Ono Lennon, oversaw the refurbishment and remix of footage from the August 30, 1972 concert at Madison Square Garden.
We liked film critic Sheri Linden’s review of Oscar®-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald’s riveting documentary in The Hollywood Reporter. Click here to read it.
Life on Planet Earth and in this country has become kind of complicated, have you noticed? There is a lot to discuss, and yet most of us exchange ideas in driblets on social media or in text messaging and images. That’s why the annual free event, Night of Ideas, hosted by the Villa Albertine, which brings together thinkers, artists, and cultural organizations to explore what unites, holds such appeal. The event, themed “Common Ground,” will occupy the entire Wende Museum, from garden to rooftop, from galleries to theater and classrooms. Food trucks and drinks will provide carbo-loading and liquid stimulation.
A lineup of artists, scholars, and innovators will gather for inspiring talks, performances, art, and collective imagination, addressing such topics as:
Impact of wildfires and urban planning in Los Angeles
Global significance of the Paris and LA Olympics
Historical ties between the U.S. and France through Haiti
Literature as a borderless space,
Intersection of AI, privacy, and surveillance.
These are the peeps the Villa Albertine has gathered for thought and conversation. The schedule is so cool! Have a look: https://nightofideas.org/los-angeles/schedule/#schedule-14039
The evening will also highlight sustainability initiatives like the Biophilia Treehouse Project and reflect on the intersection of human history and ecological change. Seems weighty doesn’t it. But for those of us who are not in a university or think tank environment, it’s a rare opportunity to tune in and turn off the world, ponder, and listen to others.
Too much gabbing? Then, you can stargaze led by the experts of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society, offering a view of the night sky and a chance to contemplate our place in the universe. Finally, gather around the fire pit for a storytelling session—a warm space for sharing and listening to stories that inspire collective understanding.
sacred songs, matthew rushingphoto: paul kolnik We’re spoiled rotten! Springtime at the Los Angeles Music Center brings an annual visit of our resident dance company, no less than Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. “Gorgeous,” “stellar” and body-beautiful” does not begin to describe the dancers of this historically important dance company, a beacon of Black excellence ...
Springtime in Southern California brings big, full-evening ballets to Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts in Costa Mesa. We last experienced Christopher Wheeldon’s work with American Ballet Theatre in his Like Water for Chocolate in 2023. Now again, the British choreographer draws inspiration from yet another literary source: a Shakespearean comedy: The Winter’s Tale in ...
It’s no news to anyone — we’ve known it since “Hansel & Gretel.” Bad things happen in the woods. To prove that that essential truth has gone unchanged since the days of Grimm’s fairy-tales, the woods are the chosen terrain in which auteur Alain Guiraudie stages the central plot turn of his latest movie, Misericordia ...
ed. note: With permission of the author, artsmeme is very proud to republish William Whitener‘s marvelous obituary of a F.O.A.M. (Friend of Arts Meme), Christian Holder, who passed away, too soon! too soon!, at his home in London recently. How we loved this Renaissance man of the dance. Whitener’s homage, which Dance Magazine originally published ...
February 9, 2025: Neil Young performs for victims of Altadena fire at Pasadena Red Cross shelter He’s so interesting — and so worth it. He’s truly an artist of our collective lifetime. I saw him in concert in the summer of 2023 at the Greek Theatre. His show was a fascinating melange of devoted musicianship ...
We all have to find our bliss anymore, don’t we. For me, it’s watching motion pictures to the sound of “la belle langue.” It’s the dulcet tone of francais in your ears — if only for a few hours. A Week of French Language Cinema, an annual West Los Angeles event of francophonia + cinemaphilia, ...
Ainadamar, in Metropolitan Opera production, year, photo: It’s special if only because it will be conducted by Lina González-Granados, who will lead the LA Opera Orchestra premiere of the Grammy Award-winning opera Ainadamar by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov. The opera, dating from 2003, traces the life and work of poet-playwright Federico García Lorca (a trouser role by mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack), ...
[marvelous studio footage set to The Doors, click above] ABT Studio Company, the junior company of American Ballet Theatre, is comprised of future stars of the ballet world ages 17 through 21. They hail from all over the world. Nearly 80 percent of current dancers in American Ballet Theatre are alumni of ABT Studio Company, ...
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