Jacaranda’s garden party on fire 1
Jun
15
2012
Remember the old-fashioned garden party? Where proper ladies and gentlemen sipped, nibbled, noshed, chewed, grazed, and gabbed? Well, forget about that. Welcome to Jacaranda‘s annual garden-party fundraiser event. That’s where the smart Los Angeles contemporary music society will introduce its new season in plein-air. And don’t forget your sun hat. Because you may need to ...
Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers to raise their voices in Pasadena
Jun
7
2012
One of the world’s premiere choral ensembles specializing in African-American music, The Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers, will perform on June 24, 2012, at Pasadena Presbyterian Church in the Playhouse Arts District of downtown Pasadena. The program will focus on traditional and contemporary spirituals and gospels and works by contemporary African-American composers.
Investing in artists: winners of the 2012 Alpert Awards
Los Angeles arts honchos gathered at the oh-so-cool Santa Monica digs of the Herb Alpert Foundation for a joyous occasion on Friday April 10. A generous buffet luncheon celebrated 18 years of Herb Alpert and Lani Hall’s philanthropy. And Irene Borger, the award program’s long-time director, gave her annual recognition to five deserving mid-career creators ...
Herb Alpert & Lani Hall, outstanding arts philanthropists, oversee 2012 Alpert Awards
The Herb Alpert Foundation and California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) have awarded the 18th annual Alpert Award in the Arts to five exceptional mid–career artists. The award, a prize of $75,000, recognizes past performance and future promise to artists working in Dance, Film/Video, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts. Herb Alpert, the legendary musician and ...
Bob Marley remembered 2
What I learned about reggae artist Bob Marley from “Marley,” an inspiring new documentary produced by his son: he was biracial (I did not know that) he was the soul of jamaica he was gorgeous and nicely built he was all music, from childhood he was all artist, beatific in the final years of his ...
East Village building echoing art history gets preservation award
Our story concerns a grand, old New York City structure with a noble track record in art and cultural history. The pink lady in the picture has been home to creative endeavors in music, dance and film. Last year, the exterior of the building receive a $2.1 million restoration as part of the renovations of ...
Vibrato Grill to groove April 30 – Intl Jazz Day monster jam session
Apr
18
2012
It’s the first annual International Jazz Day this coming April 30. To celebrate, Herb Alpert’s swank and intimate jazz bar and restaurant, Vibrato Grill, presents an evening of continuous jamming with Pat Senatore – featuring some of LA’s top jazz musicians. A way-cool roster of top players is on tap for the bandstand. In Paris ...
Midori, humble page turner 2
Apr
11
2012
[click photo to find Midori] The bohemian-style classical music series, Classical Underground, offered a rich roster of Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Piazzolla and Mozart Monday evening at the funky-junky art atelier of Alexey Steele and Olga Vlasova. The two music mavens, soon to be the parents of twins, host the five-year-running series at their marvelous artist digs, ...
Donizetti doubled up at the Met
Mar
31
2012
From our Maine correspondent, the Colby College history professor Paul Josephson, who sends breaking opera news on this grey Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles — While listening to Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore,” on “Live at the Met” [broadcast] today, and after “Una furtive lagrima,” to wild applause some one screamed out, “Encore!” and Juan Diego Florez ...
Review: Keith Jarrett travels over the rainbow @ Disney Hall 2
Jazz legend Keith Jarrett opened his solo concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall Tuesday night by plucking on his Steinway’s strings — avant-garde style. Fast forward to his evening closer, a love letter to Los Angeles: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, by composer Harold Arlen. A parade of music, not quite jazz, instead, unidentified art songs, ...