Maestro Carlo Ponti and the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra: Sensational Strings
Maestro Carlo Ponti and the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra return to the Theatre Raymond Kabbaz with an emotional opening performance that tugs at the heartstrings, featuring orchestral masterpieces by Gabriel Fauré, Antonín Dvořák and the anticipated Los Angeles premiere of Frank Martin’s Petite Symphonie Concertante. Purchase tickets HERE Musical Program Gabriel Fauré – Nocturne […]
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Meet Maestro Carlo Ponti: Sensational Strings
Maestro Carlo Ponti and his Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra (LAV) offer a preview of the concert that will be held at the Theatre Raymond Kabbaz on September 29th, Sensational Strings. Lecture Program The Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra’s (LAV) mission of supporting music education LAV’s support of music education in its’ partner schools Program overview: sensational […]
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Giuseppe Tornatore: Cinema Paradiso (1998, 123 min)
A young Sicilian boy who loses his father to war strikes up a friendship with an aging projectionist. Eventually the boy takes over his mentor’s job and becomes a filmmaker himself – but he loses the love of his life along the way. A gloriously romantic and unabashedly sentimental love letter to the romance of […]
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Lamberto Bava: Demons (1985, 88 min)
Director Lamberto Bava and producer Dario Argento engage in a bit of SCREAM-style self-consciousness in this gory delight, in which theatergoers attending a zombie movie find themselves under attack by real zombies. www.americancinemathequecalendar.com Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian 6712 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA
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Watts Towers Day of the Drum & Jazz Festival
The Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival celebrates the role of drums and drummers in world cultures, past and present. The Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival pays tribute to the American music forms of jazz, gospel and rhythm and blues. Admission is free to the two festivals. There will be activities for children […]
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Donald Osborne: Transatlantic Style, Una Storia d’amore di Pinne e Cromature
In anticipation of the 16th annual Italian Language Week in the World with the theme of Italian and Creativity: Brands and Traditions, Fashion and Design, Donald Osborne, the author of Transatlantic Style, Una Storia d’amore di Pinne e Cromature, will give a presentation of his automotive design book celebrating American and Italian creativity along with […]
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Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Plácido Domingo and James Conlon unite again in a powerful adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic thriller, for this first performance of the LA Opera’s New Season, directed by Tony Award-winner Darko Tresnjak. Domingo takes on the title role with Ekaterina Semenchuk as the diabolical Lady Macbeth. www.laopera.org Purchase tickets HERE Calendar and schedules […]
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Michelangelo Antonioni: La Notte
A restored version of the classic film La Notte (1960, 122 min) by Michelangelo Antonioni will be screened at the Laemmle Royal. Starring Monica Vitti, Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau. Laemmle Royal 11523 Santa Monica Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025 LA NOTTE – Trailer from Rialto Pictures on Vimeo.
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Fashion and Traditions of the Central Italy
In anticipation of the 16th annual Italian Language Week in the World with the theme of Italian and Creativity: Brands and Traditions, Fashion and Design, the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles presents an evening dedicated to the fashion and traditions of the Ciociaria, an area in the southern region of Lazio, whose local name […]
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Yuri Ancarani: Four Films
Yuri Ancarani‘s films transform mundane habits and rituals into spectacular narratives. In his hands, a dig for marble becomes a symphony conducted by a maestro, undersea gas line repair and tumor removal play out as science-fiction odysseys, and preparations for a soccer match in Milan are conducted with expert precision and almost religious devotion. The […]
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