Tastes of Culture

Ray Charles musical heading to Broadway after run at Pasadena Playhouse

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:44:28 +0000

While the venerated Pasadena Playhouse closed its main stage in February due to budgetary pressures, some of the company's recent productions are finding life beyond Southern California. On Thursday, producers announced that "Unchain My Heart, The Ray Charles Musical" will...

Rudolph and the wrecking ball

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:02:00 +0000

The intersection of architecture and photography has been meaningfully busy lately. In L.A. alone there is the Luisa Lambri exhibition at the Hammer Museum, featuring her pictures of John Lautner houses, and shows at the Getty on the photography of...

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh: Southwest Chamber Music begins its Vietnam visit

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:00 +0000

HANOI -- Vietnam's capital flows. Life here is led largely out of doors amid the chaotic motorbike traffic. But unperturbed pedestrians calmly weave in and out, finding the groove. Not put off by the buzzing and honking, people peacefully sit...

A Jackson Pollock for 44 cents? New stamps celebrate the work of America’s Abstract Expressionists

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:45:00 +0000

Don't be surprised if you see a lot of artsy types in line at the post office on Thursday. The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a set of 10 commemorative stamps featuring the work of Abstract Expressionists such as Jackson...

Music review: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Anne Sofie von Otter at UCLA

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:00 +0000

Los Angeles Philharmonic fans of a certain age might remember Carlo Maria Giulini’s cool, young Korean-born assistant conductor Myung-Whun Chung learning his craft here some 30 years ago. Since then, we’ve had to follow Chung’s path from afar as he...

Theater review: ‘Haram Iran’ at the Celebration Theatre

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:38:30 +0000

In Islam, the term "haram" means "forbidden," a sentiment that courses across "Haram Iran" at Celebration Theatre. Jay Paul Deratany's fact-based play about two Iranian teens convicted of being gay in 2005 receives a vivid albeit uneven West Coast premiere....

Encourage Your Children To Take Piano Lessons Or Guitar Lessons

Adriana Noton — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:46 +0000

Even when people are born without much ability to play a musical instrument, they usually still like music of some sort. However, everyone should still have taken some guitar or piano lessons at some point in their life.

Benefits Of Unlimited Movie Downloads

Paulette Finley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:21 +0000

I am not sure that anyone could dispute the fact that a lot of people love to watch movies. It is one of the worlds most favorite past times and people are willing to pay money on a regular basis to enjoy all of the newest films that come out on cinema and DVD. All this can be a costly affair and therefore people will not always see all of the films that they might want. It is also something that is time consuming and for busy people is it simply not viable to take time out to do all of this a lot of the time. However, with the use of the internet we are now able to do unlimited movie downloads that will allow us to watch films whenever and wherever we want. So what are the main advantages of this?

Pros And Cons Of The GE Ceramic Cooktop

Julie Trident — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:21:13 +0000

Everything in life has some advantages and disadvantages, the same goes for a GE Ceramic Cooktop, which have been around for quite some time. These totally man made cooktops have electric coils. The cooktops are heat resistant due to the use of manufactured clay.

Tattoo Needles – They Are The Point Of The Whole Process

Adriana Noton — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:18:26 +0000

Both men and women chose to have tattoos created on their body to reflect their unique personality or to remember someone special. The style of the tattoo is determined by the person getting the tattoo and the individual doing the tattooing. These professionals are known as tattoo artist and the device they use to create the tattoo is the tattoo needles.