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A Smart "Turk in Italy" Does Not Cheat on Fun


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 10:33 p.m.

Nino Machaidze (R) as Fiorilla in LA Opera's staging of "The Turk in Italy" Photo by Robert Millard ... It’s raucous. It’s also refined. It’s inspired. Sophisticated. Extraordinary. Clever. Engaging up to gazoo. So run to the Music Center Pavilion before it’s too late because I don’t know when something of this calibre will pass our way again. And even if opera buffa and its cutesy-corny conventions can leave some of us flat, I promise that LA Opera’s production of “The Turk in

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25th Season of Last Remaining Seats Announced


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 10:16 p.m.
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Film fans line up to enter the Los Angeles Theater during the 2010 Last Remaining Seats program ... Photo by Ed Fuentes ... On Friday, the Los Angeles Conservancy announced the slate of films that will screen during the 25th season of Last Remaining Seats, the program begun in 1987 to bring attention to Broadway's historic movie palaces ... For some, it has become date night with the city, offering a chance to dress up in 1930's and 40's fashion as a nod to the days when Broadway was the place

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Free Concert and Square Naming to Honor Ernest Fleischmann, Late LA Phil Manager


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Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 7:28 p.m.

Ernest Fleischmann Photo by Courtesy L.A. Phil ... A pair of events on March 29 will honor Ernest Fleischmann, who passed away on June 13, 2010, at the age of 85. Fleischmann spent nearly 30 years as manager of the Los Angeles Philharmonic before stepping down in 1998 ... He had stayed involved since as an Honorary Life Director ... At 1pm, the city will dedicate the intersection of 1st and Grand as Ernest Fleischmann Square ... At 8pm, the LA Phil will hold a special free concert at Walt

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Downtown Culture: All-Star Events, "Rise," Vanessa Paradis, Experimental Dance and More


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Published Feb. 17, 2011 at 10:48 p.m.

"Fata Morgana" by choreographer Tiffany Stacey will be one of six experimental works featured at REDCAT's Winter "Studio" on Feb. 19 and 20 ... Photo by Jennifer Esteban ... Just as the Grammy Awards started packing up, L.A. Live began preparing for the NBA's All-Star Weekend. As we've noted, there are plenty of parties to choose from, but Downtown will also see a full slate of at local venues like the Redwood and The Smell ... THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17 ... PUBLIC ART: The bronze likeness of NBA

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Is Downtown Ready for All-Star Weekend Parties?


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Published Feb. 15, 2011 at 7:10 p.m.

Collage of fliers for 2011 All-Star Weekend parties happening in Downtown L.A ... Photo by blogdowntown ... The basketball universe will descend on Downtown Los Angeles this weekend, with the action spreading far beyond Staples Center and L.A. Live ... The four-day span from Thursday to Sunday should be a good test for how well Downtown's residents and nightlife are prepared to co-exist ... Most Downtown residents live in buildings that opened since L.A. last hosted the All-Star Game in 2004 ...

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The Week in Downtown Culture: Grammy Awards, Theatre and More


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Published Feb. 11, 2011 at 7:23 a.m.

World City at the Music Center will feature New Orleans music from Hot 8 Brass Band Saturday, February 12, 2011 11am at the Amphitheatre behind Walt Disney Concert Hall ... Photo by Will Templin ... The Grammys are in town, theater is bustling, and Wynton Marsalis has two gigs at Disney Hall. There is also improvisation theater at the Downtown Comedy Club, New Orleans jazz for kids and family at Disney Hall, and young authors Sarah Shun-lien Bynum and Yiyun Li talking about their work ... Not

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Art Walk Preview for February 2011


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Published Feb. 10, 2011 at 7:38 a.m.
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Neon ART during Downtown Art Walk. The Museum of Neon Art gallery will be closed for this month's Art Walk. They will reopen February 17 with MONA@30, a look at 30 years of celebrating neon art ... Photo by Ed Fuentes ... The February edition of the Downtown Art Walk is Thursday, and this month galleries sent out a flurry of last-minute notices for their shows ... While this preview is always about the art, don't be afraid to indulge in a little of the event's craft scene in these last few days

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Lohengrin Evokes Memories, but Doesn't Live Up to Them


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Published Nov. 23, 2010 at 5:39 p.m.
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Soile Isokoski (Elsa), Ben Heppner (Lohengrin) and Kristinn Sigmundsson (King Heinrich) headline the cast of the L.A. Opera’s new Lohengrin ... Photo by Robert Millard ... Lordy, lordy. A bombed-out wreckage of a church. Pale bodies strewn everywhere, blood-soaked bandages wrapping them. And what was supposed to be the magical arrival of a swan-borne Lohengrin – the knight in shining armor who would rescue the innocent Elsa from corrupt connivers -- turned out as the inauspicious appearance

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Pencil This In: Peter Balakian's Poetry, Thom Andersen's Los Angeles, Stewart Copeland at The Grammy Museum and a Burlesque Preview


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Published Nov. 22, 2010 at 9:00 p.m.
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FILM ... Reel Talk with Stephen Farber previews the Cher-Christina Aguilera movie musical Burlesque tonight at 7 pm at the Wadsworth Theater. The film also stars Kristen Bell, Stanley Tucci and Alan Cumming. Tonight’s guest speaker is the film’s director Steven Antin. Wordsworth Theater 7 pm ... TV TALK ... Sony television preservationist Dan Wingate presents the program, The Color of Television tonight at 7:30 pm. He’ll screen examples of early color television shows from the 1950s,

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Get Out Redux: Bonus Punk Rock Edition


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Published Nov. 20, 2010 at 10:00 p.m.
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Destroy All Movies!!! - Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly will be signing copies of their new book, “Destroy All Movies!!!” The Complete Guide To Punks On Film, Sunday evening at La Luz de Jesus ... The book features new interviews with “music/big screen luminaries” such as Ian MacKaye, Richard Hell, Penelope Spheeris, Nick Zedd, John Doe & Exene Cervenka, Alex Cox, Martha Coolidge, Lee Ving, Keith Morris, Mary Woronov, and others ... Boasting “A-to-Z coverage of over 1100 feature

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