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Critic's notebook: Revelatory Henry Cowell revival at Lincoln Center
Culture MonsterNEW YORK -- Henry Cowell, the all-American composer of the 20th century, did it all. âI want to live in the whole world of music,â he said. He was âthe open sesame of new music in America,â John Cage said....... -
Rachel Rosenthal returns with TOHUBOHU! Extreme Theater Ensemble, this weekend
Brand XRachel Rosenthal, the 83-year-old grande dame of the Los Angeles art scene, was designated as the fourth "Living Cultural Treasure of Los Angeles" by then-Mayor Richard J. Riordan, the Los Angeles City Council, and L.A.'s Cultural Affairs Department in... -
Dance review: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo at Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Culture MonsterThe joking generally begins even before the ballerinas of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo make their startling first appearance, tutu-clad studs with ample chest hair. So it was Saturday night, when the popular Trocks returned to Cal State Long........ -
Critic's notebook: 'Shutter Island' as a new-music haven
Culture MonsterThe trailers at the cineplex the other day included the usual summer blockbuster suspects showing off their special effects -- one cartoonish morph after another after another. Every soundtrack was loaded down with the same super-deep, but sonically... -
Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh: Southwest Chamber Music begins its Vietnam visit
Culture MonsterHANOI -- 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...... -
Southwest Chamber Music's further adventures in Hanoi
Culture MonsterHANOI -- Every night in this city of 10 million people crammed into a super-thick urban stew is an amazing display of color and noise, of dirt and mysterious glamour. As always, swirling, swerving motorbikes define the movement. On Friday...... -
I got an A in Phallus 101
Charlotte Allen is an editor at Beliefnet and the author of "The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus."THE "DIRTY DOZEN" list of "America's Most Bizarre and Politically Correct College Courses" is out — and Los Angeles-area institutions of higher learning have walked away with one-fourth of the ranked honors (or dishonors). Occidental College, an 1,...Tags: Karl Marx, University of Michigan, Medical Research, Minority Groups, Sociology
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'The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia: 1860-1989' at the Guggenheim
The history of American art has missed the mark, says curator Alexandra Munroe. It has overlooked the profound and pervasive contribution of Asian philosophy and culture to the caldron, and the exhibition she has spent five years organizing, "The Third...Tags: Brion Gysin, Japan, Philosophy, Ann Hamilton, Painting
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Mills College, a school without walls
Music CriticFor the last seven decades, Mills College, which will celebrate the renovation of its gorgeous Spanish-style concert hall with a gala concert Feb. 21, has provided a haven for a remarkable number of cutting-edge composers. No matter how academically...Tags: Brian Eno, Employment, Electronica (genre), Employers, Lou Harrison
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A throwback that's a step forward
Times Staff WriterLunch was long over, the conversation lingered, and Alice's patience was wearing skittishly thin. A girl couldn't wait all afternoon. At last the guest stood from the dining table to leave, but not just yet, please, journalist and photographer Jamie...Tags: George W. Bush, Real Estate Sales, Martha Stewart, Furniture, Hospitals and Clinics
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Betty Freeman dies at 87; art philanthropist and photographer
Betty Freeman, a fiercely independent philanthropist and photographer often described as a Medici for contemporary classical music, who supported a Who's Who of modern composers, including John Cage, Philip Glass, Pierre Boulez and John Adams, died...Tags: Harry Partch, Theater, Brooklyn (New York City), Sam Francis, University of California, Los Angeles
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Minneapolis mind expansion
Special to The TimesJAO, an artist dressed in paint-spattered cycling gear, bounced before an easel set up in the bed of a bright yellow pickup — her "artmobile" — decorated with cartoon men with rake-like hands. While blasting a shrill police whistle, she did...Tags: University of Minnesota, Arts, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Vehicles
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