Lipchitz Monument Unveiling at The Music Center
Jacques Lipchitz attends the dedication of his 10 ton 35 foot bronze Peace on Earth statue at The Music Center plaza at 4:30 p.m. The sculpture cost 250000 and was commissioned by Lloyd E. Rigler and Lawrence E. Deutsch. The Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Alfred Walenstein performs Dvorak New World Symphony and Handel Water Music. Dr. Franklin D. Murphy serves as master of ceremonies. William L. Pereira pays tribute to Lipchitz.
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Jacques Lipchitz
Music Center Plaza
Lloyd E. Rigler
Lawrence E. Deutsch
California
Lipchitz
Los Angeles
Piestrasanta
Ita
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
Dvorak
Handel
Franklin D. Murphy
The
Performing Arts Council
William L. Pereira
Arts panel to discuss Welton Becket legacy in Palos Verdes
The program features architect Welton Becket’s influence with participants Ernest E. Debs Henry Dreyfuss and George London. John Green, composer and music director, will lead the event organized by the Palos Verdes Community Arts Association.
Reception and art showcases at Pacific Coast Club and nearby venues
Pacific Opera Theater hosts an 8 p.m. champagne reception on Thursday May 15 at the Penthouse Dance Studio of the Pacific Coast Club with Alber to Bolet and Nadine Connor as speakers. The program features arias from Verdi Puccini Mozart Bizet and Johann Strauss with singers Gates Johnson Martin Ognibene Silvers and Spencer.
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Pacific Opera Theater
Pacific Coast Club
E. Ocean Blvd
Alberto Bolet
Long Beach Symphony
Nadine Connor
Metropolitan Opera
Verdi
Puccini
Mozart Bizet
Johann Strauss
Pamela Gates
Paul Johnson
Kathleen Martin
Caroline Ognibene
Marlene Silvers
Barney
Arts council events and student concerts schedule
Tuesday LB Writers Club at Dana Branch Library 10 a.m. free. Junior High Glee Festival at Millikan High School Auditorium 8 30 to noon and at Jordan High School same hours. Stage Band Wind Ensemble at CSLB Little Theater noon. The Conductor and His Work a Look at Contemporary Music at LBCC Music Building 7 30 p.m. Instrumental Groups Concert at Wilson High School Auditorium 8 p.m. Woodwind Brass Chamber Music Concert at CSLB Music Building Room 127 8 p.m. free. Thursday Avant garde films at LB Museum of Art 7 and 9 p.m. free. Friday Cinema XI at LBCC Art Building Room 6502 11 a.m. free. Lakewood Vocal Groups Concert at Lakewood High. Southern California Vocal Association Senior High Madrigal Festival at Wilson High School Auditorium 7 30 p.m. free. Saturday LB Municipal Band Concert at Lincoln Park 1 Concert at Bixby Park 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.B. Writers Club
Dana Branch
Millikan High School
Jordan High School
David Martin
Donald Wilcox
Cslb Little Theater
Alberto Bolet
LBCC
Wilson High School
Lawrence Maxey
CSLB
Friends of the Museum
L.B. Museum of Art
Lakewood
Lakewood High School
Southern California Vocal Association
L.B. Municipal
Lincoln Park
Bixby Park
Artists at Long Beach Museum split roles creator and reporter
Two current shows contrast the artist as creator and as reporter. Mesches presents timely sketches from Navy hearings and trials, while upstairs 15th and 16th century master prints showcase high art and craft. The exhibits trace from Renaissance humanism to northern detail and religious context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Museum of Art
Arnold Mesches
Navy
Pueblo
Mesches
Comdr. Bucher
Rosales
Sirlian
Schongauer
Durer
Cranach
Mantegna
Caracci
Fisher to judge students in national piano auditions
Ken Fisher will hear nearly 300 young pianists from 36 local studios at the National Guild of Piano Teachers auditions. The event runs Monday through May 24 at the YWCA on Sixth Street and Pacific Avenue. Local chairwoman is Mrs. Billa McReynolds. Fisher, an artist teacher from the San Francisco area, joins NGPT adjudicators serving 750 centers nationwide. Each student performs and is judged individually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Fisher
National Guild of Piano Teachers
YWCA
Sixth Street
Pacific Avenue
Billa McReynolds
Fisher
San Francisco
NGPT
Prints and sketches offer new ways of seeing
The article notes that prints and Mesches quick sketches cannot be compared yet each series reveals the artist’s eye in action giving viewers fresh perspectives. The exhibits will continue through May 18.
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Christ
Ane
Palos Verdes
Barney Spencer
Edward Schick
Schick
Josephine Lott
John Ferguson
Litchfield Ave
Bernice Basore
Glendora Ave
Palos Verdes Art Gallery
Campesina
Leonard Edmunson
Richard Haines
Robert Camara
Evelyn Carpenter
California National Watercolor Society
Y’s Owl
Ben Messick
Margaret Cannon
Fullerton
Seal Beach
Seal Beach Methodist Church
10Th St
Bellflower Art Association
Caruthers Park
Flora Vista St
Bellflower
Kero Antoyan
Armenia
Marseilles
France
New York
Arts Council
Italy
Venice
Colleoni
Verrocchio
F. E
Picasso
Cuewat
Bashir Levine
Boulanger
Mot
OR Graphics
Galleria
Braga
Tomas Esperania
Wade Reynolds
Friedlander Carson
Sun
Park Free Victoria
Walkers
Long Beach
Bionson
Victoria
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