Pascal Dusapin’s O Mensch! is a cycle of songs for voice and piano, all settings of lyrical texts by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). The work bears the subtitle “An unreasoned inventory of some Nietzschean passions”, and as such it attempts to create an evolving musical and dramatic space for exploring the enigmatic meanings of these extraordinary […]
‘Jazz and flamenco are brothers,’ says Daniel García Diego one of the most important pianists in the current jazz scene in Spain. For his album TRAVESURAS he dug deep into the music of his native country and combined it with the vocabulary of the modern jazz trio, with outstanding energy and virtuosity. The result is […]
Recently marking our 30th Anniversary and currently screening films in over 20 cities around the world, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival (HRWFF) bears witness to human rights violations in direct storytelling and exposé form, and creates a forum for courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with the knowledge that […]
Two of the world’s great orchestras meet at the Mainly Mozart Festival of Orchestras, pairing members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony. Conducted by Met Opera Orchestra Concertmaster and Festival of Orchestras Artistic Partner, David Chan. PLUS, Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale with film legend Malcolm McDowell and Pierre Bouvier, lead singer of Simple […]
For our February Book Club Atwood will revisit the first novel in her Maddaddam trilogy. A dystopian parable, Oryx and Crake (2003), was Atwood’s first return to the future since The Handmaid’s Tale, placing the reader in a world ravaged by a man-made plague. Atwood paints a stark warning about humanity’s impact on the natural […]
Join fellow cinephiles for the San Diego Museum of Art’s inaugural Film Club and get a new view of Rembrandt. This film interweaves documentary footage of a landmark exhibition hosted by the Rijksmuseum and London’s National Gallery, Rembrandt’s life story, demonstrations of his painting techniques, and behind-the-scenes preparations at these world famous institutions. Exploring many […]
Add some spice to your Valentine’s day and unravel the mysteries of late medieval aphrodisiacs with food historian and author Ken Albala and Getty manuscripts curator Larisa Grollemond. Delve into the period cookbooks, artworks, and courtly feasting cultures of northern Europe to discover ingredients, recipes, and customs thought to arouse the libido, heighten pleasure, increase […]
Award-winning pianist and graduate of the Drake University Instrumental Music Department, Robert Parker has been performing professionally for four decades on record as well as in concert. Fond of memorable melodies, dynamics, chord textures, and driving rhythms derived from classical and jazz experiences from within the string section of orchestras (st. bass, violin), big bands […]
A candid conversation about how to make one’s art practice both marketable/profitable and maximize current resources in a post-COVID world. THE FORUM: Money Making for Creatives with Shaun Cassidy MON. […]
Following your own path throughout this Virtual dance experience with the bi-national dance company Lux Boreal, you will enter different contemporary scenes created and inspired from the “shelter in place” […]
The San Diego Decameron Project is inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron, written shortly after the Black Death hit Florence, Italy in 1348. In the book, ten young Florentines, seven women and three men, retreat into quarantine for two weeks in a hillside villa and pass the time by telling stories, one each per day, […]
The Veterans Art Project (VETART) and Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA) presents the first in a series of virtual Pop-Up Community Creative Arts Cafés, a curated and interactive live online […]
