When we imagine photos of the California Gold Rush, Yosemite Valley or San Francisco as a bustling city in the 1850s, we conjure images. Those sepia impressions we see in our mind's eye may have been composed by one of the most unappreciated California photographers -- Carleton Watkins.
Yet it's because of the restless, inveterate Watkins that we have a chronicle of the rugged, pro...more
'Play It Again, Sam' Remains a Classic
Theater Review
With Woody Allen's movie 'Midnight in Paris' receiving critical acclaim and his one-act play 'Relatively Speaking' playing to full houses on Broadway (it stars Pacific Palisades former honorary mayor Steve Guttenberg), I was looking forward to seeing 'Play It Again, Sam' on stage.
The play, at the Morgan-Wixson Theater in Santa Monica weekends through February 12, first appeared on...more
Pianist Andrew von Oeyen to Perform at St. Matthew's
St. Matthew's Music Guild will present the international pianist Andrew von Oeyen in concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, February 10, at St. Matthew's Church, 1031 Bienveneda.
The program will feature sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, Robert Schumann's 'Carnaval' and music by Franz Liszt and Gy'rgy Ligeti.
Commanding an extensive and diverse repertoire, von Oeyen has performed the major concertos of the...more
Palisades Symphony Performs February 5
NEWS: The Palisades Symphony will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 5, at Palisades High School's Mercer Hall, 15777 Bowdoin.
The program will feature 'Polka and Fuge' from the opera 'Shvanda Dudak' ('Shvanda the Bagpiper') by Jarom'r Weinberger, 'Tone Poem for Clarinet and Strings' by Charles Fernandez, and the 'Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra' ...more
Strauss' 'Die Fledermaus' Set for Two Weekends
By LAURIE ROSENTHAL
Special to the Palisadian-Post
Star-crossed lovers and mistaken identities make 'Die Fledermaus' a humorous romp from the get-go.
The Los Angeles Metropolitan Opera's production of the classic work will be performed February 4, 5, 11 and 12 at the Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill St., Santa Monica.
Johann Strauss' timeless story first premiered...more
Exploring Conservation in China
Story and Photos by JACK DAVIS
Special to the Palisadian-Post
Editor's note: Pacific Palisades resident Jack Davis is a 17-year-old junior at Palisades High. He's on the varsity swim team and loves travel, journalism and photography.
This past summer I was given the opportunity of a lifetime: an all-expenses-paid trip to China to explore environmental conservation in one of the...more
