Author: costa@magiclamp.net
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John Waters 2018
Past Event This event took place on Saturday, June 2, 2018. A celebrated filmmaker, director and writer, John Waters has built a reputation for shocking his audiences. Many of the cult legend’s films satirize suburban America as well as many social conventions and attitudes. He started out making short experimental films in the 1960s, often…
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Global Arts Fest
An exciting new event to celebrate the diversity within our community through multicultural music, art, crafts, dance, food, and audience participation. Global Arts Fest was created to provide civic and cultural cooperation between people and communities in the greater Los Angeles area. With a variety of activities and workshops, we aim to connect attendees with…
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Ethan Russell
Past Exhibition This exhibition ended on May 26, 2018. Presented in conjunction with his stage show entitled The Best Seat In The House, a retrospective exhibition of acclaimed photographer Ethan Russell’s prolific career will be on display in the Luckman Gallery. In 1968, Ethan Russell was a young American with a Nikon camera living in…
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Ethan Russell: The Best Seat in the House
Past Events This event took place on April 28, 2018. “True Stories. And the Pictures To Prove It.” Grammy-nominated photographer, author, and director Ethan Russell recounts his extraordinary journey from the vantage point of “The Best Seat in the House.” Only a handful of people toured with The Rolling Stones at the peak of their…
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Los Lonely Boys
Past Event This event took place on April 21, 2018. https://youtu.be/wvkzoqQ5Oak?si=mrLHa9VedwEcn9FC Los Lonely Boys come to the Luckman with their signature mix of high-octane, high-quality rock and blues combined with conjunto tejano sounds that span the band’s career. In addition to their instrumental talents, they all provide vocals with engaging hooks, expressive lyrics, and melodic…
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King Lear
Past Event This event was postponed. Filmed live on stage at the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada as part of the Stratford Festival HD Series. An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his…
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Festinema French Youth Film Festival
To celebrate the Francophonie Festival, the Luckman will host the Alliance Française’s Festinema Junior French Youth Film Festival. Inspired by a program developed in France by the Ministry of Education in order to discover, understand, and promote an appreciation for cinema. The Festinema program aims to introduce young audiences to world cinema and international culture,…
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Yemen Blues
Past Event This event took place on January 20, 2018. Ravid Kahalani leads this roaring group of improvising brass, string, and percussion players. Yemen Blues’ intoxicating music merges West African rhythms and ancient Jewish Yemeni melodies with mambo and funk to help you feel a connection to places you may have never visited. The group…
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Noa
Past Events This event took place on February 18, 2018. Photo credit: Ronen Ackerman Achinoam Nini, known internationally as Noa, makes a rare concert appearance on the Luckman stage showcasing her most popular songs from her 26-year recording career, spanning 15 international albums, and several domestic Israeli releases, including her latest recording, Love Medicine. The selections will…
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Macbeth
Past Events This event took place on February 9, 2018. Filmed live on stage at the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada as part of the Stratford Festival HD Series. Surrender to a haunting story of ambition and its dark consequences as Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that…
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Peking Acrobats
Past Events This event took place on Saturday February 3, 2018. The talented ensemble is world-renowned for their daring maneuvers, trick-cycling, precision tumbling, somersaulting, and gymnastics. They defy gravity with amazing displays of flexibility, contortion, and control. They push the envelope of human possibility with astonishing juggling dexterity and incredible balancing feats. Records of these…
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Robert Hudson
Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on April 14, 2018. Robert Hudson has been a force in the art world for more than 50 years. Uncharacteristic of the complex, illusionistic, polychrome constructions for which he is best known, the historic body of minimalist work on view at the Luckman demonstrates his broad artistic range. While an…
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Dance Film Fest
Past Events This event took place on January 24, 2018. A celebration of the best in recent cinematic triumphs that focus on the art of dance. Pina Germany, 2011, 1 hour 43 minutes Directed by Wim Wenders A tribute to the late German choreographer, Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations. First…
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Arts & Ideas
Arts & Ideas is a cultural engagement program that promotes creativity through interactive application of artistic processes. We bring people together from surrounding communities to share different perspectives during these dynamic exchanges. Through film, dance, and visual art workshops we offer participants the opportunity to engage with the arts on visual, auditory, and kinesthetic levels.…
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Marat Daukayev’s: The Nutcracker
The Marat Daukayev Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker features dancers whose artistry and poise belie their young ages. This full-length ballet complete with battling mice and soldiers, an enchanting snowy forest, and Tchaikovsky’s beloved score is an audience favorite. With more than 150 dancers and 500 costumes, acclaimed former Kirov ballet star Marat Daukayev dances…
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Aaron Neville Duo
Past Events This event took place on December 1, 2017. One of the most inspirational and distinctive voices in music today, Aaron Neville is a master of many styles. The audience can expect to hear doo-wop and gospel from his recent albums, as well as blues, jazz, soul, pop, country, and even reggae. It is…
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Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Orchestra
Past Events This event took place on November 11, 2017. Celebrating his 80th year, 10-time Grammy Award-winner and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, Eddie Palmieri hosts a party for the ages featuring some of the finest musicians around. With an exceptionally accomplished and prolific body of work, Palmieri remains an engaging innovator and…
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Hamlet
Past Events This event took place on November 10, 2017. Filmed live on stage at the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada as part of the Stratford Festival HD Series. A ghostly visitor with a shocking secret, a daughter devastated by loss, a deadly duel, and the most famous question in all of drama: Shakespeare’s iconic…
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Jad Abumrad
Jad Abumrad, the host and creator of Radiolab, which reaches roughly two million people per month, makes his debut at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA with his new program, Gut Churn. The evening begins with two simple questions: What does it mean to “innovate?” How does it feel to make something new…