Author: costa@magiclamp.net
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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…
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Dance & Dialogue
The Dance & Dialogue series at the Luckman is a program that allows teens from all over the city with a shared interest in dance to come together and connect. This program is an opportunity for students to put dance in a context beyond performance-based skills alone. It is a chance to appreciate the expression…
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World Arts Day: West Africa & India
World Arts Day is designed to give the community an opportunity to experience and interact with various art forms from around the world. This year, we celebrate the music, dance, and visual art traditions of West Africa and India. From Senegalese drumming to Bollywood dancing, participants will be immersed in a day of cultural discovery. …
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How to Read El Pato Pascual
Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on January 14, 2018. How to Read El Pato Pascual: Disney’s Latin America and Latin America’s Disney is an attempt to engage with the idea that there are no clean boundaries in art, culture, and geography, and to deconstruct how such notions are formed and disputed. For over seventy-five years,…
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Romeo & Juliet
This premiere of “Romeo and Juliet”, seeks, through dynamic choreography, high fashion costumes, vanguard sets and creative lighting, to breathe freshness into a time honored story, rendering its universal theme relative and relatable to today’s social and political scene while reaching out to a diversity of ages and backgrounds. Show dates and times: Aug 25…
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Rodriguez & Arum Rae
Rodriguez began his career in the 60s, but without any enthusiastic response, he was ultimately let go by his label and forced to work outside the music industry. Unbeknownst to him, and to the rest of the world, his songs became the inspiration for millions struggling against apartheid in South Africa, where he was regarded…
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Idan Raichel: Piano Songs
After 15 years as leader of The Idan Raichel Project, international music icon Idan Raichel is focusing on the basic essence of his songs with the solo piano concert entitled Idan Raichel – Piano – Songs. Raichel will be presenting his melodies, lyrics and the stories behind them in their pure, stripped down form, as they were originally written at…
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Joe Lovano classic quartet
From his Grammy-nominated symphonic work to his role as Gary Burton Chair of Jazz Performance at Berklee College of Music, Joe Lovano fearlessly challenges and pushes his conceptual and thematic ventures in a quest for new modes of artistic expression and new ways to define the jazz idiom. In 2014, he won Multi-reeds Player and…
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Bruce Yonemoto
Past Exhibition This exhibition closed on May 13, 2017. The Imaginary Line Around the Earth is an exhibition of works by Los Angeles-based artist Bruce Yonemoto. The included installations and videos span the period between 1992 and 2017, drawing together a body of work created over 25 years of travel and research in South America.…
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Rickie Lee Jones and Madeleine Peyroux
This show’s giving a whole new meaning to the term “girl power.” Madeleine Peyroux’s warm and sultry voice is a perfect blend of melancholy and carefree. With hits such as Careless Love and Don’t Wait Too Long, Peyroux has earned her spot among jazz & blues divas. Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones has ben…
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Dobet Gnahore
Photo Credit: Nicholas Baret Ivory Coast vocalist and dancer Dobet Gnahoré has garnered a reputation as one of the most vibrant performers in world music today. As a child, Gnahoré was trained in the music and dance traditions of the Bété people by her father, a well-known performer in West Africa. Hailed by critics as Africa’s leading…
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ODC Dance
Photo Credit: RJ Muna ODC/Dance was formed by Brenda Way in 1971 as a collective of artists at Oberlin College in Ohio where their name (Oberlin Dance Collective) originated. Adventure, a certain irreverence, and the joy of moving were key ingredients to the core philosophy of their founding members. In 1976, the sixteen dancers, painters,…
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Jacqueline Gordon and Richard T. Walker
The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA’s Luckman Gallery is pleased to present an immersive sound experience with two solo projects by artists Jacqueline Gordon and Richard T. Walker. Each artist utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to making work that explores how sound, objects, and people interact with one another. While Jacqueline Gordon explores the intersections…
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Diego El Cigala
photo credit: Jordi Socias Diego El Cigala is regarded as the most exciting and innovative flamenco singer in the world today. Passionate, profound, and immensely proud of his Spanish gypsy heritage, El Cigala has found success in his interpretations of this distinctly Spanish art form. Diego El Cigala has been called “the Sinatra of flamenco.” With…
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Rockin’ Road to Dublin
Inspired by epic spectacles like Riverdance, Rockin’ Road To Dublin’s renowned ensemble is reviving the classic art form to create a new Irish show with a contemporary feel and a broad appeal. Choreographer and lead male Scott Doherty (Riverdance & Lord of the Dance) has teamed up with veteran Celtic rocker Chris Smith to produce…
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M.L. Dodge & Jay Lizo: Permanent Score
The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA is proud to present Permanent Score, an exhibition featuring new works by M.L. Dodge and Jay Lizo. The exhibition showcases the intersection of the two artists with distinctly contrasting approaches and concentrations in their processes. Focusing on the image/idea of the crate, Dodge and Lizo venture into different…
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Jazz 100
JAZZ 100: The Music of Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Mongo Santamaria, Thelonious Monk This year marks the centennial celebration for four visionary icons of music all born in the same glorious year: Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Mongo Santamaria and Thelonious Monk. Jazz 100 showcases both the dynamic individual artistry of each icon and the powerful unifying thread between…
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Colvin & Earle
More than two decades ago, American folk singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin recorded a cover of Steve Earle’s Someday. Years later, following her rise to success that included a Grammy Award and the release of her number one single Sunny Came Home, and his rock, country and folk singer-songwriter career, the two folk stars reveal an unparalleled…