February Night !
For our February 13 Valentine program:
Pianist Alexander Slobodyanik turns on the romantic charm with
Schumann's "Scenes from Childhood" plus a couple of Chopin Etudes.
Esteemed violinists Mark Kashper and Camille Avellano will pair up
for violin duos of Bela Bartok. We are always thrilled and grateful
when our LA Phil friends spend their night off playing for us!
The formidable bass-baritone Boris Martinovich will sing two Verdi arias: "O tu Palermo" from I Vespri Siciliani, and "Ella giammai m'amò" from Don Carlo, accompanied by Mary Au on piano.
CU favorites Evgeny Tonkha and Anton Smirnoff bring us Rachmaninoff's swooningly romantic Cello Sonata.
And here's something you don't hear every day: Carmen...on the saxophone! Sax virtuosa Chika Inoue will play Francois Borne's "Fantaisie brillante sur airs de "Carmen," with Mary Au, piano.
Camille Avellano & Mark Kashper Boris Martinovich
online reservations are now closed.
"Ricky of Carson" oil on linen 31"x 25"
In exceptional times
we'll make an exception to our tradition of showcasing the works of my
friends, and will showcase my recent "Love My Neighbor" public art
project in our City of Carson.
The project came out of my belief that in a society where the
faith in most of its institutions is severely undermined, there is a
vital need to find an idea in which we can all still have some credible
faith. Something we can all believe in despite all the differences
and severe polarization, well managed by profiteers of "divide and
conquer" doctrines hiding under any stripe.
"Mrs. O'Neal" sepia on Fabriano paper 30" x 22"
I found this powerful, uniting and credible idea in a testimonial affirmation that I formulated as "Love My Neighbor." Whoever we are, we are neighbors first. In this country or in the world. In the City of Carson, statistically the 5th most diverse in the nation, the neighbors just happen to be like the rest of the world. For the last nine years I have been working on the My Neighbor Series based on this principle.
What my Dad called "High Art" in my view stands today as a
vehemently anti-ideological counter-politics. It utilizes the power to
unite people on a human level. Practicing High Art today in this way
becomes social action.
In the last year I have been privileged to have the City of Carson
as my partner in this project through a grant from its Cultural Arts
Commission, with Wells Fargo Bank as the local exhibiting partner. At
two locations, the Carson Park Building and the Wells Fargo Town Center
Store, in one month approximately 40,000 Carson residents were exposed
to the "Love My Neighbor" message through my images of beloved and
inspiring neighbors.
I am working on the second leg of the project this year in this awesome collaboration.
You can learn more about the project at www.lovemyneighbor.us
As always - bring your spirits, food and drink for you and your friends to enjoy.
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We are most grateful to our supportive friends at
for graciously providing us with their incomparable instrument CD 587.
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in ART we trust!
We are grateful for a continuous support
of our founding patron
RAND RESOURCES, LLC
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20795 Main St. Carson, Ca 90745
Doors open at 7 p.m. No assigned seats - first come-first served. Potluck. Entrance from the parking lot. Free parking.
Doors open at 7 p.m. No assigned seats - first come-first served. Potluck. Entrance from the parking lot. Free parking.
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