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Complexity Celebrated at soundON 2015

By Ken Herman | January 12, 2015 |

Celebrating Complexity, the title of Saturday evening’s (Jan. 10) 2015 soundON Festival of Modern Music performance at the La Jolla Athenaeum, succinctly describes this festival’s aesthetic profile and the intention of its resident ensemble—not accidentally called NOISE . . .

Edo de Waart Offers Elgar with Breadth and Eschews Victorian Pomposity

By Ken Herman | January 11, 2015 |

Filling in for an ailing Sir Neville Marriner, the authoritative Dutch conductor Edo de Waart served up Mikhail Glinka and Edward Elgar with breadth and evident affection . . .

They Love this ‘Dirty Dancing’ Chick Flick Clone

By Kris Eitland | January 9, 2015 |

The popularity of Dirty Dancing is mind boggling when you consider it’s about the seduction of a naïve 17-year-old girl by a dancing male escort. Oh joy, a sugary underdog story. Let’s watch the statutory rape again! Set in the 1960s at an upscale country club, there’s the upstairs/downstairs drama of golfing and fine dining, along with a botched abortion and bored rich wives hunting for gigolos.

Kevin Winger’s Paintings Begin to Soar

By Kraig Cavanaugh | January 5, 2015 |

Imagine “Candy Land” ruined after a devastating cyclone strike! Kevin Winger’s paintings from his new “Organic Demarcation Series” feature strong map-like landscapes in saccharine sweet hues that appear gathered from the sickened remains of a child after becoming ill from consuming every colorful confection in an old time candy store. Read more…

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