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Astana Days: Kazakhstan's Excellent Financial Adventure
During the first week of July, Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, celebrated its 20th Anniversary and officially launched the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC), a bold plan to make this city of 1 Million people in a landlocked country of some 18 million citizens, the financial hub of Central Asia and a destination for European, […]
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When a "City Without Jews" Was a Comedy
Wilshire Boulevard Temple will host a special screening of the Los Angeles premiere of “The City Without Jews,” a long-lost, recently restored 1924 Austrian silent film, featuring live accompaniment on the temple’s magnificent, 4,102-pipe Korn Kimball organ.This film could not be more timely (alas). The increase of anti-Semitic incidents in England, France, Hungary and Poland […]
Using the Blues to Bridge Across the Great Americana Divide
One of the things I most enjoy about benefit concerts (beyond the whole save-the-world ethos), and music award shows (beyond the awards themselves) is seeing a wide spectrum of artists, each doing 3-5 songs. It’s sort the musical equivalent of a smorgasbord â enough to hear a favorite artist or song and discover someone worth […]
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Hollywood Makes History: Preview of Next Year's New Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
A year from now, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, known more popularly as the people who brings us The Oscars, hope to open their long-gestating Academy Museum of Motion Picture.At a luncheon given by the Academy recently, Academy and Museum board members. executives and officials Ron Meyer, Dawn Hudson and Kerry Brougher […]
Springsteen On Netflix Showcases The Man Who Made The Music
Last night I watched “Springsteen on Broadway” on Netflix. I had wanted to see the show during its run, but I couldn”t quite bring myself to pay the $800-$1000 a ticket cost on the open market.It’s a good show. It’s 2 ý hours long and is compelling throughout. Springsteen performs his well-known songs in new […]
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Rudi Gernreich: Fashion-Made For These Times
Rudi Gernreich has arrived at the Skirball in a new exhibition, “Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich” as a Culture-shaking creator, activist and a human being whose time has come â some 30 years after his death (the exhibition runs until September 1, 2019 ).Gernreich is best known as a celebrated LA based fashion designer â world […]
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