In D.W. Griffith’s 1919 feature film Broken Blossoms, a young girl, Lucy Burrows, is abused by her alcoholic prizefighting father, Battling Burrows. She meets Cheng Huan, a kind-hearted Chinese man who falls in...
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MUSE/IQUE presents “Dylan Plugs In” – free concerts series
It was a stunning ‘upset’ when Bob Dylan went electric. The folk singer was already a legend, thanks to his scathing commentary in support of the Civil Rights movement. But when Dylan delivered an electric...
Camille Claudel’s extraordinary art now on display at the Getty
Camille Claudel was a pioneering French sculptor whose work spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known for her figurative works in bronze and marble, she created her sculptures in a period when women were...
Getty exhibits newly restored paintings of Adam and Eve
German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving, Lucas Cranach the Elder painted some of the most seductive images of the early 16th century. Of note are two nearly life-size 16th-century wood panel...
Magic Hour with Muse/ique at the Taper
“Rewriting the American songbook for today.” That’s how Artistic and Music Director Rachael Worby describes the mission that inspires her leadership of her superb MUSE/IQUE orchestra. Music, art, cinema and...