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Encounter: California Dreaming: Exiles and Emigrés

Friday, August 16th, 2024
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About the Event

In the 1930s and ’40s, an extraordinary array of artists fled wartime Europe to make a new home in the promised land of Southern California.

Everyone from Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Alma Mahler and Rachmaninoff to Max Reinhardt, Billy Wilder, Hedy Lamarr and Peter Lorre intersected under the sun, drawn by the lure of the palm trees, the Pacific and the creative promise of the young film industry.

With Ara Guzelimian, the Artistic and Executive Director of the Ojai Festival in California, we explore this remarkable community through personal memoirs, rare films, and musical performances by festival artists.

Encounters are free afternoon events, featuring intriguing lectures, discussions, performances, and diverse perspectives. Encounters reveal fascinating insights into the ways in which music is created, influenced, interpreted, and performed. Registration required.

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NEXT EVENTS

National University Foundation Gala

San Diego Padres vs. Colorado Rockies

Chef's Table Featuring Pure Project Brewery at Oceana Coastal Kitchen

Wine Dinner at Rumorosa

Poetry Class | Friday Writers I with Anna DiMartino | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (September 12–October 31)

Memoir Writing Class with Anna DiMartino | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (September 12, October 10, November 7)

Class 15. Fundamental Color Control for the Painter with Ron Lemen | Athenaeum School of the Arts | La Jolla Studio (September 13–October 25)

Fiction & Nonfiction Class | Friday Writers II with Anna DiMartino | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (September 12–October 31)

PORTALS OF PLAY! Drawing Exercises to Wake Up your Creative Spirit | Art Class with Canada Kerwin | Athenaeum School of the Arts | La Jolla Studio (September 12–October 3)

City Ballet prestents Sinatra

Celeste Barbier

Alley Cat Art Walk

Drop-in Play for Toddlers & Kids

Drop-in Play for Toddlers & Kids // Fridays

Cultured Ice Cream Workshop & Flight with Fermenters Club

San Diego Padres vs. Colorado Rockies

60th Annual Poway Rotary Parade

iPhone Photography (Six week course)

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