Arts & Culture

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

Studio Arts Workshop: Georgia O'Keeffe's Landscapes and Flowers

Storytelling: Best & Worst Birthday Ever!

Diderot String Quartet | Chamber Concert | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library | La Jolla (April 14)

Live Musical Karaoke Contest! w/ Happy Hour 5-7pm

Gli Incogniti with Amandine Beyer, violin and direction - False Consonances of Melancholy: Music by Matteis and Purcell

Gautier Capuçon, cello; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Game Night: Bingo + Pop-Up Trivia

Patchwork Presents Macrame Air Plant Hanger Craft Workshop

Wild Sniffari Yappy Hour

Boot Scootin’ Thursdays: Country Night w/ DJ Jimmy Grizzley

Alp N Rock Warehouse Sale

The Salty Series: Moons+Marguerite Brown

Valley Center Chamber of Commerce Charity Golf Tournament

Martini Night at The Cordova

Escondido Bead & Design

Queer Salsa Social: ¡Qué Dulce Ritmo!

Ivan and Tzvetanka Varimezov: Music from the Villages of Bulgaria

Magic the Gathering - Secrets of Strixhaven Prerelease

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