Arts and Culture El Dorado – Page 17 – Arts and Culture El Dorado

4-16-21

View Yale’s collection of art of the ancient Americas Yale University’s collection of art from the ancient Americas comprises approximately 1,500 objects, crossing cultural boundaries from the Olmec to the Inca and spanning more than 2,500 years. Click here to see more. . Watch Women On The Road at the El Dorado County Museum Women…

4-9-21

Watch Phantom of the Opera (2004) Deep in the passageways below the Paris Opera lives a lonely, talented, horribly disfigured man who revels in terrorizing the theater’s employees as The Phantom of the Opera. But when the masked Phantom sees young Christine Daaé, his heart melts. When she cannot return his affection all the pain…

4-2-21

Watch Megan Hilty perform in concert Join Tony-nominated star Megan Hilty of Wicked, 9 to 5: The Musical, Noises Off, and NBC’s Smash for a new concert special featuring a versatile set of musical theater favorites and classic standards. Click here to see more. . Explore the Geghard Monastery, Armenia The Geghard Monastery complex was…

2021 El Dorado County Poetry Out Loud

El Dorado County’s county-wide Poetry Out Loud Final Competition was held Monday, February 1, 2021. Sponsored by the California Arts Council, Poetry Out Loud (or POL) is a nationwide poetry recitation competition, inviting High School Students throughout the nation to memorize, interpret, and recite acclaimed poems. Preparing a recitation allows students an intimate and thorough…

3-26-21

Time-lapse animated map of the growth of London, from the Romans to the 21st Century Watch the growth of London from its origins as a Roman town, to the modern megacity of today. Click here to see more. . Explore a new archive of 2,200 historical wildlife illustrations The fruit of decades of artistic-scientific labors…

3-19-2021

Explore Ayutthaya, Thailand Founded in 1350 AD, Ayutthaya was the Siamese capital of Thailand until the 18th century. The city was attacked and burned to the ground in 1767 AD by the Burmese army – leaving only stone buildings which remain standing today. Click here to learn more. . Listen to the 2021 Hudson Valley…

3-12-21

8-mile-long cave art discovered deep in Amazon forest Tens of thousands of pristine cave paintings were recently found daubed across an eight-mile stretch of rock in a once-in-a-century discovery in Colombia’s Amazon rainforest. Click here to see more. . Listen to Baroque and Modern violins from the Boulder Bach Festival In this video Boulder Bach…

3-5-2021

Experience the virtual On Women Festival 2021 During the month of March Irondale hosts the On Women Festival, giving female-identifying artists the platform to celebrate their own experiences. Created in 2018, each iteration of this festival has been different and unique, just like the creators and the shows that are part of it. Click here…

2-26-2021

View Kimono Couture: The Beauty of Chiso In this Worchester Art Museum virtual exhibition, you can experience the world of traditional kimono design and artistry still practiced by Chiso, the 465-year-old, Kyoto-based kimono house. Click here to learn more. . Learn about the rock art sites of Somaliland The complex cave and rock shelters of Laas…

2-19-2021

Watch How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying This hilarious musical stars Robert Morse (Mad Men) as a charming and scheming window washer who climbs to the top of the corporate ladder by way of a self-help book. Click here to see more. . Explore Kilwa Kisiwani, Tansania, Africa Kilwa Kisiwani is an island…