Opulence and Entertainment: Los Angeles Historic Theaters

Event Start Time

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm

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Event Description

Robert Berger, architectural photographer and co-author of The Last Remaining Seats: Movie Palaces in Tinseltown, and Hillsman Wright, co-founder and executive director of the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation, reveal the riches of Los Angeles' downtown Broadway theater district. The Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation (LAHTF) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to protecting, preserving, restoring and sustaining the operation of Southern California's historic theaters. This event is scheduled in conjunction with Diana Thater: Between Science and Magic (on view through April 17), which features the Los Angeles Theater on Broadway. Copies of The Last Remaining Seats: Movie Palaces in Tinseltown will be available for purchase and signing before and after the event at GRACIE, SMMoA's store. Free Admission. Limited seating: first come, first seated.

Location

Santa Monica Museum of Art
2525 Michigan Avenue, G-1
Santa Monica, CA, 90403
United States
34° 1' 39.3816" N, 118° 28' 4.1844" W
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