Introducing Cultural Attaché

When I think of one Oscar-winning Best Picture it may perhaps be because of its rather glib assessment of Los Angeles. “I don’t want to live in a city where the only cultural advantage is the ability to make a right turn on a red light.”*

It was a great line destined to please those who look down on LA. But it wasn’t true then and it is even less true now. In fact, many people involved in the performing arts have moved here already or are moving here for the simple fact that Los Angeles is the epicenter of what’s going on in the performing arts in America. How do I know this?

For the better part of the last two-and-a-half years, I had been interviewing playwrights, composers, directors, dancers, songwriters and performers from across all aspects of the performing arts for Los Angeles Magazine. It was in the course of those conversations that two things occurred to me:

First: Los Angeles can take its place amongst the great cultural centers of the world.

Second: While we have a robust and exciting city where the performing arts are thriving, we don’t have a definitive resource that informs us, on a regular basis, what’s going on in town.

Thus CULTURAL ATTACHÉ was born. My goal is to share with you all that makes this city exciting for anyone who wants to attend concerts, plays, musicals, recitals and more. In this rapid-paced world in which we live, the ability to turn off our devices, tune in to someone else’s story, drop out of the hustle and bustle of daily life, even if for just an hour, is like taking a mini-vacation without leaving home.

Sometimes we leave home, too. So amongst these pages you will soon discover what’s going on in San Francisco, San Diego and La Jolla and also in New York City.

Throughout the days, weeks and months ahead, I will bring you conversations with major names in the performing arts. I will expose you to artists just under the radar that are shaking things up. And I will share with you my personal journey through 21^st century culture. As I get this site up and running, I’ll be posting many of the columns I did for Los Angeles Magazine’s website.

So whether you like plays, musicals, jazz, classical, opera, cabaret or dance, CULTURAL ATTACHÉ will inspire and excite you. Perhaps even more than the ability to make that right turn.

*Annie Hall

Photo Credit:  Jeremy Bishop