January 16th, 2015 at 9:00 am
Few things that can brighten up a dreary winter day like a cup of steamy, sweet hot chocolate. The art of making cocoa is a time-honored and highly prized skill that has practitioners in almost every corner of the world. However, few, if any, chocolate artistes ply their trade with as much world-renowned fame and skill as those that dwell in the cozy center of Europe’s confectionary heartland: France.
France is where two culinary fans of refined artisanal cuisine were nurtured and raised, but it took a trip across the Atlantic Ocean and a move to Southern California before they could meet and turn their mutual passion into reality. Sabrina and Hugo Barthe opened Chocolatine Tearoom in 2004, and since then their devotion to their customers and their fare have earned them a reputation as some of the finest purveyors of hot chocolate all throughout the Southland.
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January 16th, 2015 at 8:30 am
Author: Natalie Bloomingdale, Marisa Gluck, Shontel Horne, Abigail Stone, and Marieke Trielhard
Photo: Amanda Friedman and Annie Tritt
Information provided by: Angeleno
As Los Angeles emerges as a leading cultural hub, the city’s artists, galleries, museums, curators and advisors continue to define a movement that’s attracting—and retaining—the world’s most inspiring visionaries. With fearless talent and a community that offers unabashed support, L.A. is not only a place to be for serious artists and collectors, it is the place to be.
REBEL WITH A CAUSE
Artist Analia Saban defies labels in her quest for self-expression.
“I live out of my carry-on bag,” says Analia Saban. The 34-year-old Buenos Aires-born artist has just rushed into her studio—an airy Santa Monica space she inherited from her mentor, artist John Baldessari—from a German lesson and is packing to leave for New York. Then it’s off to Dusseldorf, where she teaches at the prestigious Kunstakademie, before returning to L.A., a cycle she’s repeated for over a year. She switches genres just as seamlessly. Currently working in marble for a February exhibition at New York’s Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Saban also has pieces in LACMA’s current show, Variations: Conversations in and Around Abstract Painting. In 2012, she walked off with the Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers. “If I think I’m getting a bit too comfortable, then I want to push myself,” Saban says. “She’s experimenting with materials in an interesting way, often making them do things that you don’t expect,” says MOCA curator Bennett Simpson. Nancy Meyer, who co-curated the LACMA show, agrees: “Her work challenges the confines of what a painting or a sculpture is meant to be.” The one label Saban does celebrate is being an Angeleno. “I can’t say enough good things about how lucky artists are here. The weather, affordability and resources for fabrication are limitless. And then there are the institutions. I can finish a body of work, call some curators and they just show up.” There’s a word for that: talented.
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January 15th, 2015 at 2:00 pm
You might know Marsala as a fortified red wine, an Italian seaport city or a rich, flavorful sauce.
As of Jan. 1, it’s also the Pantone Color of the Year. And that’s good to know if you’re planning to buy, sell or decorate a home, according to Pantone Inc. The New Jersey-based company’s Pantone Matching System has major influence on the color choices of graphic artists, designers and product developers around the world.
Twice a year, Pantone hosts a secret meeting in a European capital, comprised of representatives from many nations’ color-standards groups. After two days of presentations and debate, they select a color for the following year. Marsala emerged as the winner for 2015.
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January 15th, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Because January is the month most of us decide to fulfill our New Year’s resolutions about getting back in to shape, it helps that there are so many new and simple gadgets that can keep us on track and not give up on our goals before February.
One of the most important advancements in modern technology has been the development of products that help us actually get out and get active. Combining GPS, miniature computers and a host of feedback sensors, fitness trackers help you measure and monitor a wide variety of factors so you can see just how active you’ve been, and how active you need to be to reach your health goals.
Some of the best include:
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January 15th, 2015 at 10:00 am
What:
Open wide and say “Aaaaahhhh!” when Los Angeles magazine brings together the food, beverages and chefs of the city’s up-and-coming culinary scene. Celebrate the class of the 2015 Best New Restaurants featured in the January issue as well as past honorees, meet the chefs, sample gourmet tastings, and sip on handcrafted cocktails, beer and wine. Must be 21 or older. Presented by Infiniti.
Where:
Lot 613
613 Imperial St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021
(Arts District DTLA)
When:
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