On Sunday, October 14, Autre magazine hosted a mezcal bruncheon to celebrate our Fall/Winter 2018 issue and LA Eyeworks’ new collection at their iconic Neil Denari-designed flagship on Beverly Boulevard. Madre Mezcal provided cocktails and Tacos la Restirada provided brunch. Avant-garde percussionist and director of Monday Evening Concerts, Jonathan Hepfer, performed Iannis Xenakis 1975 composition, “Psappha.” photographs by Lani Trock
For the finale concert of Monday Evening Concert's 79th season, artistic director, Jonathan Hepfer offered a pairing of rarely performed works by the American mavericks Meredith Monk and Julius Eastman. Eastman's Femenine was described by the New York Times as "a longing, tender, grandly unruffled 70-minute masterpiece that takes its place at the pinnacle of the Eastman works that have survived," and Monk’s storied career as a vocalist, composer, dancer, choreographer and filmmaker has influenced luminaries from Bruce Nauman to Jean-Luc Godard. The towering pianists Ursula Oppens and Gloria Cheng join us to present selections from Monk's solo and duo piano catalogue. Eastman and Monk, who were colleagues in real life, are reunited in spirit at MEC’s 2018 season finale. photographs by Lani Trock
