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What is the George Lucas museum?; Lift Every Voice music festival
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Episode 15091
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What is the George Lucas museum?; Lift Every Voice music festival

News that filmmaker George Lucas will build a museum for his personal art collection in Los Angeles has a lot of people talking about "Star Wars" but this passion project will house more than memorabilia, says L.A. Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne; and Jeffrey Kahane, the musician and conductor who led the LA Chamber Orchestra for two decades now leads the Lift Every Voice music festival which challenges racial and religious injustice.
Concept design rendering of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.
Concept design rendering of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.
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News that filmmaker George Lucas will build a museum for his personal art collection in Los Angeles has a lot of people talking about "Star Wars" but this passion project will house more than memorabilia, says L.A. Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne; and Jeffrey Kahane, the musician and conductor who led the LA Chamber Orchestra for two decades now leads the Lift Every Voice music festival which challenges racial and religious injustice.

The Lucas Museum's long 'tortured' road to Los Angeles
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Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne discusses the Lucas Museum's many false starts and what its arrival in Los Angeles means for the city.
Jeffrey Kahane created a music festival to speak out against oppression
Listen • 11:03
The leader of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is the mastermind behind the two-week long "Lift Every Voice" festival.