[nggallery id=160] Phaedra’s Love is Sarah Kane’s 1996 contemporary adaptation of Seneca’s Phaedra. In her play, Kane examines perceptions of love, humanity and self through the prism of obsession, incest…
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Around the World in Six Nights: 2011 World Music and Dance Festival at CalArts April 29-May 8
CalArts is one of the first schools in the country to offer programs in World Music for performance. To celebrate that heritage, The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts…
Continue reading »CalArtian Writers Participating in the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
The 16th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books—the nation’s largest literary festival—takes over the University of Southern California campus this weekend bringing book enthusiasts together for discussion and celebration…
Continue reading »Soprano Hila Plitmann Performs in The Wild Beast at CalArts
Grammy award-winning soprano Hila Plitmann performs a special recital at CalArts on Thursday afternoon in The Wild Beast, followed by a Q&A session in which she’ll answer questions about her…
Continue reading »CalArts T-Shirt Show on Thursday
[nggallery id=159] One of the more highly anticipated Graphic Design events of the year takes place on Thursday night in CalArts’ dining hall: the 2011 CalArts T-Shirt Show. The annual…
Continue reading »Documentary Feature Foreign Parts Screens at Structuring Strategies
[nggallery id=158] Visiting artist J.P. Sniadecki will present his film Foreign Parts (2010, 80 mins.) in CalArts’ Bijou Theater tonight as part of the Structuring Strategies weekly screening series. The…
Continue reading »From Blimp to Brass: Lunchtime Concerts at CalArts
Noontime concerts are a staple at CalArts, and you never know quite what to expect. Last week, lunch goers were treated to two wildly diverse musical styles at the same…
Continue reading »CalArtians Collaborate on Music Video for TV on the Radio
Earlier this month, TV on the Radio, released its fourth album Nine Types of Light. Along with the album, the band personally asked their filmmaker friends to help direct the…
Continue reading »Talk of the Town: Sleep No More in NYC Features Dance Alumni
Sleep No More, a site-specific, immersive theater production, opened last week in New York City to great reviews. Developed by the British theater company Punchdrunk, the work moves Macbeth to…
Continue reading »Film Directing Program Welcomes George Tillman as Guest Artist
Director, producer and writer George Tillman Jr. is best known for his film Notorious—the life and death story of Christopher Wallace, who emerged from the streets of Brooklyn as the…
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