Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national American theater organization that fosters communication among professional, community and university theaters, is in the midst of its 50th anniversary celebration. In July 2011,…
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Guest Artist Rachel Rosenthal Presents My Brazil at CalArts
Video: A compilation of some of Rachel Rosenthal’s performances Legendary interdisciplinary artist and performer Rachel Rosenthal visits CalArts for a special performance of My Brazil tonight (Jan. 18) at 7…
Continue reading »Jazz Legends to Perform in Rare Collaboration at CalArts
This Saturday (Jan. 21), two jazz greats, drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath and pianist Art Lande, come together in a rare performance at CalArts. The musicians join CalArtian jazz faculty and…
Continue reading »Alumna’s American Sign Language Poetry Documentary Screens in NYC
Dancer, filmmaker and teacher Judy Lieff’s (Film/Video & Dance MFA 92) latest project, Deaf Jam, has its New York City premiere this week. The documentary—about a New York City deaf…
Continue reading »The Experimental Impulse Closes at REDCAT
As Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945–1980, the Getty’s region-wide series of exhibitions, screenings, performances and other programs presented throughout greater Los Angeles over the past six months, winds…
Continue reading »Roger Guenveur Smith Channels Abolitionist Leader in Frederick Douglass Now
Renown actor and CalArts faculty member Roger Guenveur Smith embodies one of America’s great social reformers in the solo show Frederick Douglass Now, presented at CalArts on Tuesday (Jan. 17)…
Continue reading »Bird is the Word: wild Up Presents Orinthology Saturday in Pasadena
On Saturday (Jan. 14), the 24-member modern music collective wild Up presents a new concert of bird-themed music at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena at 8 pm. The group…
Continue reading »Institute for Figuring’s Crocheted Sculptures ‘Steal the Show’ at Beacon Arts Building
The Loop Show at the Beacon Arts Building in Los Angeles features 19 artists—including CalArts faculty member Christine Wertheim and alumna Miyoshi Barosh (Art MFA 89)—who created works using cast-off…
Continue reading »Livestream: 2012 NEA Jazz Masters Award Ceremony and Concert Tonight
Tonight, Jan. 10, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) bestows the awards for its 2012 Jazz Masters Fellowship, the highest honor that the nation imparts on jazz artists. Among…
Continue reading »Three CalArts Films Selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam
Three CalArtian films have been accepted into the 41st International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan. 25-Feb. 5), known for showcasing independent, innovative and experimental cinema, video and media art from around…
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