[nggallery id=154] After three years in the making, The Silent Steppe Cantata is set to debut in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Friday (March 25) in the city’s newly restored Zhambyl State…
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Films by CalArts Alumni in Competition at Cinema du Réel in Paris
Cinéma du Réel in Paris, first organized in 1978 by Jean-Michel Arnold and filmmaker Jean Rouch, has developed into one of the major international documentary film festivals, judging hundreds of…
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies Presents Cathy Lee Crane’s Experimental Biographies
Media artist and experimental filmmaker Cathy Lee Crane presents a program of Experimental Biographies at tonight’s Structuring Strategies film class and screening series at CalArts. Crane, the 2009 recipient of…
Continue reading »Mark Trayle and Steve Roden Team to Perform John Cage Compositions at Norton Simon Museum
Mark Trayle, faculty member of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts and the Institute’s Larry Levine Chair in Contemporary Music, teams up with artist-musician Steve Roden for the…
Continue reading »Stew and Heidi Rodewald Talk about ‘Passing Strange’ at the School of Theater
[nggallery id=152] “You have no idea how crazy your school is,” said singer-songwriter-playwright Stew to a roomful of CalArts School of Theater students earlier this month. “[Theater Dean] Travis Preston…
Continue reading »Excerpts from ‘Crescent City’ Opera at the Industry Launch Event
The Industry, a new LA-based, theatrical production company, hosts a launch event tonight at Royal-T in Culver City that features excerpts from its inaugural production: Crescent City, a new opera…
Continue reading »Natural Splendor: Experimental Canadian Short Films Screened Tonight
The Structuring Strategies class and screening series welcomes independent film curator Irina Leimbacher, who brings a slate of short, experimental films by artists from or living in Canada to CalArts…
Continue reading »2-HEADED BEAST is Back: New Music Festival to Feature CalArts Graduate Composers and Sound Artists
After its debut last April, the 2-HEADED BEAST 2011, a two-concert new music festival, awakens from hibernation this Thursday and Saturday (March 17 and 19). The concerts will take place…
Continue reading »CalArts Experimental Filmmakers in Focus
Psychohydrography from Peter Bo Rappmund on Vimeo. Several of CalArts’ experimental, documentary and live-action filmmakers have been making waves around the world for their work, with recent screenings at prestigious…
Continue reading »Meet the ‘Bots Open House
[nggallery id=150] The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts welcomes the latest ‘musician’ to the KarmetiK Machine Orchestra at the Meet the ‘Bots open house at CalArts on Thursday…
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