Hold Up Heart Short Film Now Online
by Luke Martin “If you can’t buy love, steal it.” In the world of director Justin Zsebe’s Hold Up Heart, that is exactly what Jeff, played by CalArts alumnus Edward Kiniry-Ostro…
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EventSeptember 26, 2015
Barry Schrader’s Farewell Concert at CalArts This Weekend
By Luke Martin On Saturday (Sept. 26) at 8 pm, CalArts hosts a farewell concert in honor of composition faculty Barry Schrader, who retires at the end of the 2015-16…
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EventSeptember 19 - 20, 2015
LA Chamber Orchestra to Premiere Derrick Spiva’s ‘Prisms, Cycles, Leaps’
Above: Meet Derrick Spiva by Luke Martin The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s (LACO) season opens this weekend (Sept. 19 -20) with the world premiere of CalArts alumnus Derrick Spiva’s (Music…
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EventSeptember 17 - 19, 2015
Timur and the Dime Museum Perform at BAM Next Wave Festival
by Luke Martin As part of this weekend’s BAM Next Wave Festival in Brooklyn, New York, the Los Angeles-based Timur and the Dime Museum performs Collapse, a post-ecological requiem for the natural world, which humanity…
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EventSeptember 13, 2015
Fell Runner Performs Self-Titled Debut Album at the Bootleg Theater
By Luke Martin On Sept. 13, CalArts alumni band Fell Runner—Steven van Betten (Music BFA 14), Gregory Uhlmann (Music BFA 14), Patrick Kelly (Music BFA 13) and Tim Carr (Music BFA…
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REDCAT Gala 2015 Honors Gabriel Orozco, Jamie and Michael Lynton
By Michael Rogers At a festive celebration on March 14, CalArts presented its annual REDCAT Award to one of the most influential artists of the past 25 years and to…
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CalArts Dedicates John Baldessari Studios
By Michael Rogers CalArts dedicated the new John Baldessari Studios on March 10 with a celebration that paid tribute to the building’s namesake—the influential Los Angeles artist who helped establish…
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EventJune 8 - 27, 2014
‘Into the Fog’ Opens at the Hollywood Fringe Festival
by Ferdinand Botha The Hollywood Fringe Festival, an annual celebration of the performing arts that focuses on local emerging artists and on cultivating entrepreneurialism, takes over numerous traditional and unconventional…
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CalArts Art Benefit & Auction at Metro Pictures and Paula Cooper Gallery
By Nicholas Katzban On April 5, both Metro Pictures and Paula Cooper Gallery in New York City hosted concurrent opening receptions for exhibitions and sales of work to benefit the…
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Q&A With Doug Kearney
**Update: Listen to a June 15 interview with Kearney about Patter on NPR. by Nicholas Katzban March 1 saw the release of Patter, the newest poetry collection from Critical Studies…
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