Big City Forum and the Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 present an evening of readings from several of Los Angeles’ up-and-coming writers: Harold Abramowitz, Grace Krilanovich, Margaret Wappler and Lauren…
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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 »On Dance and Social Justice: Choreographer Ananya Chatterjea Lectures at CalArts
Choreographer Ananya Chatterjea, who was named a Guggenheim fellow earlier this month, visits CalArts on Tuesday (April 19) as part of the Aesthetics & Politics Lecture Series. In the program,…
Continue reading »Exit 168: An Offramp to a New CalArts Student Journal
CalArts Reviews, a class taught by artist Ellen Birrell, co-founder, publisher and editor of X-TRA, a Contemporary Art Quarterly, introduces students to the examination of language around art. To showcase…
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 »In one ear…and in another: CalArts Faculty, Alumni Featured at Spoken Word Fest
ArtTalk, San Gabriel Valley’s largest spoken-word festival takes place on Saturday (March 12) from 11 am-5 pm at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena. The day-long festival will…
Continue reading »‘Chasing Sanitation’ Exhibit Closes in NYC on Sunday
[nggallery id=147] For more than two years, writer and CalArts alumna Lisa Dowda (Critical Studies MFA 2004) and photographer Liza Ligon have been gathering material for a photo book website…
Continue reading »CalArts MFA Writing Program Hosts Pop Culture Writing Panel Discussion
Writing about pop culture isn’t always about keeping tabs on Charlie Sheen’s or Lindsay Lohan’s latest escapades through People magazine or TMZ.com. Tonight, the MFA Writing Program at CalArts hosts…
Continue reading »CalArts Alumni Launch ‘Novum’ Lecture Series in LA This Weekend
The interdisciplinary arts collective Strophe launches a new lecture series, Novum: A Compendium of Theories, Ideas, & Explorations For the Curious and the Creative, tomorrow night (Jan. 22) in Los…
Continue reading »Q&A with Alumna Irene Tsatsos, Gallery Director of the Armory Center for the Arts
Alumna Irene Tsatsos (MA Critical Studies 10) was recently appointed Gallery Director of the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena. 24700 recently spoke with Tsatsos about her time at…
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