The West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics (WHAP!) lecture series ends its year with the program Constructing the Future tomorrow (May 4) from 7-9 pm in the West Hollywood Library. LA-based architect…
Continue reading »Photos: Spring Dance Concert 2012
[nggallery id=”252″] Students from The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts presented their 2012 Spring Dance Concert last month (April 19-21), featuring the works of six student choreographers: Caitlin Adams…
Continue reading »In the Spotlight: Experimental Animation at Showcase 2012
[nggallery id=251] On Thursday (May 3) at REDCAT, CalArts Experimental BFA and MFA animators present 17 films as part of Showcase 2012—the year-end screenings from the School of Film/Video. We’ve…
Continue reading »CalArts Student Launches Web Series on New YouTube Cartoon Channel
The comedy website SMOSH launched a new cartoon channel on YouTube this week with original programming from animation veterans including Cory Edwards (director of Hoodwinked!, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil),…
Continue reading »In the Spotlight: Long-form Films at Showcase 2012
An excerpt from Sunset by John Warren. Showcase 2012—the annual screening of works from CalArts School of Film/Video students—begins in earnest tonight at REDCAT, focusing on long-form works from the…
Continue reading »CalArtians Condola Rashad and Chris Akerlind Receive Tony Award Nominations
Two CalArtians were among the Tony Award nominees announced this morning in New York: alumna Condola Rashad (Theater BFA 08) for her performance in Stick Fly and Chris Akerlind, former…
Continue reading »2012 New Works Festival Fosters Cross-School Collaborations
[nggallery id=”250″] The CalArts School of Theater’s New Works Festival (NWF)—an interdisciplinary, student-run festival that fosters opportunities for collaboration among all schools of the Institute—opened on Saturday with 50 scheduled events over…
Continue reading »Filmmaker Haile Gerima Screens Bush Mama at CalArts
For 40 years, the Ethiopian-born filmmaker Haile Gerima has been dedicated to independent cinema, making films that focus on African or African-American narratives. Tomorrow (May 1), he screens his 1975…
Continue reading »‘Dangers of a Narrow World-View’ Explored in Purgatory In Ingolstadt
Opening tonight (April 27) and running through May 5, the CalArts School of Theater presents Purgatory In Ingolstadt in the Ensemble Theater (E400) at CalArts. The play by German playwright Marieluise Fleisser (1901-1974)…
Continue reading »Literary LA: East of Borneo, Black Clock Events this Weekend
Two events on Sunday in LA celebrate the printed word: a Black Clock reading and a conversation on Esther McCoy’s Los Angeles. In the literary journal’s latest edition, Black Clock…
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