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03 / 10 (event) Laura Steenberge Start: 20:00 MUSIC: MFA Graduation Composer-Performer Recital more info (event) Gregg Araki: The Living End Start: 20:00 REDCAT: A film landmark of the 1990s becomes one of the cinematic highlights of 2008 with the release of this gorgeously remastered version of The Living End. Shot for a paltry $20,000, the racy, disturbing and unexpectedly romantic tale of the serendipitous meeting between two HIV+ gay men significantly changed the landscape of American independent cinema and put Gregg Araki on the map as one of the most original directors of his generation. more info
03 / 11 (event) Tatum Evening Concert Start: 18:00 End: 19:00 MUSIC: A concert by Mikes Sakelliou, featuring a jazz quartet performing original tunes. more info (event) Jennifer Reeves: Structuring Strategies Start: 19:00 FILM/VIDEO: Filmmaker Jennifer Reeves will introduce and discuss her work as part of the Structuring Strategies series. more info (event) "Beginner" Start: 20:00 THEATER: Written by School of Theater Dean and acclaimed playwright Erik Ehn, Beginner comprises three one-act plays set around the Texas/Mexico border. Imagery of Catholic saints, folk mythology, surreal dreamscapes and pop culture are married together to explore a shape-shifting world where even the traditionally reliable forces of space and time are fragile and illusory. Directed by Emily Mendelsohn, MFA2. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. more info (event) David Goodheim: BFA Graduation Performer-Composer Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: An evening of beautiful sounding music featuring performances of original compositions, drone improvisations, Hindustani classical music and a piece for solo guitar by Toru Takemitsu. more info
03 / 12 (event) "Room in Me," MFA II Thesis Concert by Sung-Yun Park Start: 14:38 DANCE: A metaphorical dance performance depicting an individual's journey to wholeness and the freeing of her inner child. more info (event) "Room in Me," MFA II Thesis Concert by Sung-Yun Park Start: 14:40 DANCE: A metaphorical dance performance depicting an individual's journey to wholeness and the freeing of her inner child. more info (event) "Conceptual Paradise" Screening Start: 19:00 ART: This week, the visiting artist lecture series and Afterall, bring you a special Wednesday night screening of Conceptual Paradise with an introduction and Q&A with the filmmaker, Stefan Romer. The film includes interviews with a number of past and present CalArts faculty and alumni. www.conceptual-paradise.com more info (event) “Beginner” Start: 20:00 THEATER: Written by School of Theater Dean and acclaimed playwright Erik Ehn, Beginner comprises three one-act plays set around the Texas/Mexico border. Imagery of Catholic saints, folk mythology, surreal dreamscapes and pop culture are married together to explore a shape-shifting world where even the traditionally reliable forces of space and time are fragile and illusory. Directed by Emily Mendelsohn, MFA2. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. more info (event) Trevor Anderies: BFA Graduation Jazz Drum Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: A recital of original compositions, standards and Ewe music. more info (event) The Sound and the Fury Start: 23:00 MUSIC: New music by graduate composition students. more info
03 / 13 (event) Visiting Artist Lecture: Janice Kerbel Start: 08:04 ART: Janice Kerbel is a London-based artist who works in a variety of mediums, including radio broadcasts, websites, books, proposals, drawings, and so forth. Some examples of her projects can be found at the following links: http://www.bookworks.org.uk/asp/detail.asp?uid=book_7D5C0340-7BB3-4F01-A... http://www.norwichgallery.co.uk/gallery/archive/ex2003/pages/kerbel.html http://www.bird-island.com/ http://www.nicksilvercantsleep.org.uk/ Please join us in room F200 for her lecture @ 7pm more info (event) Art Exhibitions End: 06:08 Start: Mar 13 2008 - 8:08am End: Mar 15 2008 - 6:08am ART: D300 Gallery: Fear and the Irrational Mind* by Quinn Gomez-Heitzberg MFA D301 Gallery: A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours by Nicholas Grider MFA L-Shape Gallery: Michael Chang MFA Main Gallery: They Contemplated with Fascination Their Own Absence by Alexa Gerrity MFA A402 Gallery: Attempt by Sidonie Loiseleux MFA Lime Gallery: 3 Studies by Laura Kim MFA Mint Gallery: Unknown, Un-Identified: Lessons of the Cast Off by Chanel Eddines MFA more info (event) An Afternoon with Chuck D & Friends Start: 12:00 End: 13:30 MUSIC: An afternoon of original compositions from award-winning singer/songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Charles DeWayne Dorsey, Jr., with performances of soul, funk, r&b, jazz & inspirational music. Ensemble features drum set, percussion, bass, guitar, piano, a 6-piece horn section, a string quartet & background vocalists. www.chuckdmusic.com more info (event) "For What?" MFA II Thesis Concert by EunJu Chung Start: 19:30 End: 20:30 DANCE: An evening length performance exploring the conflict between humanity's inside (mind) that represents thoughtful action and humanity's outside (body) that functions on a more primal level. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. more info (event) Jon Armstrong: MFA Graduation Jazz Saxophone Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: A jazz performance with acoustic and amplified instruments. more info (event) “Beginner” Start: 20:00 THEATER: Written by School of Theater Dean and acclaimed playwright Erik Ehn, Beginner comprises three one-act plays set around the Texas/Mexico border. Imagery of Catholic saints, folk mythology, surreal dreamscapes and pop culture are married together to explore a shape-shifting world where even the traditionally reliable forces of space and time are fragile and illusory. Directed by Emily Mendelsohn, MFA2. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. more info (event) Roger Guenveur Smith: Iceland Start: 20:30 REDCAT: The Obie Award-winning duo of writer, director and actor Roger Guenveur Smith and composer Marc Anthony Thompson are joined by former Urban Bush Woman Treva Offutt to “navigate the bloodstream” of two lovers -- a painter and a dancer -- whose saga volcano-hops from the Arctic to the tropics and back home to Brooklyn. more info
03 / 14 (event) Art Exhibitions End: 06:08 Start: Mar 13 2008 - 8:08am End: Mar 15 2008 - 6:08am ART: D300 Gallery: Fear and the Irrational Mind by Quinn Gomez-Heitzberg MFA D301 Gallery: A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours by Nicholas Grider MFA L-Shape Gallery: Michael Chang MFA Main Gallery: They Contemplated with Fascination Their Own Absence by Alexa Gerrity MFA A402 Gallery: Attempt by Sidonie Loiseleux MFA Lime Gallery: 3 Studies by Laura Kim MFA Mint Gallery: Unknown, Un-Identified: Lessons of the Cast Off by Chanel Eddines MFA more info (event) CAP/Plaza de la Raza Dance Program Culminating Performance Start: 17:00 End: 18:00 CAP: This event will showcase individual and collaborative original modern dance pieces choreographed and performed by the CAP participants. This program is led by CalArts School of Dance faculty member Francesca Penzani and CalArts School of Dance student instructors. The performance will take place in the dance studio at Plaza de la Raza, located at 3540 North Mission Road in Los Angeles. This event is free and open to the public. more info (event) "For What?" MFA II Thesis Concert Start: 19:30 End: 20:30 DANCE: An evening length performance exploring the conflict between humanity's inside (mind) that represents thoughtful action and humanity's outside (body) that functions on a more primal level. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. more info (event) "Motorman" Start: 19:30 FILM/VIDEO: Presented by the Film Directing Program's One Act Play Festival, and based on the novel by David Ohle, Motorman is the story of Moldenke, a man trapped in his apartment against his will. Starring Evan Silverman as Moldenke, Tom DeMar as Bunce, Fabian Euresti as The Jellyhead and Ragnhildur Sigurðardóttir as Burnheart. Directed by Brian Higdon, sound design by Toby Lawrence, set design by Meredith Young and lighting design by Kathi O'Donohue. more info (event) The Road to Nowhere: How We Got There from Where We Started Start: 19:30 End: 21:00 CAP: Smell the sunsets of Hamatopia, ride the waves of Hello Ocean's south shores, tour the laboratories of Plexico, meet the citizens of Eggystan, and join an amazing cast of characters through a crazy continent on the road trip of a lifetime. Find out who has the wealth and who has the wherewithal when the 2007-2008 CAP Puppetry class presents puppet mayhem in their new film journey about here, there, and all the music in between. more info (event) “Beginner” Start: 20:00 THEATER: Written by School of Theater Dean and acclaimed playwright Erik Ehn, Beginner comprises three one-act plays set around the Texas/Mexico border. Imagery of Catholic saints, folk mythology, surreal dreamscapes and pop culture are married together to explore a shape-shifting world where even the traditionally reliable forces of space and time are fragile and illusory. Directed by Emily Mendelsohn, MFA2. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. more info (event) Gavin Templeton: MFA Graduation Saxophone Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: A concert featuring a jazz combo performing jazz standards and original compositions. more info (event) Roger Guenveur Smith: Iceland Start: 20:30 REDCAT: The Obie Award-winning duo of writer, director and actor Roger Guenveur Smith and composer Marc Anthony Thompson are joined by former Urban Bush Woman Treva Offutt to “navigate the bloodstream” of two lovers -- a painter and a dancer -- whose saga volcano-hops from the Arctic to the tropics and back home to Brooklyn. more info
03 / 15 (event) Art Exhibitions End: 06:08 Start: Mar 13 2008 - 8:08am End: Mar 15 2008 - 6:08am ART: D300 Gallery: Fear and the Irrational Mind by Quinn Gomez-Heitzberg MFA D301 Gallery: A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours by Nicholas Grider MFA L-Shape Gallery: Michael Chang MFA Main Gallery: They Contemplated with Fascination Their Own Absence by Alexa Gerrity MFA A402 Gallery: Attempt by Sidonie Loiseleux MFA Lime Gallery: 3 Studies by Laura Kim MFA Mint Gallery: Unknown, Un-Identified: Lessons of the Cast Off by Chanel Eddines MFA more info (event) Dan Chemistruck: MFA Graduation Gamelan Recital - CANCELLED Start: 14:00 MUSIC: A concert of jazz standards and Indonesian music arranged for jazz orchestra. more info (event) The Road to Nowhere: How We Got There from Where We Started Start: 14:00 CAP: Smell the sunsets of Hamatopia, ride the waves of Hello Ocean's south shores, tour the laboratories of Plexico, meet the citizens of Eggystan, and join an amazing cast of characters through a crazy continent on the road trip of a lifetime. Find out who has the wealth and who has the wherewithal when the 2007-2008 CAP Puppetry class presents puppet mayhem in their new film journey about here, there, and all the music in between. more info (event) "For What?" MFA II Thesis Concert Start: 19:30 End: 20:30 DANCE: An evening length performance exploring the conflict between humanity's inside (mind) that represents thoughtful action and humanity's outside (body) that functions on a more primal level. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. more info (event) "Motorman" Start: 19:30 FILM/VIDEO: Presented by the Film Directing Program's One Act Play Festival, and based on the novel by David Ohle, Motorman is the story of Moldenke, a man trapped in his apartment against his will. Starring Evan Silverman as Moldenke, Tom DeMar as Bunce, Fabian Euresti as The Jellyhead and Ragnhildur Sigurðardóttir as Burnheart. Directed by Brian Higdon, sound design by Toby Lawrence, set design by Meredith Young and lighting design by Kathi O'Donohue. more info (event) “Beginner” Start: 20:00 THEATER: Written by School of Theater Dean and acclaimed playwright Erik Ehn, Beginner comprises three one-act plays set around the Texas/Mexico border. Imagery of Catholic saints, folk mythology, surreal dreamscapes and pop culture are married together to explore a shape-shifting world where even the traditionally reliable forces of space and time are fragile and illusory. Directed by Emily Mendelsohn, MFA2. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. more info (event) Sasha Birrittella: MFA Graduation Jazz Guitar Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring original compositions, as well as music by Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock and Sly and the Family Stone. more info (event) Roger Guenveur Smith: Iceland Start: 20:30 REDCAT: The Obie Award-winning duo of writer, director and actor Roger Guenveur Smith and composer Marc Anthony Thompson are joined by former Urban Bush Woman Treva Offutt to “navigate the bloodstream” of two lovers -- a painter and a dancer -- whose saga volcano-hops from the Arctic to the tropics and back home to Brooklyn. more info
03 / 16 (event) Maciej Flis: MFA Graduation Bassoon Recital Start: 14:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring music by A. Tansman, J. Williams, F. Poulenc and J. Steinmetz, with guest Midnight Winds (woodwind quintet). more info (event) "Motorman" Start: 14:00 FILM/VIDEO: Presented by the Film Directing Program's One Act Play Festival, and based on the novel by David Ohle, Motorman is the story of Moldenke, a man trapped in his apartment against his will. Starring Evan Silverman as Moldenke, Tom DeMar as Bunce, Fabian Euresti as The Jellyhead and Ragnhildur Sigurðardóttir as Burnheart. Directed by Brian Higdon, sound design by Toby Lawrence, set design by Meredith Young and lighting design by Kathi O'Donohue. more info (event) CAP/Plaza de la Raza Music Program Culminating Concert Start: 14:00 End: 16:00 CAP:Youth participants in the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Music Program will perform pieces ranging from rock music, jazz, voice ensembles, and improvisational works. This program provides instrumental instruction in piano, drums, guitar, voice, and theory and composition. The program is taught by CalArts School of Music student instructors and it is coordinated by CAP/Plaza Music Program Coordinator and CalArts School of Music alumnus Noah Harmon. The concert will take place at Plaza de la Raza located at 3540 North Mission Road in Los Angeles. This performance is free and open to the public. more info (event) Roger Guenveur Smith: Iceland Start: 15:00 REDCAT: The Obie Award-winning duo of writer, director and actor Roger Guenveur Smith and composer Marc Anthony Thompson are joined by former Urban Bush Woman Treva Offutt to “navigate the bloodstream” of two lovers -- a painter and a dancer -- whose saga volcano-hops from the Arctic to the tropics and back home to Brooklyn. more info (event) Black Clock #8 Launch Party Start: 16:00 End: 19:00 CRITICAL STUDIES: Join us at the launch party for Black Clock 8. When? 4 pm on Sunday, Mar 16. Where? The Mandrake (La Cienega between Venice Blvd. and Washington Blvd.) The party will feature readings by issue #8 contributors Mady Schutzman, Alex Austin, Chris Kraus, Geoff Nicholson, George Melrod, and Lisa Teasley. more info (event) Kiki Innami: MFA Graduation Flute Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Flute recital featuring performances of Berios's Sequenza, Takemitsu's Air, Muczynski's Sonata and Jolivet's Chant de Linos, with string trio and harp. more info
03 / 17 (event) Chamber Music Concert Start: 20:00 MUSIC: A concert of chamber music performed by CalArts students and faculty. more info (event) Paul McCarthy and Damon McCarthy: Video Projections from Caribbean Pirates Start: 20:00 REDCAT: This special world theatrical premiere offers Los Angeles audiences the first theatrical presentation of videos from Caribbean Pirates, the McCarthy studio’s sprawling simulacrum of “Pirattitude” across American popular culture. As first shown in 2005 at Munich’s Haus der Kunst, the manic, typically bawdy work collaged multichannel video projections with large-scale sculptures, props, and film sets -- including a full-scale pirate frigate and a 1970s-era houseboat. more info
03 / 18 (event) CalArts Jazz CD Project—Tatum Concert Start: 16:00 End: 20:00 MUSIC: Twenty different ensembles performing new and original compositions to be considered for the annual recording project at Capitol Records. more info (event) Alain LeTourneau & Pam Minty: Structuring Strategies Start: 19:00 FILM/VIDEO: Filmmakers Alain LeTourneau and Pam Minty will introduce and discuss their work as part of the Structuring Strategies series. more info
03 / 19 (event) Student Potluck Start: 12:00 End: 13:00 INSTITUTE: Free potluck, bring food! more info (event) Serious Play: Integrating Games Into the Teaching and Making of Art Start: 12:15 End: 13:45 CAP: CAP Pedagogy Series with BJ Dodge more info (event) The Formalist Quartet with Guest Artist Dr. James Winn Start: 18:30 MUSIC: The Formalist Quartet is joined by pianist James Winn in a program of works by Shostakovich, Schnittke, Messiaen and Prokofiev. more info (event) Andrew Munsey: BFA Graduation Jazz Drum Recital Start: 21:00 MUSIC: A concert of arrangements & compositions by Munsey featuring a number of interesting CalArts musicians. more info (event) Matt Barbier & Ian Carroll End: 00:00 Start: Mar 19 2008 - 10:30pm End: Mar 20 2008 - 12:00am MUSIC: Split recital between Matt Barbier & Ian Carroll, featuring works by Xenakis, Burhns, Stockhausen and others. more info
03 / 20 (event) Matt Barbier & Ian Carroll End: 00:00 Start: Mar 19 2008 - 10:30pm End: Mar 20 2008 - 12:00am MUSIC: Split recital between Matt Barbier & Ian Carroll, featuring works by Xenakis, Burhns, Stockhausen and others. more info (event) "Time, Travel, Speed" by Djego Padilla Start: 00:01 End: 23:59 ART: A live remote collaborative wall painting, between 254 Crew of Los Angeles, CA & Dash2rü Crew of Mexico City. Presented as part of graphic designer Djego Padilla's thesis on global street culture and web 2.0. Participation welcomed. Ongoing all day into the night. www.globalstreetculture.com more info (event) Visiting Artist Lecture: Lane Relyea End: 00:08 Start: Mar 20 2008 - 8:08am End: Mar 21 2008 - 12:08am ART: Lane is an associate professor At Theory and Practice at Northwestern University. He taught for ten years at CalArts before being appointed director of the Core Program and Art History at the Glassell School of Art in Houston, Texas. Lane has written essays for numerous catalogues and monographs. Please check the links below for more information: http://www.art.northwestern.edu/programs/faculty/relyea.html http://badatsports.com/2006/episode-32-lane-relyea/ more info (event) Dylan McKenzie: BFA Graduation Multi-focus Guitar Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Graduation recital featuring original compositions and arrangements. more info (event) SPRAWL Start: 20:00 CRITICAL STUDIES: MFA writers will read from their work. more info (event) Circuit & Speaker End: 00:00 Start: Mar 20 2008 - 9:00pm End: Mar 21 2008 - 12:00am ART: A group/collaborative sound-art installation utilizing natural (and unnatural) resonating bodies/objects to create and sustain an immersive auditory environment. more info (event) Music Performance End: 00:00 Start: Mar 20 2008 - 10:00pm End: Mar 21 2008 - 12:00am MUSIC: Music performance, both electronic & turntablism. more info
03 / 21 (event) Visiting Artist Lecture: Lane Relyea End: 00:08 Start: Mar 20 2008 - 8:08am End: Mar 21 2008 - 12:08am ART: Lane is an associate professor At Theory and Practice at Northwestern University. He taught for ten years at CalArts before being appointed director of the Core Program and Art History at the Glassell School of Art in Houston, Texas. Lane has written essays for numerous catalogues and monographs. Please check the links below for more information: http://www.art.northwestern.edu/programs/faculty/relyea.html http://badatsports.com/2006/episode-32-lane-relyea/ more info (event) Circuit & Speaker End: 00:00 Start: Mar 20 2008 - 9:00pm End: Mar 21 2008 - 12:00am ART: A group/collaborative sound-art installation utilizing natural (and unnatural) resonating bodies/objects to create and sustain an immersive auditory environment. more info (event) Music Performance End: 00:00 Start: Mar 20 2008 - 10:00pm End: Mar 21 2008 - 12:00am MUSIC: Music performance, both electronic & turntablism. more info (event) Art Exhibitions End: 11:09 Start: Mar 21 2008 - 8:09am End: Mar 22 2008 - 11:09am D300 Gallery: Lindsay Foster MFA D301 Gallery: The Cult of Adam by Miller Updegraff MFA L-Shape Gallery: Under the Rug by Katherine Shaw BFA Main Gallery: Nathan Young MFA A402 Gallery: Shhh by Astri Swendsrud MFA Lime Gallery: Faux Foo Fantasy by Marina Heintze BFA Mint Gallery: Icon of Sam by Sam Graham BFA more info (event) 4'33" and Beyond Start: 20:30 REDCAT: John Cage broke through a previously impassable threshold in 1952 when he first presented 4'33", the “silent” piece that now stands as his most famous, controversial and -- by his own estimate -- important work. For Cage, this landmark set a standard for aleatoric music and his idea that any sound may constitute music. more info
03 / 22 (event) Art Exhibitions End: 11:09 Start: Mar 21 2008 - 8:09am End: Mar 22 2008 - 11:09am D300 Gallery: Lindsay Foster MFA D301 Gallery: The Cult of Adam by Miller Updegraff MFA L-Shape Gallery: Under the Rug by Katherine Shaw BFA Main Gallery: Nathan Young MFA A402 Gallery: Shhh by Astri Swendsrud MFA Lime Gallery: Faux Foo Fantasy by Marina Heintze BFA Mint Gallery: Icon of Sam by Sam Graham BFA more info
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03 / 31 (event) Strategic Planning Feedback Session Start: 11:30 CalArts staff, faculty and students are invited to a discussion of current planning and the future of CalArts. The discussion will include highlights of this year's Strategic Plan, and an update on the Diversity Position search. Coffee service will be provided. more info
04 / 1 (event) Paul Vester: Structuring Strategies Start: 19:00 FILM/VIDEO: Filmmaker Paul Vester will introduce and discuss his work as part of the Structuring Strategies series. more info (event) "Thirty-Six Ghosts" by Daren Burns Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Thirty-Six Ghosts is an interdisciplinary work for ten musicians, live video and two Butoh dancers. The piece features works written by Burns, and performances with Vinny Golia, Ulrich Krieger, Randy Gloss and Wadada Leo Smith. more info
04 / 2 (event) Art Exhibitions End: 00:00 Start: Apr 2 2008 - 8:30am End: Apr 4 2008 - 12:00am ART: D300 Gallery: As, Approximately by Alexandra Olson MFA D301 Gallery: halving the distance by Carlin Wing MFA Main Gallery: To Avoid This Shipwreck by Meghann McCrory MFA Main Gallery "in the cube": Tabula-Rasa by Meghann McCrory in collaboration with Ali Prosch and Michiko Yao A402 Gallery: MFA Thesis by Michael Buitron MFA Lime Gallery: dependent arising by Kichul Kim MFA Mint Gallery: Fishing Down Marine Food Webs by Louisa Conrad MFA more info (event) Ed Garcia: MFA Mid-Residency Multi-Focus Percussion Recital Start: 18:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring solo works on vibraphone and marimba, with music by Stout, Reich and more. Piano phase with guest artist Tim Black. more info (event) Wendy Vazquez: BFA Graduation Voice Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: An evening of Mozart, Brahms, de Falla, Britten, Bolcom and much, much more. more info
04 / 3 (event) Art Exhibitions End: 00:00 Start: Apr 2 2008 - 8:30am End: Apr 4 2008 - 12:00am ART: D300 Gallery: As, Approximately by Alexandra Olson MFA D301 Gallery: halving the distance by Carlin Wing MFA Main Gallery: To Avoid This Shipwreck by Meghann McCrory MFA Main Gallery "in the cube": Tabula-Rasa by Meghann McCrory in collaboration with Ali Prosch and Michiko Yao A402 Gallery: MFA Thesis by Michael Buitron MFA Lime Gallery: dependent arising by Kichul Kim MFA Mint Gallery: Fishing Down Marine Food Webs by Louisa Conrad MFA more info (event) Visiting Artist Lecture: Carola Dertnig Start: 08:02 End: 23:02 ART: Carola Dertnig is an artist who lives and works in Vienna, Austria. Her work is primarily based in performance. Along with being an artist, she also curates and she has recently made a book that for the first time brings together text and documentation on the history of performance art in Austria. She is teaching at CalArts this semester as visiting faculty in the Photography and Media program. more info (event) Screening of Maquilapolis followed by forum with Sergio de la Torre Start: 09:00 End: 12:00 CAP: CAP Forum Series with Sergio de la Torre more info (event) Saorsa's Home Start: 20:00 End: 23:30 FILM/VIDEO: Installation in animation by Nicole Emmons and Qadriyyah Shamsid-Deen. more info (event) Music Tech Concert Start: 20:00 MUSIC: A voyage to the moon featuring music (both electronic and not) by students in the Music Technology Program. more info (event) An Intimate Evening with Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Start: 20:30 REDCAT: Herb Alpert and Lani Hall perform a rare and intimate evening of American and Brasilian jazz featuring a trio of masterful musicians -- Bill Cantos (piano), Michael Shapiro (drums) and Hussain Jiffrey (bass). They play original arrangements from a selection of American standard songs with some spicy Brasilian music in the mix. Alpert’s warm, expressive trumpet lines compliment Hall’s sensual, emotional voice, making this an enchanting evening of sophisticated music for all. See http://redcat.org/season/0708/mus/alpert.php ($) more info (event) Cabaret, love sex politics End: 01:00 Start: Apr 3 2008 - 10:00pm End: Apr 4 2008 - 1:00am THEATER: At the Coffeehouse Theater with a jazz club vibe, come and enjoy live music, theater performance, dance, film/video and art! Sponsored by the Latino Student Union at CalArts, join us while we explore the themes that unite us all: love, sex and politics! more info
04 / 4 (event) Art Exhibitions End: 00:00 Start: Apr 2 2008 - 8:30am End: Apr 4 2008 - 12:00am ART: D300 Gallery: As, Approximately by Alexandra Olson MFA D301 Gallery: halving the distance by Carlin Wing MFA Main Gallery: To Avoid This Shipwreck by Meghann McCrory MFA Main Gallery "in the cube": Tabula-Rasa by Meghann McCrory in collaboration with Ali Prosch and Michiko Yao A402 Gallery: MFA Thesis by Michael Buitron MFA Lime Gallery: dependent arising by Kichul Kim MFA Mint Gallery: Fishing Down Marine Food Webs by Louisa Conrad MFA more info (event) Cabaret, love sex politics End: 01:00 Start: Apr 3 2008 - 10:00pm End: Apr 4 2008 - 1:00am THEATER: At the Coffeehouse Theater with a jazz club vibe, come and enjoy live music, theater performance, dance, film/video and art! Sponsored by the Latino Student Union at CalArts, join us while we explore the themes that unite us all: love, sex and politics! more info (event) A Life in Sound: MFA Graduation Recital by Lucas Rodenbush Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring tabla solo, tabla accompaniment, experimental music reperformances, composition realizations & live acoustic/electronic bands. more info (event) An Intimate Evening with Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Start: 20:30 REDCAT: Herb Alpert and Lani Hall perform a rare and intimate evening of American and Brasilian jazz featuring a trio of masterful musicians -- Bill Cantos (piano), Michael Shapiro (drums) and Hussain Jiffrey (bass). They play original arrangements from a selection of American standard songs with some spicy Brasilian music in the mix. Alpert’s warm, expressive trumpet lines compliment Hall’s sensual, emotional voice, making this an enchanting evening of sophisticated music for all. See http://redcat.org/season/0708/mus/alpert.php ($) more info (event) "The Soothing Sounds of Justice" by Antony DiGennaro Start: 21:00 MUSIC: A BFA4 graduation composition recital featuring the music of Plotz!, improvisations with Michael Jon Fink and others, and Tinhorn Justice. more info
04 / 5 (event) Roksana Zeinapur: MFA Graduation Piano Recital Start: 14:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring solo piano and chamber music works by Bach, Poulenc, Crumb and Ives. more info (event) OK Composer Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Student-run music series showcasing graduate and undergraduate composers. more info (event) Andy Milne and Dapp Theory Start: 20:30 REDCAT: Known for a signature on-edge sound heavy with groove, the New York quintet is driven by the emphatic piano and keyboard work of Andy Milne, who formed the group five years ago to link the essentials of jazz with hip-hop rhythms and funk harmonics. Recipient of a Chamber Music America new works commission and named “rising-star keyboardist” by the readers of Down Beat, the Canadian-born Milne has established himself as one of the most important young artists in jazz today. more info
04 / 6 (event) Collin Kupka: BFA Graduation Saxophone Recital Start: 14:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring original compositions and works by Wayne Shorter, Joe Locke, Fred Hersch and more. more info (event) Ingo Deul: MFA Graduation Composer/Performer African-American Improvisational Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: A concert of improvisation featuring all original compositions for different ensembles. more info
04 / 7 (event) Artists for Social Justice Meeting Start: 12:00 End: 13:30 Community: This is a gathering of people who want to learn, share, find support for, act on and engage in dialog about: art for social change, art and social responsibility, strategies for community engagement and social change through the arts, context-based and collaborative artistic practices, presentations by visiting artists, activists and civic leaders, self-empowerment strategies for artists and their communities, alternative or minority histories and practices outside institutional and mainstream venues. more info (event) Undergraduate Composers Concert Start: 20:00 CalArts faculty, students, alumni and special guests perform new compositions by CalArts undergraduate composers. more info (event) Heinz Emigholz: Schindler’s Houses Start: 20:00 REDCAT: For the past 15 years, the idiosyncratic Berlin filmmaker Heinz Emigholz has created a series of films documenting the work of certain 20th-century architects for whom he feels a special affinity. What attracts him particularly is the complex organization of interior spaces and the spatial relations between a building and its immediate surroundings. more info (event) The Beetis: Cardew's Treatise End: 00:00 Start: Apr 7 2008 - 10:00pm End: Apr 8 2008 - 12:00am MUSIC: Ensemble 303 presents a realization of Cornelius Cardew's meisterwerk of graphic proportions, Treatise. more info
04 / 8 (event) The Beetis: Cardew's Treatise End: 00:00 Start: Apr 7 2008 - 10:00pm End: Apr 8 2008 - 12:00am MUSIC: Ensemble 303 presents a realization of Cornelius Cardew's meisterwerk of graphic proportions, Treatise. more info (event) Heinz Emigholz: Structuring Strategies St