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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 Start: 19:00 FILM/VIDEO: Filmmaker Heinz Emigholz will introduce and discuss his work as part of the Structuring Strategies series. more info (event) MAP Concert Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Students from the Musical Arts Program at the School of Music present an evening of eclectic work, including original songs, original electronics and other compositions, performed by the creators and their collaborators. more info
04 / 9 (event) Art Appreciation: Paris presentations Start: 14:00 End: 16:00 FILM/VIDEO: Please come to a slide and cheese gathering to see the brief projected presentations made by each of the students in the interdisciplinary class: ART APPRECIATION: PARIS. Each member of the class will speak about and show images of something that became interesting to them on their recent trip to Paris. more info (event) Robert LaDue: MFA Graduation Composer-Performer Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Daymaire ♥, a musical performance by Bob LaDue. more info
04 / 10 (event) Visiting Artist Lecture: Benjamin Weissman Start: 06:36 End: 23:36 Benjamin Weissman is the author of two books of stories, most recently Headless. Tonight he will be discussing his piece, Music from 1975. He is currently teaching at CalArts this semester as visiting faculty in the Art program. more info (event) "An Unfinished Story," MFA II Dance Thesis Concert by Yen-Lin Chou Start: 19:30 DANCE: A dance concert about losing someone you love in your life. 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) Chris Kallmyer: MFA Mid-Residency Trumpet Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring new works by Allaire, Cazan and M. Deragon, and performances with Shelly Suminski and Andrew Rosenblum. more info (event) That Untravelled World - CANCELLED Start: 20:00 THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld. more info (event) "Room in Me," MFA II Dance Thesis Concert by Sung-Yun Park Start: 20:30 DANCE: A metaphorical dance performance depicting an individual's journey to wholeness and the freeing of her inner child. 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) Compagnie Julie Dossavi: P.I. (Pays) or Présentations intimes Start: 20:30 REDCAT: Infusing contemporary African dance forms with jolts of high fashion and street culture, the mesmerizing Julie Dossavi presents a collection of solos and duets accompanied by live African percussion, voice and electronics in this Los Angeles premiere. The Benin-born dancer and choreographer draws on sources from electronic dance music and club culture to gymnastics and tribal ritual to shape distinctive works that are modern, ethnic, expressive and abstract—and always alive with a distillation of human experience. more info
04 / 11 (event) Art Exhibitions Start: 09:26 End: 23:26 ART: D300 Gallery: Meaning by Sayre Gomez MFA D301 Gallery: A Diorama by Mariechen Danz MFA L-Shape Gallery: Helding Hands by Sam Michel BFA Main Gallery: Desire and the device by Alexandra Prosch MFA A402 Gallery: L.A. Killed My Truck by Diana-Sofia Estrada MFA Lime Gallery: Daniel Pineda MFA Mint Gallery: the charleston project: proposals for the escape velocity of time by Kimberly (Nikki) Pressley MFA more info (event) Teaching Art: A workshop about the pathway to a teaching credential Start: 12:00 End: 13:00 CAP/Community: Lunch will be provided and all CalArts students and faculty are invited 1) Learn about what it takes to earn a teaching credential to teach the arts at the elementary and secondary levels 2) Be informed about pre-credential courses you can take now as you earn your BFA or MFA 3) Find out about paid teaching internships and substitute teaching positions 4) Become aware of the differences between teaching in public schools, charter schools and private schools and what kinds of jobs are available more info (event) "An Unfinished Story," MFA II Dance Thesis Concert by Yen-Lin Chou Start: 19:30 DANCE: A dance concert about losing someone you love in your life. 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 Tranchina: MFA Graduation Jazz Bass Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: A recital of original compositions performed by jazz combos comprised of CalArts students. more info (event) That Untravelled World - CANCELLED Start: 20:00 THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld. more info (event) "Room in Me," MFA II Dance Thesis Concert by Sung-Yun Park Start: 20:30 DANCE: A metaphorical dance performance depicting an individual's journey to wholeness and the freeing of her inner child. 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) Compagnie Julie Dossavi: P.I. (Pays) or Présentations intimes Start: 20:30 REDCAT: Infusing contemporary African dance forms with jolts of high fashion and street culture, the mesmerizing Julie Dossavi presents a collection of solos and duets accompanied by live African percussion, voice and electronics in this Los Angeles premiere. The Benin-born dancer and choreographer draws on sources from electronic dance music and club culture to gymnastics and tribal ritual to shape distinctive works that are modern, ethnic, expressive and abstract—and always alive with a distillation of human experience. more info
04 / 12 (event) Katharyn Shriner: MFA Graduation Harp Recital Start: 14:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring works by Smetana, Ravel, Tournier, Bach, Ellsworth and Hovhaness. more info (event) That Untravelled World Start: 14:00 End: 20:00 THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld. more info (event) "An Unfinished Story," MFA II Dance Thesis Concert by Yen-Lin Chou Start: 19:30 DANCE: A dance concert about losing someone you love in your life. 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) "One River, Many Voices" MFA Graduation Oboe Recital by Lorna Kohler Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring music by Debussy and Poulenc for oboe, harp and piano. Improvisation and original compositions for oboe, voice, guitar and other instruments. more info (event) "Room in Me," MFA II Dance Thesis Concert by Sung-Yun Park Start: 20:30 DANCE: A metaphorical dance performance depicting an individual's journey to wholeness and the freeing of her inner child. 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) Compagnie Julie Dossavi: P.I. (Pays) or Présentations intimes Start: 20:30 REDCAT: Infusing contemporary African dance forms with jolts of high fashion and street culture, the mesmerizing Julie Dossavi presents a collection of solos and duets accompanied by live African percussion, voice and electronics in this Los Angeles premiere. The Benin-born dancer and choreographer draws on sources from electronic dance music and club culture to gymnastics and tribal ritual to shape distinctive works that are modern, ethnic, expressive and abstract—and always alive with a distillation of human experience. more info
04 / 13 (event) Graduate Open Studios Day Start: 01:12 End: 23:12 ART: Current MFA students in the School of Art's Art, Photography and the Integrated Media programs at California Institute of the Arts are pleased to announce the annual Graduate Open Studios Day. For one afternoon, Sunday, April 13 from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m., approximately 60 graduate students will open their workspaces to the public. Visitors are invited to take an inside look at the diverse projects undertaken at CalArts--where students test the limits of their mediums and explore definitions of contemporary art making. more info (event) Johannes Rath: MFA Graduation Guitar Recital Start: 14:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring free improv, Indian music and guitalimba with special guests. more info (event) Compagnie Julie Dossavi: P.I. (Pays) or Présentations intimes Start: 15:00 REDCAT: Infusing contemporary African dance forms with jolts of high fashion and street culture, the mesmerizing Julie Dossavi presents a collection of solos and duets accompanied by live African percussion, voice and electronics in this Los Angeles premiere. The Benin-born dancer and choreographer draws on sources from electronic dance music and club culture to gymnastics and tribal ritual to shape distinctive works that are modern, ethnic, expressive and abstract—and always alive with a distillation of human experience. more info (event) CAP Saturday Music Program Culminating Concert Start: 16:00 End: 17:30 CAP: Participants in the CAP Saturday Music Program, along with their CalArts School of Music student instructors, will perform in a free concert in the CalArts Main Gallery. The program will include classical, jazz, vocal ensemble and world percussion pieces among others. This CAP program offers master classes for up to one hundred elementary, middle and high school students. Classes include theory, composition, vocal ensemble, percussion, chamber ensemble, jazz ensemble, and more. more info (event) SPRAWL Start: 16:00 End: 19:00 CRITICAL STUDIES: MFA Writing students read from new work. more info (event) Adam Weinmann: MFA Graduation Oboe Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring works for oboe by Bach and Bozza, North Indian music and Klezmer for oboe. more info
04 / 14 (event) Graduate Composers Concert Start: 20:00 MUSIC: The CalArts New Century Players and special guests, under the direction of David Rosenboom, perform new works by CalArts graduate composers. more info
04 / 15 (event) Helmut Lachenmann Start: 14:00 End: 17:00 MUSIC: Guest lecturer Helmut Lachenmann on his thoughts and music. All interested CalArts students and faculty are invited to attend this special event. more info (event) WASC Feedback Session Start: 16:30 End: 17:30 Provost Nancy Uscher invites members of the CalArts community to attend a discussion and feedback session, focusing on WASC and other important CalArts issues. Coffee service will be provided. more info (event) Jon Reiss: Structuring Strategies Start: 19:00 FILM/VIDEO: Filmmaker Jon Reiss will introduce and discuss his work as part of the Structuring Strategies series. more info (event) Damian Berdakin: MFA Graduation Bass & Conducting Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring solo bass and chamber ensembles. more info (event) "Hoppla, We're Alive!" Start: 20:00 THEATER: Written by Ernst Toller and translated by Alan Raphael Pearlman, Hoppla, We're Alive explores the fate of Karl Thomas, a revolutionary of 1918-19 who, after eight years in a mental institution, is released into a totally changed world in which he can establish no point of contact. General admission: $7. Aumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. more info (event) That Untravelled World Start: 20:00 THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld. more info (event) An Evening with CalArts Poets and Writers Start: 20:30 REDCAT: Innovative Los Angeles writers and CalArts faculty members Steve Erickson, Douglas Kearney, Janet Sarbanes and Christine Wertheim read selections from their acclaimed work. Erickson is the celebrated author of seven novels and two books about American politics and popular culture, including the new novel Zeroville. Kearney was named notable new American poet by the Poetry Society of America last year. His most recent publication is a collection of poetry entitled Fear, Some. Sarbanes is the author of Army of One, a collection of short stories. more info (event) Gabriel Deutsch Start: 22:30 MUSIC: MFA graduation performer-composer recital. more info
04 / 16 (event) That Untravelled World Start: 20:00 THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld. more info (event) Qasim Ali Naqvi: MFA Graduation Composer-Performer Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring original music for Axis Trio, Ensemble Pakistan and The B.E.G.G.E.R Collective. more info (event) "Hoppla, We're Alive!" Start: 20:00 THEATER: Written by Ernst Toller and translated by Alan Raphael Pearlman, Hoppla, We're Alive explores the fate of Karl Thomas, a revolutionary of 1918-19 who, after eight years in a mental institution, is released into a totally changed world in which he can establish no point of contact. General admission: $7. Aumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. more info
04 / 17 (event) Visiting Artist Lecture: Lecia Dole-Recio End: 06:08 Start: Apr 17 2008 - 8:08am End: Apr 18 2008 - 6:08am ART: Lecia Dole-Recio is an LA-based artist who shows at Richard Telles Fine Art and has shown at MOCA and the 2004 Whitney Biennial, among numerous other sites. She is currently teaching at CalArts as a Visiting Artist in the Art Program. Her work can be found at the following links: http://tellesfineart.com/dolerecio.html# http://www.briansholis.com/insearch/archives/2004/03/lecia_dolerecio.htm... http://www.moca.org/museum/exhibitiondetail.php?id=369 more info (event) Art Exhibitions End: 23:08 Start: Apr 17 2008 - 8:08am End: Apr 18 2008 - 11:08pm ART: D300 Gallery: Pick Up the Pieces by Liz Glynn MFA D301 Gallery: Maybe Let's Try to Paddle to the Middle by Betsy Hunt MFA L-Shape Gallery: Courtney Bubeck BFA Main Gallery: S H O J O H O L I C by Michiko Yao MFA A402 Gallery: Eileen Levinson MFA Lime Gallery: Degrees of Articulation: Student Poster Series by Adam Feldmeth BFA Mint Gallery: Fragmented on the Night Sea of Eternity by Kara Tanaka MFA Main Floor Hallway: Dissent by Morvarid Moini-Yekta BFA more info (event) That Untravelled World Start: 20:00 THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld. more info (event) Hummingbirds Sustained in Space ESP 3 Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Music by John Hastings, Casey Anderson, Matt Hettich, Jae Hong Park & others. more info (event) "Hoppla, We're Alive!" Start: 20:00 THEATER: Written by Ernst Toller and translated by Alan Raphael Pearlman, Hoppla, We're Alive explores the fate of Karl Thomas, a revolutionary of 1918-19 who, after eight years in a mental institution, is released into a totally changed world in which he can establish no point of contact. General admission: $7. Aumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu more info (event) Amino Belyamani Start: 23:00 MUSIC: An evening of pre-colonial and post-structuralist gestures. more info
04 / 18 (event) Visiting Artist Lecture: Lecia Dole-Recio End: 06:08 Start: Apr 17 2008 - 8:08am End: Apr 18 2008 - 6:08am ART: Lecia Dole-Recio is an LA-based artist who shows at Richard Telles Fine Art and has shown at MOCA and the 2004 Whitney Biennial, among numerous other sites. She is currently teaching at CalArts as a Visiting Artist in the Art Program. Her work can be found at the following links: http://tellesfineart.com/dolerecio.html# http://www.briansholis.com/insearch/archives/2004/03/lecia_dolerecio.htm... http://www.moca.org/museum/exhibitiondetail.php?id=369 more info (event) Art Exhibitions End: 23:08 Start: Apr 17 2008 - 8:08am End: Apr 18 2008 - 11:08pm ART: D300 Gallery: Pick Up the Pieces by Liz Glynn MFA D301 Gallery: Maybe Let's Try to Paddle to the Middle by Betsy Hunt MFA L-Shape Gallery: Courtney Bubeck BFA Main Gallery: S H O J O H O L I C by Michiko Yao MFA A402 Gallery: Eileen Levinson MFA Lime Gallery: Degrees of Articulation: Student Poster Series by Adam Feldmeth BFA Mint Gallery: Fragmented on the Night Sea of Eternity by Kara Tanaka MFA Main Floor Hallway: Dissent by Morvarid Moini-Yekta BFA more info (event) Dumont Foundation Recital Start: 12:30 MUSIC: Student vocalists and pianists receiving scholarship assistance from the Dumont Foundation perform a selection of chamber and new music works. more info (event) "Hoppla, We're Alive!" Start: 20:00 THEATER: Written by Ernst Toller and translated by Alan Raphael Pearlman, Hoppla, We're Alive explores the fate of Karl Thomas, a revolutionary of 1918-19 who, after eight years in a mental institution, is released into a totally changed world in which he can establish no point of contact. General admission: $7. Aumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. more info (event) That Untravelled World Start: 20:00 THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld. more info (event) Andrew Tholl: MFA Graduation Violin Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Performer/composer Andrew Tholl presents a concert of music by himself and others. more info (event) Ordinary Madness: Musicians Meet Bukowski Start: 20:30 REDCAT: A quartet of Angeleno composer-performers pays homage to the city’s beloved dirty old man of poetry, Charles Bukowski, with a night of music performance and poetry based on some of his most incendiary writings. Performing under the direction of Joanne Gordon (Love Bukowski, Short Hairs and Long Shots), Martin Herman, Art Jarvinen, Amy Knoles and Marc Lowenstein dare the audience to feel as passionately as Bukowski did throughout his life and work. See http://redcat.org/season/0708/mus/bukowski.php ($) more info (event) Kerstin Fuchs: Voice Start: 23:00 MUSIC: Kerstin Fuchs, from Berlin, performs recent vocal music by Petros Ovsepyan, Kunsu Shim, Carlo Inderhees, Antoine Beuger and Michael Pisaro, with accompaniment by CalArts alumni Mark So (piano), Adam Overton (electronics) and Christa Graf (violin). more info
04 / 19 (event) Rory Cowal: MFA Graduation Jazz Piano Recital Start: 14:00 MUSIC: Piano recital featuring CalArts Chamber Music Improvisors. more info (event) "Hoppla, We're Alive!" Start: 20:00 THEATER: Written by Ernst Toller and translated by Alan Raphael Pearlman, Hoppla, We're Alive explores the fate of Karl Thomas, a revolutionary of 1918-19 who, after eight years in a mental institution, is released into a totally changed world in which he can establish no point of contact. General admission: $7. Aumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. more info (event) Dzovig Markarian: MFA Graduation Piano Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring Jacqui Bobak, Mark Menzies and Timur Bekbosunov performing pieces by Chinary Ung, Michael Finnissy, Anton Webern and more. more info (event) Gamelan Kyai Doro Dasih: Javanese Music and Dance Start: 20:30 REDCAT: The Los Angeles-based gamelan Kyai Doro Dasih (The Honorable Dream Come True) presents two performances of exquisite Javanese court music and dance and wayang kulit purwa—an ancient form of shadow puppet play. Directed by Djoko Walujo, Nanik Wenten and special guest artist B.R.M. Bambang Irawan, the ensemble also features the distinguished guest dancers Eko Supriyanto and Lina Bambang Irawan. See http://redcat.org/season/0708/mus/dasih.php $) more info
04 / 20 (event) Sarah Ann Phillips: MFA Graduation Performer-Composer Recital Start: 14:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring original works: film, paintings, composition and improvisation. more info (event) Gamelan Kyai Doro Dasih: Javanese Music and Dance Start: 15:00 REDCAT: The Los Angeles-based gamelan Kyai Doro Dasih (The Honorable Dream Come True) presents two performances of exquisite Javanese court music and dance and wayang kulit purwa—an ancient form of shadow puppet play. Directed by Djoko Walujo, Nanik Wenten and special guest artist B.R.M. Bambang Irawan, the ensemble also features the distinguished guest dancers Eko Supriyanto and Lina Bambang Irawan. See http://redcat.org/season/0708/mus/dasih.php ($) more info (event) Andrea Hammond: Instrumental & Vocal Recital Start: 17:00 End: 19:00 MUSIC: Recital of original compositions featuring performances of violin and voice. more info (event) Grace Yuhui Lai: MFA Graduation Flute Recital Start: 20:00 MUSIC: Recital featuring chamber music and performances of works by J.S. Bach, Couperin, Takemitsu, Piazzolla, Dutilleux and Ferneyhough. more info
04 / 21 (event) The EAR Unit Start: 20:00 MUSIC: The EAR Unit performs music of graduate composers. more info (event) An Evening with Carolee Schneemann Start: 20:00 REDCAT: Carolee Schneemann has never ceased to cross mediums and boundaries to make work that resonates with raw poetic power. From her collaged war or diary films and provocative performances to her photos, paintings and installations, Schneemann’s varied and distinctly feminist creations deconstruct our ingrained preconceptions and everyday assumptions. In words, images and actions, her art is deeply personal, sharply critical, intensely expressive, and always innovative. In person: Carolee Schneemann Part of the Jack H. Skirball Screening Series more info
04 / 22 (event) Strategic Planning Feedback Session Start: 13:30 End: 15:00 Provost Nancy Uscher invites members of the CalArts community to join her for a discussion of the current state of the CalArts Strategic Plan. Coffee service will be provided. more info (event) Carolee Schneemann: Structuring Strategies Start: 19:00 FILM/VIDEO: Filmmaker Carolee Schneemann will introduce and discuss her work as part of the Structuring Strategies series. more info
04 / 23 (event) Art Exhibitions End: 23:24 Start: Apr 23 2008 - 6:24am End: Apr 25 2008 - 11:24pm ART: D300 Gallery: CalArts Welcomes Members of the Armed Forces D301 Gallery: An Intervention at Sears by Bart Folkerts MFA L-Shape Gallery: Alejandro Sanchez MFA Main Gallery: Benjamine Lowrie BFA A402 Gallery: structures of fiction by Stephanie Owens MFA Lime Gallery: Neon Lingerie and the Occasional Earthquake by Jason Kraus BFA Mint Gallery: The Fourth Wall by April Totten MFA more info (event) Interest Meeting for Kaprow Happening Start: 18:00 End: 20:00 ART: As part of the historical survey at MOCA this spring, CalArts is restaging Publicity at Vasquez Rocks. For more information see http://calarts.edu/events/04-may-2008/publicity http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/01/29/publicity/ more info (event) "Fe Fe, Dilemma in Diversity": African Music, Dance and Theater Start: 20:00 MUSIC: CalArts School of Music faculty member Alfred Ladzekpo will perform his ninth play, Fe Fe, Dilemma in Diversity, an African music, dance and theater piece. The play will feature performances by the CalArts African Storytellers and dance ensemble. more info
04 / 24 (event) Art Exhibitions End: 23:24 Start: Apr 23 2008 - 6:24am End: Apr 25 2008 - 11:24pm ART: D300 Gallery: CalArts Welcomes Members of the Armed Forces D301 Gallery: An Intervention at Sears by Bart Folkerts MFA L-Shape Gallery: Alejandro Sanchez MFA Main Gallery: Benjamine Lowrie BFA A402 Gallery: structures of fiction by Stephanie Owens MFA Lime Gallery: Neon Lingerie and the Occasional Earthquake by Jason Kraus BFA Mint Gallery: The Fourth Wall by April Totten MFA more info (event) Visiting Artist Lecture: Dave McKenzie Start: 06:24 End: 23:24 ART: more info (event) Show Up! Art, Community Engagement and Social Change Start: 19:00 End: 21:00 CAP: Organized by the CalArts Community Arts Partnership(CAP) Focusing on the goals of community engagement and social change through art, this lively roundtable discussion features an eclectic group of artists, performers and writers who share their perspectives on trends and strategies used to engage diverse communities and both art and non-art institutions. Panelists include Karen Atkinson, Nancy Buchanan, Harry Gamboa, Nobuko Miyamoto and Amy Shimson-Santo. more info (event) CalArts World Percussion Ensemble and the Hands On'Semble Start: 20:00 MUSIC: An evening of world percussion featuring the CalArts World Percussion Ensemble and the Hands On'Semble, who will work through a kaleidoscope of rhythms, forms and soundscapes, blending a multitude of drumming styles from around the world into original works for percussion that consist of both highly fixed compositions and open structures for extended improvisations. 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
04 / 25 (event) Art Exhibitions End: 23:24 Start: Apr 23 2008 - 6:24am End: Apr 25 2008 - 11:24pm ART: D300 Gallery: CalArts Welcomes Members of the Armed Forces D301 Gallery: An Intervention at Sears by Bart Folkerts MFA L-Shape Gallery: Alejandro Sanchez MFA Main Gallery: Benjamine Lowrie BFA A402 Gallery: structures of fiction by Stephanie Owens MFA Lime Gallery: Neon Lingerie and the Occasional Earthquake by Jason Kraus BFA Mint Gallery: The Fourth Wall by April Totten MFA more info (event) What People Say You Are Start: 00:01 End: 23:59 FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them.