ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula.

Read more: http://www.angelsgateart.org/shows/salty.html

CAP: This year’s spring production from the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program is a new drama written by Culture Clash member Herbert Siguenza and staged with a cast of 45 high school-age CAP participants. A play inspired by El Soldado Razo –the classic work by Luis Valdez that was first performed in 1971 in connection with the Chicano Moratorium antiwar movement—Private Eddie U.S.A. takes a hard look at the impact of the war in Iraq as mourners at a funeral enact scenes from a fallen soldier’s life.

THEATER: Enter the off-kilter world of Linda Carvel, fictitious daughter of the famed New York ice cream mogul. A heavy dollop of puppet tragicomedy, a sprinkle of kitsch-surrealism and more than the recommended daily allowance of weird.
For more info email: puppets@theatercalarts.com

CRITICAL STUDIES: The School of Critical Studies presents a reading by MFA candidates in its Writing Program. The readings and performances will include work that crosses genres, engages hybrid forms, and questions the distinction between the experimental and the conventional.

See http://redcat.org/season/0708/cnv/words.php

MUSIC: CalArts composers, both students and faculty, join Ajay Kapur and the CalArts' Robotic Instruments in a 21st century multimedia presentation.

MUSIC/THEATER/DANCE: The Schools of Music, Theater and Dance present a first-time collaboration with comic opera Platée.

General admission: $7. Alumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.

DANCE: This concert features a selection of undergraduate student works from the full program of Spring Dance presented in the Sharon Disney Lund Dance Theater at CalArts. This production offers the students an opportunity to present their choreography and perform in a professional theater. The program includes the work of guest choreographer Mira Kingsley who has created a piece performed by the BFA graduating class of 2008.

See http://redcat.org/season/0708/dan/spring.php ($)

ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula.

Read more: http://www.angelsgateart.org/shows/salty.html

REDCAT: Through video, performance, sculpture and installation, Dave McKenzie explores notions of public space and cultural exchange in relation to the private self. Often informed by humble actions and everyday circumstances, his modest proposals examine the world around us, revealing a larger set of social and political truths that are evidenced in the everyday.

CAP: This year’s spring production from the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program is a new drama written by Culture Clash member Herbert Siguenza and staged with a cast of 45 high school students. Inspired by El Soldado Razo—the classic work by Luis Valdez that was first performed in 1971 in connection with the Chicano Moratorium antiwar movement—Private Eddie U.S.A. takes a hard look at the impact of the war in Iraq as mourners at a funeral enact scenes from a fallen soldier’s life.