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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. Start: 14:00
End: 21:30
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. Start: 14:00
End: 20:00
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. Start: 15:00
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. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: CalArts composers, both students and faculty, join Ajay Kapur and the CalArts' Robotic Instruments in a 21st century multimedia presentation. Start: 20:00
MUSIC/THEATER/DANCE: The Schools of Music, Theater and Dance present a first-time collaboration with comic opera Platée. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Start: 20:30
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. | ||
