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Arts Alive is KUSC's arts magazine of the air. Each week on Arts Alive, we bring you news from the arts, our Around Town event calendar, Kenneth Turan's film reports, features on artists, exhibitions and performances and "Ask the Dean," where listeners pick the brain of USC Thornton School of Music Dean Rob Cutietta. Tune in each week, or listen to the podcast for a trip through the dynamic arts landscape of Southern California.
 

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Arts Alive with Brian Lauritzen

Classical KUSC's weekly on-air arts magazine
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May 18, 2013

Cellist and MacArthur "genius" Alisa Weilerstein credits her career to cereal; Director Christopher Alden sets the stage for the LA Phil's The Marriage of Figaro; Film Critic Kenneth Turan dishes on two documentaries and a stylish coming-of-age film; Dean Rob talks time signatures on Ask the Dean.

Posted 5/18/2013 8:00:00 AM
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May 11, 2013

Salman Rushdie talks about adapting "Midnight's Children" for the screen; Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews "The Great Gatsby"; A conversation with Herb Alpert about his visual art; We visit the first in a series of small exhibitions related to the next phase of the Getty Research Institute's Pacific Standard Time Initiative, and music fit for a Tudor king forms the subject of this week's Ask the Dean.

Posted 5/11/2013 7:00:00 AM
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May 4, 2013

A tribute to Leonard Stein; A conversation with filmmaker Olivier Assayas; Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the latest in the Iron Man series and Dean Rob Cutietta answers a question about the value of instruments, plus we share a few of our favorite submissions to our poetry contest

Posted 5/4/2013 8:00:00 AM
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April 27, 2013

Cellist and composer Tomeka Reid, and director Jeff Nichols on his latest: "MUD;" plus Kenneth Turan reviews Mira Nair's new release "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and Dean Rob Cutietta responds to a question about purchasing a new instrument.

Posted 4/27/2013 8:00:00 AM
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April 20, 2013

Violinist Nicola Benedetti gives us a preview of her new CD; How creative writing is changing lives at 826LA; Film critic Kenneth Turan provides hope for "Oblivion" and Dean Rob Cutietta revisits a question about the rituals of musicians.

Posted 4/21/2013 8:33:00 AM
The producer and host of Arts Alive is Brian Lauritzen. Co-producer is Katie McMurran. The production director is Mark Hatwan. Kelsey McConnell serves as Executive Producer.

Arts Alive Blog

  • The Rite Stuff: Arts Alive Celebrates The 100th Anniv. of Stravinsky's Masterpiece

            Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring: On The Cutting Edge For 100 Years   It seems crazy to think that the premiere of a ballet could cause a riot, but that's exactly what happened after the first performance of Stravinsky'... Kelsey McConnell / Arts Alive Blog

  • Movie-lover’s Blog

    Weekends are catnip for movie-lovers. So many new films opening, more than you have time to see, and the reviews are spread out all over the web and scattered throughout the pages of the Calendar/Arts & Leisure/Weekend section of your hometown pa... Gail Eichenthal / Arts Alive Blog

  • Composer Alex Mincek Wins 2013 Alpert Award in the Arts

      The Herb Alpert Foundation and the California Institute of the Arts announced this year's recipients of the Alpert Award in the Arts at a luncheon last week, with Brooklyn-based composer Alex Mincek taking home the prize in the music category.... Katie McMurran / Arts Alive Blog

  • A Conversation with Steve Reich

    The pioneering American composer Steve Reich has been hailed by the New York Times as “among the great composers of the century." Tonight he makes a rare LA appearance for a concert of his works as a part of LACMA's Art and Music Concert Series... Katie McMurran / Arts Alive Blog

  • Arts Alive Poetry Contest Entries: A Poetic End to the Week

    The number and quality of entries for the first Arts Alive Poetry Contest has been overwhelming. To everyone who submitted a poem: thank you! We hope you've enjoyed reading the ones we've posted this week on the Arts Alive blog. Here are a few more b... Kelsey McConnell / Arts Alive Blog

  • Arts Alive Poetry Contest Entries: Traffic

    Every day this week, we're posting entries from the first ever Arts Alive Poetry Contest and on Saturday, Brian Lauritzen will pick one to read on Arts Alive. So far we've posted poems that capture the experience of listening to Los Angeles, going to... Kelsey McConnell / Arts Alive Blog
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