September 5, 2012 |
What Jean-Luc Godard is to film and Marcel Duchamp was to the visual arts, John Cage was to music -- a radical experimentalist who constantly sought to reinvent the art form. Boldly conceptual -- and to many, frustratingly impenetrable -- his pieces stand among the most important works of music created in the 20th century. Cage was born 100 years ago Wednesday in Los Angeles. His father, John, was an inventor, and his mother, Lucretia, held an editing job at the Los Angeles Times.
ENTERTAINMENT
August 26, 2012 |
Scholastic's newest multimedia adventure for middle-grade readers, "The Infinity Ring," launches Tuesday with "A Mutiny in Time. " The new series follows three young characters who are tasked with traveling back through history in order to fix it and save the future. "The Infinity Ring" can be enjoyed for the action and adventure in its printed pages. But readers who decide to continue the journey online can do so with the help of a map tucked into the front cover, which guides them through the tale as one of the main characters in a role-playing video game.
ENTERTAINMENT
July 27, 2012 |
It's conventional wisdom that old boundaries between different art forms are fraying fast. Globalization and new technology have made dance, theater, film, music and visual design blur together to create interdisciplinary hybrids and collages. So when George Lugg hears people using the "I" word loosely, he reacts with a certain cautiousness. "I often find myself in conversations about interdisciplinarity, and I just want to back up and say, 'Well, what are we talking about?'" said Lugg, associate director of the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater.
SPORTS
July 20, 2012 |
The trickle down from the Pac-12Conference's new television deal is already being felt at UCLA, which has invested heavily in its football staff. Head Coach Jim Mora received a five-year, $11.235-million deal when he was hired in December. Former coach Rick Neuheisel received a five-year, $6.25-million contract in 2008. Athletic department officials expect UCLA to take in $17.6 million this year from television contracts, multimedia rights and apparel sales. The Pac-12 has a $3-billion television deal with Fox and ESPN.
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