The second annual experimental writing conference hosted by the CalArts MFA Writing Program focuses on the influence and legacy of Oulipo-the Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle ("workshop of potential literature") founded by Raymond Queneau 45 years ago. | Click here

With its nationally recognized college programs in the performing arts and the potential of gainful employment in the entertainment industry, Los Angeles has long been a magnet for gifted, younger dance, theater and music artists. | Click here

Longtime BBC executive producer Bob Lockyer has helped create some of the most innovative dance made for television, and put the BBC at the forefront of dance film.| Click here

Who really deserves credit for a film? Is it the director, as the French auteur theory has long held? This question has been reopened by critic David Kipen in his new book The Schreiber Theory. | Click here

Are you curious about Teddy Roosevelt's obsession with Sasquatch, or the exciting trend of multi-user garmentry? Learn about these vital topics and more when publishing phenomenon McSweeney's stages an evening of readings, comedy and slide-show presentations. | Click here

Leading intellectuals, artists and social scientists from Latin America and the United States come together for a conference on film and social criticism across the Americas. | Click here

The Swiss-born, Paris-based artist emphatically states that he does not make political art, but makes art politically--a statement that holds true in challenging public installations. | Click here

Cultural critic and Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens debates political theorist Andrew Arato of the New School for Social Research on the war in Iraq and its impact on the present and future of America.| Click here

CalArts president Steven D. Lavine welcomes renowned essayist Phillip Lopate, editor of the anthology American Movie Critics, for a roundtable discussion of film criticism as a vibrant art form in its own right. | Click here

CalArts' MFA Writing Program presents Next Words: CalArts MFA Writing Showcase, the final program in 3 Sundays & 1 Saturday, a series of readings across Los Angeles featuring a wide array of new work by graduating MFA Writing students. | Click here