Family Events

Family Events

Programs designed to engage family audiences across a wide range of artistic disciplines.

May 2

CAP Youth Piano Recital

Young Angeleno pianists give an afternoon recital of classical music, jazz and pop. Ranging from elementary school students to high schoolers, all performers have studied in CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP) after-school and Saturday piano programs held at the Watts Towers Arts Center.

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May 15

CAP Teen Animation, Photography, Puppetry and Video Screening

This screening showcases new projects by teenage filmmakers, animators, puppet artists and photographers from across Los Angeles County. All work was produced in CAP programs with Central Los Angeles High School #9 (the city’s new arts high school), Inner-City Arts, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Plaza de la Raza, the Santa Clarita Valley Boys and Girls Club, and Self-Help Graphics.

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May 28 - May 29

CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater: Behind the Scenes Drama

Celebrating both the 20-year anniversary of CAP and the 40-year anniversary of Plaza de la Raza, this year’s original production from the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program is a comical play-within-a-play developed collaboratively by writer-producer Nancy De Los Santos, writer Tomas Benitez, and 45 high school actors and writers.

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June 4

CAP/ArtsCOOL Program Screening

Students from 5 continuation high schools throughout Los Angeles present new short videos and animations made in the CAP/ArtsCOOL Program’s digital media classes. The program is a collaboration between cap and the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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June 5

CAP/Sony Pictures Media Arts Program Screening

Middle and high school students in the CAP/Sony Pictures Media Arts Program present a slate of animation and new media works.

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Past REDCAT Family Events

March 7

REDCAT International Children's Film Festival 2010: Day Five

Now in its fifth year, this audience favorite offers a treasure trove of cinematic delights for filmgoers of all ages. Two weekend programs bring wondrous animation, exhilarating live action, rarely shown classics, and highlights from Cinemagic Belfast. The festival also includes a very special Nickelodeon Family Fun Day.

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March 6

REDCAT International Children's Film Festival 2010: Day Four

Now in its fifth year, this audience favorite offers a treasure trove of cinematic delights for filmgoers of all ages. Two weekend programs bring wondrous animation, exhilarating live action, rarely shown classics, and highlights from Cinemagic Belfast. The festival also includes a very special Nickelodeon Family Fun Day.

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March 1

REDCAT International Children's Film Festival 2010: Day Three

HIGHLIGHTS FROM CINEMAGIC, BELFAST 

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Northern Ireland's award-winning Cinemagic International Film & Television Festival for Young People hosts four feature-length live action films—each one a festival favorite.

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February 28

REDCAT International Children's Film Festival: Day Two

NICKELODEON FAMILY FUN DAY

Nickelodeon programming showcases the most watched and loved of children's programs, and at this year's Nick Family Fun Day, attendees will have the opportunity to meet the costumed characters of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. favorites--SpongeBob, Patrick, Dora and Diego--and receive giveaways.


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February 27

REDCAT International Children's Film Festival 2010: Day One

Now in its fifth year, this audience favorite offers a treasure trove of cinematic delights for filmgoers of all ages. Two weekend programs bring wondrous animation, exhilarating live action, rarely shown classics, and highlights from Cinemagic Belfast. The festival also includes a very special Nickelodeon Family Fun Day.

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May 22 - May 23

CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater: behind the barbed wire

The human impact of the controversial U.S.-Mexico "border fence"--now being expanded into a fully militarized zone at a cost of $3 million per mile--is the subject of this year's production from the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program.

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May 3

CAP Teen Photography, Animation and Video Exhibition

This presentation features the work of teenage photographers, animators and video artists in CalArts CAP programs with Inner-City Arts, the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, the Santa Clarita Valley Boys and Girls Club, Self-Help Graphics & Art, and Bell High School.

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March 29

CAP Teen Music Concert

Teenage performers from the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP) after-school music classes at Plaza de la Raza in Lincoln Heights come together for an afternoon concert of salsa, classical and world music.

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February 21 - March 8

REDCAT International Children's Film Festival

Now in its fourth year, this audience favorite raises the curtain on a world of wonder sure to delight film lovers of all ages. The festival looks to all corners of the world for its new collection of inspiring stories, exhilarating adventures and pure cinematic joy. Three weekend programs include visionary animation, rip-roaring live action, and rarely shown classic films.

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September 28

Grand Avenue Festival

REDCAT and its neighbors invite all of Southern California for this lively annual day of art for the whole family. Visit the Gallery at REDCAT, have a caricature drawn by a CalArts animation artist, and enjoy live performances on stages up and down Grand Avenue.

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