Recent Posts
- Pop Culture : 3D-Printed Sculptures Inspired by Your Facebook Friends
- NPR Culture : What You Didn't See At The Academy Awards
- Pop Culture : 'The Lizzie Bennet Diaries': A Modern Take on Austen's Classic
- TV : Downton Abbey Recap: Bizarro Downton and the City of Angels
- TV : Downton Abbey Recap: On One Condition, We All Play Cricket
Most Visited in Arts
- 11 Steps to Getting a Tattoo You Won't Regret for the Rest of Your Life: Pop Culture
- Mills College MFA Exhibition, a 'Compound Vision': Visual Arts
- After the After-Party: California College of the Arts 2013 MFA Show: Visual Arts
- Björk Brings 'Biophilia' to Richmond: Music
- SFAI MFA Students Overtake the Old Mint in 'Currency': Visual Arts
Arts Programs
Pop Culture Blogs
KQED Arts Bloggers
KQED e-Newsletters
Get regular updates on great programs and events
More from KQED
Pop Culture
Video Exclusive: An Interview with Lauren Conrad
Reality superstar Lauren Conrad, best known as the heroine of The Hills and the best friend in your head, is proving her haters wrong with an ever-expanding empire. We caught up with her at a Books Inc. signing to find out all about what she's been up to since leaving television, as well as her thoughts on the worst Halloween costume, her favorite Spice Girl, and so much more!
More on Pop Culture
-
Pop Culture : 3D-Printed Sculptures Inspired by Your Facebook Friends
-
NPR Culture : What You Didn't See At The Academy Awards
-
Pop Culture : 'The Lizzie Bennet Diaries': A Modern Take on Austen's Classic
-
TV : Downton Abbey Recap: Bizarro Downton and the City of Angels
-
TV : Downton Abbey Recap: On One Condition, We All Play Cricket
Literature | May 22, 2013
The 32nd Northern California Book Awards
Forget Bay to Breakers, this Sunday the annual NCBA handed out its prizes to worthy authors, poets, and translators in a celebration of the past year's best books. By Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Event | May 22, 2013
Pop-Up Magazine's "The Song Reader Issue" Celebrates Music Written, Remembered, and Reinvented
Pop-Up Magazine devoted their tenth issue to Beck's sheet music album, Song Reader filling Davies Symphony Hall with musical guests, tonal experiments, and theme-appropriate stories. By Erika Milvy
Art Review | May 21, 2013
Mills College MFA Exhibition, a 'Compound Vision'
Highlights from this year's Mills College MFA Exhibition include towers of speakers, ambiguous objects, impressive ceramics, and immersive installations. By Kristin Farr
Theater Review | May 21, 2013
Choose Your Own Playlist at Impact's 'Jukebox Stories'
Playwright Prince Gomolvilas and singer-songwriter Brandon Patton dish up a hilarious evening of Jukebox Stories with a new playlist every night. By Sam Hurwitt
Event | May 20, 2013
Björk Brings 'Biophilia' to Richmond
Björk performs Biophilia and pieces from other albums at Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, a former Ford assembly plant and a fitting otherworldly setting for the artist's expansive stage productions. By Ben Marks
Pop Culture
-
China's Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal
In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.
-
'Arrested Development' Leads The Charge For Old Brands In New Media
Brands that found their original audiences in traditional, old-media platforms are finding ways to keep going in the world of new media.
-
The Starfleet Divide: The 'Star Trek' Universe Revisits One Of Its Great Debates
J.J. Abrams isn't the first guy to bait Star Trek fans by messing with the brand.
-
At L.A.'s UnCabaret, 25 Years Of Letting It All Hang Out
Launched as an alternative to the stale stylings of the '80s stand-up circuit, Beth Lapides' event bills itself as a venue for "idiosyncratic, conversational comedy." It's helped establish careers for performers from Kathy Griffin to Randy and Jason Sklar.
Also on KQED.org this week ...
KQED Art Event Picks
- Wed, May 22, 2013 - China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy
- Wed, May 22, 2013 - Reverse Rehearsals at Southern Exposure
- Wed, May 22, 2013 - San Jose Repertory Theatre presents The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
- Thu, May 23, 2013 - Auerbach World Premiere
- Thu, May 23, 2013 - The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Marin Theatre Company
- Thu, May 30, 2013 - Countdown Celebration at SFMOMA
- Thu, May 30, 2013 - Behind-the-Scenes of Joe Goode Performance Group's Hush
- Sat, June 1, 2013 - CityCamp Palo Alto: National Day of Civic Hacking
More KQED Art Event Picks
