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An open-source Python suite called ParaStereoSync and KineViz-3D uses consumer cameras, printed markers, and software-based ...

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As the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens its doors to great fanfare in Los Angeles, it's worth remembering that there is much more to George Lucas than Star Wars and Indiana Jones. In the 1980s, as ...

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Organized chaos. That’s the best way to describe “Spamalot,” a musical that repeatedly inspires the thought, “Oh, I did not see that coming.” Friday night’s performance at the Boch Wang Theatre was as ...

It should go without saying that art is subjective—one person's masterpiece could be another's obscenity. Movies have a way of drumming up conversation and controversy in a way paintings, sculptures, ...

My favorite musical scores of all time are “Sunset Boulevard,” “West Side Story,” “Cabaret,” “Evita” and “Sunday in the Park ...