ListenAngela Carone
Arts and Culture Producer and Culture Lust Blogger
Angela Carone is the arts and culture producer for KPBS Radio’s daily morning show These Days, and author of the KPBS arts blog Culture Lust. She is currently a Fellow in the Jacobs Project for Reporting Excellence. Angela has produced public radio programs focused on the arts for the Atlanta, GA and San Diego, CA markets. In this role, she has covered topics ranging from books, film, theater, music, visual arts, and pop culture. She has also been covering art and culture in print for more than 15 years, having been published in various newspapers, alternative weeklies, and exhibition catalogs. Angela has degrees in Political Science from the Pennsylvania State University and in English Literature from Georgia State University. She is also a published photographer.
Recent Stories
Culture Lust Weekend: Thursday Night Thing, Mary Pickford and Joyce Carol Oates
Thursday Night Thing is back. Silent film fests, major writers in town and even a poetry slam for your Wednesday. Here are our picks for what to do with your weekend and beyond.
Weekend Preview: Mary Pickford Silent Film Festival, Beer Wars, And Singer Songwriter Matt Costa
The Weekend Preview is back! After a hiatus, we decided to bring back those 20 minutes at the end of each week in which we help you plan your weekend. We'll talk movies and music on this Weekend Preview.
The State Of Music Education In Schools
This weekend, the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory honor the region's hardworking music teachers with a concert. Such a celebration seems like a good time to explore the state of music education in our schools and look at a new program designed to support music education training called the California Music Project.
Animal Art At The New Children's Museum
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a bison, a rabbit, or a spider? Do you ever pretend to be an animal? Every artist in the New Children's Museum latest exhibition, Animal Art, explores how and why animals excite the human imagination. Joining us to talk about the exhibit are its curator, Rachel Teagle and artist Jason Hackenwerth.
The Helium-Filled World Of Artist Jason Hackenwerth
Artist Jason Hackenwerth will construct four large-scale, original balloon sculptures for the latest exhibition at The New Children's Museum. Using 1000s of balloons and a technique developed after years of working as a children’s entertainer, Hackenwerth turns the unlikely material into ancient animals borne from his imagination.
Duane Michals: Photographer Or Metaphysician?
What if a camera could capture death? Or desire? Or jealousy? More than any other photographer, Duane Michals has spent his career pushing the medium of photography to capture the metaphysical. We'll talk to Michals about what motivates his photography.
Culture Lust Weekend: Halloween Parties, Horror Trailers, And Hippies For Your Tuesday
Horror Trailers Night at the Whistle Stop, a pop surrealist Halloween party at Subtext, and a groundbreaking play about Nazi persecution of gays. We offer it all here on Culture Lust Weekend. Take a look at your Halloween weekend options.
Two Local Chefs Write Cookbook With Worldly Recipes
Two local chefs who love to travel have written a cookbook called "Flying Pans: Two Chefs, One World." Chefs Bernard Guillas and Ron Oliver from the Marine Room restaurant in La Jolla have gathered all of their favorite recipes from around the world and compiled them into a book for you to use at home.
Film Club Of The Air: "Antichrist," "Good Hair," "Bronson," "Beaches Of Agnes," And Halloween
Is provocateur Lars von Trier's newest film the most disturbing movie of the year? Does Chris Rock's documentary "Good Hair" shed light on cultural standards of beauty for African-American women? Who is Agnes Varda and why is her work important? We'll answer these questions and more on our monthly Film Club of the Air. Also, stick around for some recommended horror films for your Halloween weekend.
Graverobbing, Skull Stealing, And The Search For Genius
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Goya were all victims of cranioklepty, or having their skulls stolen in the name of science. This bizarre phenomenon is the subject of Colin Dickey's new book Craniokelpty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius.
