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Arts News

‘White Key’ Poem Set to Music

“White Key,” a poem by California Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes of the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, has been set to music by Yale University composer Reena Esmail and will be performed by the famous Volti voice ensemble of 20 professional chorale singers in San Francisco on…

Time Flies When You Enter a Contest

To learn why time moves only forward, one must first understand a fundamental law of physics: the increase of entropy. The law describes the tendency for systems to go from a state of higher organization to disorder. Consider a slice of pizza low entropy and a plate of spaghetti high…

The Descendants Ascend With Scripter Win

Author Kaui Hart Hemmings and screenwriters Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash won the 24th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award for their creative contributions to The Descendants. Selection committee co-chair Naomi Foner announced the winners at the black-tie ceremony on Feb. 18. The Scripter gala, presented by the Friends…

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