This post was updated Oct. 29 at 8:01 p.m. At “Encuentro,” artists are becoming the architects of their futures. The Latino Theater Company’s annual “Encuentro” theater festival is currently underway at The Los Angeles Theatre Center. Read more...
Photo: The cast of the comedy-drama “The 22+ Weddings of Hugo Multiple” is pictured on set. The cast preformed at The Latino Theater Company’s 10-year anniversary showcase of “Encuentro.”(Courtesy of Latino Theater Co.)
“Disclaimer” worked to reframe claims on the relations between the United States and Iran through theater Friday and Saturday. UCLA’s Nimoy Theater produced three shows of the dramatic play “Disclaimer,” which begins as an anti-war propaganda narrative that later progresses into a murder mystery through interactive crowd work. Read more...
Photo: Tara Ahmadinejad wears a deep blue blouse and gazes at a floating orange balloon. Ahmadinejad wrote the interactive production “Disclaimer,” which showed at UCLA’s Nimoy Theater on Oct. 25 and 26. (Courtesy of Maria Baranova)
This post was updated Oct. 27 at 9:53 p.m. Even when its impersonations of other artists grow loose, Halsey’s latest album still delivers intensely personal music. Read more...
Photo: A closeup image of Halsey’s face is the cover of her fifth studio album, “The Great Impersonator.” The 18-song album was released Oct. 25 and incorporates sonic influences from across the decades by drawing inspiration from artists such as Cher, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton and Björk. (Courtesy of Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Anti-Pop, LLC)
This post was updated Oct. 27 at 10:16 p.m. “Venom: The Last Dance” is a shockingly beautiful curtain call. Director Kelly Marcel delivered a timeless comic book love story with “Venom: The Last Dance,” which released in theaters Friday. Read more...
Photo: Venom (Tom Hardy) smiles sinisterly at the camera. The final installment of the “Venom” franchise, “Venom: The Last Dance” released in theaters everywhere Friday. (Courtesy of IMDb)
This post was updated Oct. 24 at 9:04 p.m. Juliana Simone’s songwriting is an exploration through the sounds of folk and rock. On Friday, alumnus Juliana Simone is set to release her first single since graduating from UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Juliana Simone stands under a partly cloudy sky in front of a flat pan of water and grove of trees. The singer-songwriter will release her first single since graduating from UCLA, titled “Never Home,” on Friday. (Courtesy of Camilla Carrasco)
Emma Wu is making her journey around the world – one bite at a time. The second-year statistics and data science student said she would take pictures of her meals at the top-ranked student dining halls and send them to her parents during her first quarter at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are Emma Wu (left) and her mother Suzanna (right) filming a video at the Goobne Chicken Media event in Koreatown, California. Wu started her journey with taking pictures of food at UCLA dining halls. (Courtesy of Emma Wu)
This post was updated Oct. 27 at 9:45 p.m. UCLA’s commitment to celebrating and preserving Iranian music continues to expand. On Sunday, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music held a celebratory opening for the Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music. Read more...
Photo: Shahab Paranj (center) conducts the Iranshahr Orchestra during the celebratory opening of the Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music at Schoenberg Hall on Oct. 20. The Center expands upon the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s Iranian Music Program following a $5 million donation by alumnus Haleh Emrani and the Farhang Foundation. (Courtesy of Juan Tallo)
