It was normal to live without a kitchen in early 20th-century Manhattan. Architect Anna Puigjaner uses her research on housing trends, such as the perception of kitchens in Manhattan, to understand how society came to define the home. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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March 2, 12:30 pm
Album review: ‘Weezer (Black Album)’ trades nostalgia for confused genre shifts and tired lyrics
Weezer’s 13th studio album is experimental, but not for the sake of experimenting. Accurately embodied in their masked appearance on the album cover, “Weezer (Black Album)” is almost unrecognizable as a Weezer album. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Crush Music/Atlantic Records)
Arts, Lifestyle
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March 1, 11:28 am
Authors Tressie McMillan Cottom and Roxane Gay talk black feminism at Hammer event
Tressie McMillan Cottom and Roxane Gay discussed beauty standards, racism and HGTV celebrities all in one conversation. The authors and cultural critics held a conversation at the Hammer Museum on Wednesday evening. Read more...
Photo: Tressie McMillan Cottom, author of “Thick: And Other Essays,” spoke with author Roxane Gay at the Hammer Museum on Wednesday evening. The two discussed topics ranging from HGTV celebrities to Cottom’s essays, which consider black feminist theory. (Courtesy of Hammer Museum)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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February 28, 10:42 pm
Play ‘Once on This Island’ to feature Caribbean culture, lessons on empathy
Stories can be passed around a campfire, be told across generations and unite communities, said Irvin Mason Jr. It was this notion that led him to direct the musical “Once on This Island.” Based on a 1985 novel by Rosa Guy, the story takes place in the Caribbean Islands and follows Ti Moune, a girl who falls in love with a Frenchman of higher social standing. Read more...
Photo: Color Box Production Company will put on a production of “Once on This Island,” premiering Saturday at the Northwest Campus Auditorium. The play follows a girl who falls in love with a Frenchman of a higher social standing and focuses on Caribbean traditions. (Courtesy of Irvin Mason Jr.)
Arts, Film & TV
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February 28, 10:34 pm
UCLA diversity report shows general trend toward increased representation in TV
Women and people of color continue to be left out of Hollywood, but the 2019 Hollywood Diversity Report details the proportional representation that is slowly and steadily underway. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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February 28, 6:38 pm
Movie review: Hysteric cinematography makes dance-horror film ‘Climax’ disturbingly satisfying
Gaspar Noé’s “Climax” is a wild roller coaster ride of sex, drugs and techno. The French filmmaker’s latest movie follows the supposedly true story of a French dance troupe practicing for a tour at a remote boarding school in the 1990s. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of A24)
Arts, Arts Columns, Theater & Fine Arts
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February 28, 4:56 pm
Theater review: Webber’s ‘Cats’ displays visual excellence mired in plot confusion
It’s pitch black. Not a sound can be heard when flickering lights suddenly illuminate the historical Hollywood Pantages Theatre. The mysterious dots grow across the auditorium. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Matthew Murphy)