Few tales of ambition and evil are as enduring as William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” and combined with the artistic power and opulence of opera, “the Scottish play” is a timeless and thrilling story. Read more...
Photo: The LA Opera is performing Giuseppe Verdi’s Italian opera “Macbeth” through October 16. “Macbeth” tells the story of a general on his quest to become King of Scotland after encountering a coven of witches who predict his future.(Courtesy of Karen Almond)
Ellen Scott spends most her of free time at an archive desk, studying 80-year-old film scripts about slavery to determine how the institution’s cinematic image evolved over the years. Read more...
Photo: Ellen Scott received an Academy Scholar grant for exploring cinematic representations of slavery during the Classical Age of Hollywood in her current research.(Miriam Bribiesca/Photo Editor)
A talking rock dressed in a cowboy hat asked a doll how it feels to be a doll. Then it asked a frog how it feels to be a frog. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles)
William Taylor Gleason ran with bulls in Spain, rode elephants through Thai jungles, scaled the Pyramid of Khafre in Egypt, swam with great white sharks in New Zealand and sand boarded down dunes of the Dubai Desert. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of William Taylor Gleason)
Actors in bright Bavarian dress danced across the stage, lightly stepping on and off three durable, brown wooden barrels. Jeanne Schniedewind inhaled sharply when the actors tossed two of her handcrafted kegs back and forth, thinking of the time and effort it would take to fix them if they broke. Read more...
Photo: (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo Editor)
Derek Kent sees more than just a movie when watching Stanley Kubrick’s films. Instead of plot and dialogue, Kent’s eyes pick up obscure allusions, hidden codes and mysterious Illuminati symbols. Read more...
Photo: (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Photo: Pasundan dancers Sekar Sosronegoro and Casey Lee, a UCLA alumna, performed a traditional Sundanese dance for the Fowler Museum audience Sunday. The Indonesian outfits have two parts: a top piece called a kebaya and a lower piece called a sarong. (Emaan Baqai/Daily Bruin senior staff)
