On a cloudy day in Grand Park, festivalgoers congregated for readings, book recommendations and a celebration of all the Los Angeles independent literary scene has to offer. Read more...
Photo: The Downtown Bookfest on Saturday in Grand Park celebrated independent authors and publishers in Los Angeles. (Daniel Maraccini/Daily Bruin)
In the small magical town of Henrietta, Virginia, a girl named Blue Sargent befriends four boys: a rebel, a prince, a shadow and a ghost. The four boys were known as the Raven Boys from the nearby private academy Blue swore to never step foot on, but throughout the course of Maggie Stiefvater’s “The Raven Cycle” series, Blue falls in love with them. Read more...
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If you type in the words “civil war” into Google, only one of the first five results has to do with the American Civil War. The other four are about Captain America and the hype surrounding his latest outing that was heightened by first-rate early reviews. Read more...
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Lulu Malaya Prollamante usually didn’t have time to practice her singing during her undergraduate years at UCLA. She was too busy studying for classes or participating in and leading a transgender advocacy group at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Lulu Malaya Prollamante is part of the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles, a choir group of transgender people, allies, and people of the Los Angeles community. (Daniel Alcazar/Photo Editor)
Nine percent of directors of the top 250 grossing films released in 2015 were women, and out of 10 directors nominated for the 2016 Tony Awards, only one was a woman. Read more...
Photo: The “Femme Fatale” film series featured “I Believe in Unicorns,“ directed by Leah Meyerhoff on Tuesday night at the James Bridges Theater, followed by a Skype session with Meyerhoff. (Courtesy of An Animals on Parade)
At the start of the day, Margaret LaGaly feeds her sourdough starter using flour ground from the wheat she plucked from her backyard. This is the start of the daylong cooking process. Read more...
Photo: Second-year English student Margaret LaGaly holds two loaves of her home-baked sourdough bread. LaGaly founded Winslow Bread Company in January 2016 and sold her bread to her UCLA floormates and her brother’s friends. (Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)
David Sedaris returns annually to Royce Hall while on tour, but Tuesday was his first time in culottes at UCLA. “An Evening with David Sedaris” followed a practiced formula: The night was prefaced by an annual student humor writing contest put on by the Student Committee for the Arts and featured a reading and Q&A with Sedaris. Read more...
Photo: Author David Sedaris spoke at Royce Hall Tuesday. (Courtesy of Prudence Upton)
