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February 4, 4:56 pm

Second Take: Questions surround release of Harper Lee’s second novel

Make way Mary Higgins Clark, there’s a new queen of suspense in town and her name is Harper Lee. While 88-year-old Lee doesn’t write suspense-thriller mysteries, she still managed the plot twist of her career with the announcement of her second book release 55 years after her first, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Before there were TLC television shows like “Here Comes Honey Boo,” “Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta” and “Welcome to Myrtle Manor” Americans got a glimpse of Southern life in Lee’s beloved 1960 Pulitzer-Prize-winning classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Yet, before she published her famed novel, she wrote a sequel to “To Kill a Mocking Bird” titled “Go Set a Watchman” in the 1950s, which remained unpublished until now. Read more...

Photo: Amid concerns of author Harper Lee’s involvement in its publishing, “Go Set a Watchman,” the sequel to “To Kill a Mockingbird,” will be released in July. (Harper Collins Publishers)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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February 4, 2:11 am

Course gives students opportunity to design, install mural of LA

A young man bows to a woman, his height complementing her graceful posture as her skirt swings to the beat of salsa. Another pair joins them, moving delicately up the ramp of a bus filled with monarch butterflies. Read more...

Photo: Students from the world arts and cultures/dance and and Chicana/o Studies course “Beyond Mexican Mural: Beginning Muralism and Community Laboratory” use a multimedia approach to depict important elements of Los Angeles history and culture near UCLA@SPARC’s lab in Venice, Ca. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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February 4, 12:00 am

Q&A: Filmmaker discusses documentary on Jewish identity

Kathy Wazana left her home country of Morocco at the age of 10. Growing up in Canada, Wazana said she was taught that Morocco was a hostile place for Jewish people. Read more...

Photo: In Kathy Wazana’s documentary “They Were Promised the Sea,” Wazana explores the meaning of Muslim and Jewish identities, spurring from her own background as a Jewish person born in Morocco. On Wednesday, the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies will be screening the film followed by a discussion with Wazana. (Courtesy of Kathy Wazana)

Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts

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February 4, 12:00 am

Balloon & Panel: Anime, manga encompass diverse genres

Comic books are everywhere – Marvel and DC Comics are mining decades of story lines for a huge slate of movies and television shows. But comics are more than a source to be mined for superhero blockbusters. Read more...

Photo: In this week’s “Balloon & Panel,” columnist Josh Greenberg discusses Japanese anime and manga, such as Yusuke Murata’s “One-Punch Man.” (Courtesy of Yusuke Murata)

Arts, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts

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February 3, 12:28 am

Author Judith Donath gives lecture on digital online portraits

Every action we make online is recorded. Whether it’s pictures on Facebook, purchase histories on Amazon or even the momentary flashes captured by Snapchat and Instagram, society is progressively spending more and more time inhabiting an ever-changing yet permanent digital landscape. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Design | Media Arts department will present author Judith Donath Tuesday for its lecture series. Donath, whose book, “The Social Machine: Designs for Living Online,” develops interfaces, called data portraits (pictured) that map users’ social media interactions to produce a coherent visual of how people interact online. (Courtesy of Alex Dragulescu)

Arts, Film & TV

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February 3, 12:07 am

Q&A: Alum Randall Park talks acting career, role in ‘Fresh Off the Boat’

UCLA alumnus Randall Park said he’d never thought acting would be anything more than a hobby. It wasn’t until later that he would drop everything to pursue acting as a full-time career. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus Randall Park portrays Kim Jong-un in Seth Rogen and James Franco’s film, “The Interview.” On Wednesday, Park will star as father Louis Huang in ABC’s new show, “Fresh Off the Boat.” (Courtesy of Matt Sayles)

Arts, Music

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February 3, 12:00 am

Sounds of LA: Daddy Kev

Every year, new artists emerge, ready to be Los Angeles’ next great musical discovery, making their rounds through small club tours across the city. Inspired by the hippie enclaves of Topanga, the backyard punk scene of East Los Angeles or the coastal grunge of Venice Beach, each act has its own distinct sound. Read more...

Photo: Kevin Marques Moo (center), known by his stage name Daddy Kev, is a co-founder of the Airliner’s Low End Theory in Lincoln Heights. Daddy Kev will be performing his experimental beat music Wednesday at the Los Angeles night club. (Courtesy of Paul Dimalanta)


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