Friday, March 6

Up Next: New Amazon Studios pilots suffer from weak storytelling

The rise of online original programming has revolutionized the way we consume television. But are any of these new shows actually worth watching? Up Next highlights noteworthy original content from Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Studios and examines how the flexible online format functions within each show. Read more...

Photo: “Really,” a dramatic comedy, about couples in Chicago, often more potential than other Amazon Studios pilots this fall. (Amazon Studios)


Alum’s book details history of iconic political satire magazine

During Michael Kahn’s quarter in Washington, D.C., as a UCLA undergraduate during the 1960s, he stumbled upon a framed cartoon of a tattooed man in the home of one of his professors. Read more...

Photo: Alumnus Michael Kahn recently published his book, “Puck: What Fools These Mortals Be,” which is on the history of Puck Magazine’s political cartoons. (Courtesy of Susan Kahn)


Duo’s Fowler Out Loud concert to draw on Haitian Vodou influences

In Thursday’s musical performance at the UCLA Fowler Museum, the only instruments that Winter Schneider and Yves Figaro will use are a set of Haitian drums. Read more...

Photo: Winter Schneider, a graduate student in history, and her husband Yves Figaro (pictured with his band Chouk Bwa Libète) will perform their collaborative Haitian drumming, dancing and narrative work at Thursday’s Fowler Out Loud concert. (Courtesy of Winter Schneider)



Second Take: ‘Twin Peaks’ makes comeback, 25 years later

Grab a cup of hot, black coffee and a box of small chocolate bunnies because “Twin Peaks” is returning to television. On Oct. 3, creators Mark Frost and David Lynch hinted at the show’s return in a tweet released at 11:30 a.m., the precise minute Special Agent Dale Cooper first arrived in Twin Peaks to investigate the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer. Read more...

Photo: On Oct. 6, “Twin Peaks” creators Mark Frost and David Lynch officially announced via Twitter the return of the cult classic to Showtime. (ABC)


LACMA director to speak at Design | Media Arts lecture series

If you’re an artist, you need a day job. That’s what Michael Govan attributed as his entrance into the museum world. The current director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was trained to be an artist and worked in graphic design and architecture for his college museum, the Williams College Museum of Art. Read more...

Photo: Michael Govan, CEO and director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, will be the opening lecturer for the 2014-15 Design | Media Arts lecture series Tuesday night. (Courtesy of Catherine Opie)


Album Review: ‘Hungry Ghosts’

Remember that big 64-pack of crayons back in kindergarten? With so many choices in hand, it was always tempting to keep adding color after color and layer after layer of vibrant wax onto the page. Read more...

Photo: (Paracadute)