For four nights this week, the Freud Playhouse will be transformed into a swanky jazz nightclub complete with smoky lights, small tables and vocal performances from an era past. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students rehearse one of the vocal arrangements for “Lainie’s Cabaret at UCLA.” Taught by UCLA visiting associate professor and Broadway actress Lainie Kazan, the production features multiple performances by students in the Department of Music and the School of Theater, Film and Television.
Expectant faces pointed toward two tables paired haphazardly together, where a row of austere-looking professors and doctoral students sit with prepared speeches to discuss one topic: Miley Cyrus. Read more...
Photo: The Cultural Affairs Commission’s DiverCity Tours and Hip Hop Congress brought together seven professors and doctoral students to discuss Miley Cyrus’ controversial transformation from her days as Hannah Montana to her performance at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.
In director Ken Scott’s newest film “Delivery Man,” excessive sperm donation drives the plot of this season’s biggest family film in more ways than one. In this feel-good family flick, Scott gives an Americanized spin on his original French-Canadian film “Starbuck.” The narrative starts with meat deliveryman David Wozniak (Vince Vaughn), who is always tied up in some form of questionable get-rich-fast scheme. Read more...
The most intriguing part of British dramedy “Philomena,” as well as the main aspect driving the entirety of the film’s relaxed, enjoyable demeanor, is how effortlessly everyone involved seems to be playing along. Read more...
“Setsunasa Burger,” the only foreign language film in the 2013 UCLA Campus MovieFest Top 16, was almost an accident – an accident that won best story and best production design. Read more...
Photo: Campus MovieFest recognized the film “Setsunasa Burger,” codirected by fourth-year world arts and cultures student Joseph Brandel and UCSD graduate Tim Ammand, with awards for best story and best production design.
When 14-year-old Roozbeh Riahi was given his first camera by his father right before his summer trip to Barcelona, he took the photo that forever changed his life’s trajectory. Read more...
Photo: Second-year neuroscience student Roozbeh Riahi, who takes photography under the alias Prince Rooz, creates photos essays, such as “Haven.” The gallery came from Riahi’s discovery of an abandoned lot covered in vibrant graffiti and garbage.
A&E contributors [email protected] About 25 years ago, Father Gregory Boyle had an idea that led to a simple program that would help former gang members. Homeboy Industries is one of the pop-up shops occupying an empty Westwood space this month. Read more...
Photo: Jennifer Parry Dodge sells her own hand-dyed clothing and textiles as well as handicrafts from other artists at her boutique, ERMIE X Weltenbuerger.
