After graduating from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television in 2007, Nora Kirkpatrick dove right into the two aspects of Hollywood she is most passionate about: film and music. Read more...
Photo: Nora Kirkpatrick plays the accordion in the Los Angeles folk indie band, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, who recently performed at the Hollywood Bowl.
On stage were two chairs, two microphones and two very different people. Read more...
Photo: As part of the Hammer Museum’s Hammer Conversations series, Scott Sternberg and Kevin West discussed their work with fashion and food, respectively, on Aug. 6.
In January, Zachary Heinzerling won the directing award for the U.S. documentary category at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival for his debut feature “Cutie and the Boxer.” Read more...
Photo: Director Zachary Heinzerling has been acclaimed for his innovative style.
The Sundance Film Festival, held every January in Park City, Utah, has become one of the most well-known celebrations of independent filmmaking in the world. This year, as an extension of the festival’s NEXT category, which exhibits independent films with innovative approaches to storytelling, the Sundance Institute hosted the inaugural NEXT WEEKEND program over the past four days at Sundance Cinemas in Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: The Sundance Institute’s inaugural “NEXT WEEKEND” program featured a screening of artistic documentary “Cutie and the Boxer” at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater.
This year, the Cultural Affairs Commission and Campus Events Commission decided that one UCLA student DJ will be given the opportunity to open Bruin Bash 2013 with 45 minutes of his or her own music. Read more...
When the UCLA Hammer Museum's Public Programs Associate Darin Klein asked his friend Chris Johanson to help him name the event celebrating Johanson’s work as an artist and musician, it took all of two minutes for Johanson to concoct the term "Generationalpictomusicapolis." Read more...
Photo: “Generationalpictomusicapolis” is an exhibit at the Hammer Museum blending the art of contemporary furniture pieces and music will launch with a courtyard performance.
Los Angeles is often the setting of Hollywood hopefuls trying to make it big in the film industry. “In a World…,” Lake Bell’s comedic first feature film, breaks away from this mold to show the viciously competitive, male-dominated world of voice-over acting, which is apparently a big deal. Read more...
