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Budding artists showcased
Second annual exhibit features a wide range of works from UCLA’s aspiring undergaduates
For such artists as Vincent Van Gogh and Camille Pissarro, gaining recognition in the art community took an entire lifetime.
Art students take on unconventional opera
Downtown, in the vault of a converted bank building, UCLA music and theater students will be performing the uncensored version of Brecht and Weill’s 1928 “Die Dreigroschenoper,” translated as “3pennyopera.” In a 1950s revival, the words to the most ... Swelling violins and overwrought, dramatic narration streaming through crackling radio speakers may seem out-of-date, but L.A. Theatre Works produces radio drama that is anything but old-fashioned. While many Fowler Out Loud events have an obvious appeal to a college audience – like the UCLA jazz band – tonight will see a program embracing something a bit more niche. Growing up five miles away from the San Jacinto battleground, Emma Perez was constantly faced with the Texas Revolution. Hemingway wrote about raucous bull runs in Pamplona. Fitzgerald wrote about glitzy New York. Steinbeck wrote about a Depression era Monterey. If putting together the production of “Proof” at the Odyssey Theatre was an actual mathematical proof, then the logic would be very difficult to follow. In a world where people are constantly trying to escape the quotidian lifestyle, 11 graduate students in Design | Media Arts have found a way out: art. I’ve come to a little bit of an internal crossroads. April showers bring May flowers. But this May is bringing distinctly different flora.Drama speaks to radio listeners
Motion for peace
Production seeks to reconcile cultural conflicts by fusing capoeira and jazz
Letting the unheard voices rewrite history
Alumna Emma Perez brings viewpoints from the margins to the fore in her historical novel examining the Alamo
‘English Patient’ author to speak at Hammer
Michael Ondaatje will read from his latest novel, which breaks down the nuclear family
Theater Review: "Proof"
Exit from the everyday
Departing Design | Media Arts graduate students display individual styles in aptly titled “Exit Strategies” exhibit
Artwork should speak for itself
Information can add to appeal, but art should catch viewer’s interest without explanation
Weekend Review: "Flora, the Red Menace”
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