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.
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.
Ice cream, pies and cakes. While it may seem like these delicious desserts are unavailable to those who do not eat animal products, vegan desserts are not that hard to come by. Read more...
Photo: L.A. Vegan Crepe, a restaurant that serves all vegan food, offers a great variety for vegans with a sweet tooth.
The fictional Mary and Mark Black run a human trafficking empire in Saudi Arabia until Mary jets off to New York City. Whether their love endures is the subject of Bernard Radfar’s new novel, “Mecca Pimp.” Radfar will be discussing his book as well as other literary topics with fellow author William T. Read more...
Photo: Bernard Radfar’s new novel, “Mecca Pimp,” explores love and honesty.
This week, columnists Shreya Aiyar and Regina Napolitano head to campus to dig up vegan options from North and South Campus UCLA restaurants. Read more...
A new Westwood is coming, and the UCLA Hammer Museum, as well as more than a dozen artisans, is at the forefront. Last spring, the Hammer Museum entered and won the Arts and Cultural Vitality category for the Goldhirsh Foundation’s My LA2050 challenge, a program committed to revamping Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: From Nov. 1 through Nov. 24, the ReSTORE LA: Westwood program will host retailers and organizations as a method of bringing life to the town’s troubled market. Artisans, students and other vendors will host events and venues for marketing their items and attracting the community.
