In the everyday hustle and bustle of Westwood, it only seems appropriate that the Westwood Wellness Center would introduce a getaway to some tranquility with its recently opened Nirvana Tea Lounge. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Wellness Center’s Nirvana Tea Lounge officially opened its doors on Labor Day.
Falafel is usually a welcome option on any menu for vegans and vegetarians. The small, fried and often delicious balls of chickpeas, onion and parsley are a common staple in many Middle Eastern cuisines. Read more...
The days of trekking into Westwood for a beer are over. All hail the liquor license-bearing Wolfgang Puck Express. As the newest of Ackerman Union’s selection of eateries, it is the only restaurant on campus that serves alcohol. Read more...
A massive 600-pound pile of simple, shiny construction materials sits in the room. It is a physical piece of art – a hand-built coffin encrusted in nails, called “Brilliant Finish,” created by Patch Wright, a sculpture student at Claremont Graduate University. Read more...
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Jeff Lewis was hiking a 4,000-foot mountain in Washington when the rain turned to snow and the winds began to blow at 50 miles per hour. Read more...
After graduating from UCLA in 2004 with a degree in English, Michael Jeffrey Lee traded in his native California coastline for the Gulf Coast, moving to New Orleans. Read more...
Photo: Michael Jeffrey Lee, author of “Something in My Eye,” is a creative writing teacher in the New Orleans Center of Creative Arts as well as a UCLA alumnus.
Much like having something stuck between your eyelid and cornea, UCLA alumnus Michael Jeffrey Lee’s writing can be very uncomfortable. “Something in My Eye,”Lee’s debut short story collection, resulted in his receiving the 2010 Mary McCarthy Prize for short fiction. Read more...
