Through batik, a painstaking process of hand-drawn wax design and dipping dye, traditional Indonesian cloths are bathed in rich color and patterned with plumes of flora, fauna and abstract design. Read more...
Photo: Textiles such as this 1930s skirt cloth are among the 19th and 20th century batiks on display at the Fowler Museum’s exhibition, “Courtly and Urban Batik from Java.” The diagonal contrasting patterns of this skirt allowed it to be worn two different ways.
Under the foggy haze of the stage lights at Koreatown's El Rey Theatre on May 20, Swedish imports Shout Out Louds took the stage on the last leg of its North American tour. Read more...
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are coming to UCLA, so get ready "“ if you managed to get tickets. Read more...
Photo: Ten-piece band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros will be performing songs from their debut album, “Up from Below,” in a sold-out Royce Hall tonight at 8 p.m.
It's 7 p.m., and though Ackerman Union lies dim and deserted for the most part, an unexpectedly large crowd has gathered in Game On! with dozens of people already congregated inside and more trickling in as the evening wears on. Read more...
Today, "Clueless" darling Alicia Silverstone calls it "The Kind Diet." Now rewind back to 1944, when Donald Watson coined this term, "vegan." In November of that year, Watson founded The Vegan Society and shook up the vegetarian revolution with a new lifestyle completely free of animal products. Read more...
Photo: The Veggie Grill’s “All Hail Kale Salad” includes marinated kale and red cabbage, roasted corn salsa and agave-roasted walnuts with a ginger-papaya vinaigrette. There is also an option to add blackened chicken.
Los Angeles is losing something. Last fall, local officials began an aggressive campaign to rid the Los Angeles River Basin of graffiti, slathering vibrant and animated paintings and tags with sheets of gray paint. Read more...
Photo: One of the works in “Lost Angeles” is by art history student Jacob Patterson. Courtesy of JACOB PATTERSON
It is rather fitting to title a graduation exhibition "Hello World." Read more...
Photo: Design | Media Arts graduate student Gautam Rangan features the myth of the Hindu goddess Durga in his installation “Durga Vuelta.” Rangan is one of six master of fine arts candidates presenting their work in the group exhibition “Hello World” at the New Wight Gallery in Broad Art Center.
