Saturday, July 25

CEC Shorttakes Festival Finale to feature student film screening, Q&A with celebrity judges

When Mark Lester, a fourth-year directing student was sitting in one of his film classes last year, he was approached by a stranger who told him he had signed him up to work on a movie for Campus MovieFest together. Read more...

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Alumni Mikey Hawley and Anne Lane are shown in a still from the short film “Couples Therapy,” directed by fourth-year directing students Mark Lester and Jeff Bourg. The film will be featured in tonight’s CEC Shorttakes. (courtesy of Mark Lester)


“˜Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families’ traveling exhibit bridges diverse backgrounds

Starting this evening, UCLA will act as a home for 20 families, each with a story to tell about being multiracial Americans. Read more...

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“Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families” is an exhibit featuring photographs and interviews with 20 families who have bridged the racial divide. The Abad family, above, is one of the families featured in the exhibit.
(Courtesy of Gigi Kaeser)



Pop Psychology: All good things come to an end

It's funny how unprepared we always are for endings. Here I am, for example, not at all ready to write my last "Pop Psychology" column. Read more...

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In the “Chuck” season finale, Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski) and Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) tie the knot, solidifying their long-developing relationship.
(NBC)




“˜Pains of Youth’ play depicts brutal coming-of-age of Austrian medical students in 1920s

A moment of violence occurs between two women who grow competitive over a man. Tensions soar and the situation results in a vicious brawl in which the character of Irene, played by fourth-year musical theater student Leah Bezozo, is tied by her auburn hair to the base of an ottoman. Read more...

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Master of fine arts in directing student Conor Hanratty’s production of “Pains of Youth” opens tonight at Macgowan Hall. The play focuses on six promiscuous medical students whose lives intertwine as they balance school and life in their boarding house.