Though Anton Chekhov's classic play "The Cherry Orchard" has been interpreted as both a tragedy and a comedy, UCLA theater graduate students bring out the lighter side of Russian history. Read more...
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Graduate theater students Colin Simon, left, and Catherine Leong play Peter Trofimov and Charlotta in the upcoming play “The Cherry Orchard,” which opens Friday night in Macgowan Little Theater.
Correction: The original caption for this photo misidentified Colin Simon.
Standing outside Amoeba Music in Hollywood one day, third-year political science student Jason Tapia witnessed the cynicism of music consumerism. Read more...
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Jason Tapia and the rest of his band, Morrownow, pass out the band’s EP in front of Amoeba Music in Hollywood in an attempt to market their music.
Jeffrey Hastings, a third-year graduate student in art, once created a to-scale replica of a baseball pitcher's mound out of two tons worth of unfired clay and decomposed granite. Read more...
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Third-year graduate student in art Meleko Mokgosi poses with his work at the art MFA Exhibition #1.
In 1999, Molly Jones and a few other female singers thought there was something missing in the a cappella world at UCLA. Read more...
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UCLA’s all-female a cappella group Random Voices will be performing at the Fowler Museum as a part of the Fowler Out Loud series.
Courtesy of MONICA SANTOS
According to alumna Jennifer Arnold, most recent documentaries about Africa have portrayed the continent's people as subjects of pity, despite the filmmakers' altruistic intentions. Read more...
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“A Small Act,” produced by alumna Jennifer Arnold, follows the monetary sponsorship of a young Kenyan student by a Swedish woman, Hilde Back (pictured above).
Courtesy of PATTI LEE
In high school, I never really attended concerts, with the exception of the Warped Tour every June so I could get my punk music fix. Read more...
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Young the Giant performed at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood on Saturday. The band played at Kerckhoff Grand Salon in November of last year.
Marisa Tate had been brewing her image of King Richard III for quite some time. To the massive Shakespearian text, she added a dash of Stalinist Russia, drawing out the violence and deceit of Richard's world. Read more...
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Lyddan and Singer will star in Shakespeare at UCLA’s production of “Richard III,” directed by fourth-year atmospheric and oceanic sciences and American literature and culture student Marisa Tate.
