Tuesday, April 28


Hammer Museum to screen ‘Space, Land and Time’ documenting works of art-and-architecture collective Ant Farm

Students who want to see cars driving through burning technology, wacky reenactments of JFK's assassination, and giant inflatable installations need not look further than Westwood's own Hammer Museum on Wednesday night. Read more...

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In Ant Farm’s 1975 video art piece, “Media Burn,” the group’s members drive a Cadillac into a wall of burning televisions. “Space, Land, and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm” will be featured Wednesday night at the Hammer Museum.

Credits: HAMMER MUSEUM



Dyeing to change

Bald people can't do it, but even kimono-wearing old ladies in Japan have jumped on the hair color bandwagon. Read more...

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Alison Kish, the salon manager at the Aveda Institute in Westwood, gets her hair dyed a pink hue. Despite its potential damaging effects, hair-coloring is a creative outlet for many people.


Student’s funny claim to fame

Esteban Torres Urso is obsessed with motorcycles. Read more...

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Third-year Italian and philosophy student Esteban Torres Urso helped to create the video “Miss USA’s Sexy Halloween” for the website Funny or Die.


Film screenings feature a forgotten social class

Director Matt Porterfield filmed his first feature, "Hamilton," in the same neighborhood, on the same block and in the same house in Baltimore where he grew up. Read more...

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“Putty Hill” and “Hamilton” will be shown at Melnitz Hall on Tuesday. The director of both films, Matt Porterfield, will participate in a Q&A session in between films.

Credits: THE HAMILTON FILM GROUP