Tuesday, July 28

Project addresses mistranslation

Mistranslation. It's something that is happening all around us, whether it be on a humorous level, such as during a game of telephone, or on a much more serious level, a message so deep and complicated that distorts the moment it hits the world. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student Denise Uyehara’s performance installation, “The Senkotsu (Mis)translation Project,” will premiere on Friday at the Highways Performance Space.


Exhibit to explore witchraft’s history

Witchcraft is a topic that has been explored across many media platforms. Read more...

Photo: “Day of Wrath,” also known as “Vredens Dag,” will screen today at the Billy Wilder Theater as part of artist Francesca Gabbiani’s Houseguest exhibition, running through May 24.



Miniature musical mixes up Spring Sing

Compressing a full-length movie into a four-minute theatrical concoction sounds like quite the challenge, but emphasize famous one-liners, add a pinch of choreography, and a dash "“ or more like a bucket "“ of humor, and the show's good to go. Thus was born "Jerry Maguire: The Musical." Read more...

Photo: Second-year music industry student Gabrielle Wortman and fourth-year economics student Evan Tidd play lead vocalist roles in a musical interpretation of the 1996 film, “Jerry Maguire,” to be performed at this year’s Spring Sing, which will be held in Pauley Pavillion on Friday.


Sci-fi film shows Latino influence

The genre of science fiction has taken its audience from "The Matrix" to galaxies far away, but it is rare to see the genre go anywhere south of the border. Read more...

Photo: “Sleep Dealer” will be screened through Melnitz Movies in conjunction with the Chicano Studies Research Center and the Latin American Institute tonight. Writer-director Alex Rivera is set to appear in person for a Q&A directly following the screening.