Friday, September 25

Theater Review: ‘Jagged Little Pill’ tackles powerful themes while maintaining comedic timing

This post was updated Sept. 25 at 9:03 p.m. As she once did in 1995, Alanis Morissette has audiences falling head over heels for “Jagged Little Pill.” The jukebox musical, composed of the ’90s icon’s album of the same name, is running at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre until Oct. Read more...

Photo: Heidi Blickenstaff (middle), reprising her role as Mary Jane Healy in the national tour of “Jagged Little Pill,” sits on a couch. The show will run until Oct. 2 at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. (Courtesy of Matthew Murphy)




UCLA Housing uses TikTok to foster community, campus connections

UCLA Housing is building a home for Bruins on TikTok. The university organization, which informs students about housing-related news, has been expanding its reach through its various social media platforms. Read more...

Photo: Members of UCLA Housing’s student staff pose in front of a sign in Westwood. The organization, which seeks to inform Bruins about housing-related manners, runs a viral TikTok page as part of its outreach efforts. (Courtesy of Aiden Western)



Ethan Nahlinder explores visual effects, youth culture through filmmaking

When it comes to visual effects, Ethan Nahlinder is inventing his own. The second-year mechanical engineering student said the visual effects in the ending of Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark” were his first filmmaking inspiration. Read more...

Photo: Second-year mechanical engineering student Ethan Nahlinder poses at the Marina del Rey Film Festival. Nahlinder said he was inspired to begin filmmaking after watching “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.” (Courtesy of Ethan Nahlinder)


Q&A: Curator Carlee Forbes talks new exhibit on African art history at Fowler Museum

The Fowler is uncovering the particular histories of African art. Running until Nov. 13, the Fowler Museum will be presenting “Particular Histories: Provenance Research in African Arts.” The exhibit focuses on provenance research – a deep dive into the past owners of a particular piece of 20th-century African artwork from Sir Henry Wellcome’s collection in London. Read more...

Photo: Selection of weights collected by an Officer in the West India Regiment (L–R): X65.9559, X65.9765, X65.9304, X65.9580, X65.9558, X65.9553, X65.9549, X65.9731, X65.9774. (Courtesy of Fowler Museum)