Take a stroll down Vermont Avenue and encounter the Church of Scientology, the first Sikh temple in Los Angeles and an LGBTQ ministry. In an effort to spread awareness about religion in Los Angeles, the Fowler Museum’s curator of Latin American and Caribbean popular arts Patrick A. Read more...
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Kim Gruenenfelder said someone once told her during a date that men need to be the center of attention – rather than their wives or girlfriends. Read more...
Photo: Kim Gruenenfelder has six published works and just recently turned in her seventh novel to her agent. Gruenenfelder, a women’s fiction and romantic comedy writer, said she unapologetically writes for women, and her characters are often based on her own life stories. The alumna said it’s important to fill in the gap for older women who are not often the focus of romantic comedies despite having equally humorous experiences. (Courtney Quirmbach/Daily Bruin)
Band Night lets performers jam out and escape the often-suffocating trajectories of the music industry. The quarterly event put on by the UCLA Music Club will be held in Kerckhoff Grand Salon on Friday, inviting both members and nonmembers to perform. Read more...
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Wealth, villainy and hilarity come together for an intimate performance in “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.” The play, produced by 42nd Street Moon in San Francisco, features alumna Teressa Foss, who portrays Miss Shingle, a maid to the wealthy D’Ysquith family in turn-of-the-century England. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Teressa Foss plays Miss Shingle alongside Kevin Singer, who portrays Montague “Monty” Navarro, in 42nd Street Moon’s “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.” Running until March 15 at the Gateway Theatre in San Francisco, Foss side the small size of the theater allows a more immerse experience for the audience. (Courtesy of Ben Krantz Studio)
The aesthetic in 9th St. Ramen is the fictionalized Los Angeles from “Blade Runner 2049.” Occupying a modest spot on 9th Street in Downtown Los Angeles, the restaurant has intrigued passersby with the neon glows of its dragon sign since its Feb. Read more...
Photo: 9th St. Ramen submits a usual fare of appetizers, but the karaage fried chicken popped with savoriness underneath its crispy batter. (Esther Li/Daily Bruin)
Mother-son duo Theresa Chavez and Gabriel Garza never thought they would work together on a project. But with “Adobe Punk” revolving around the early 1980s punk rock scene that they both know so well, alumni Chavez and Garza said it only felt right for them to co-create, write and direct the play. Read more...
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This post was updated March 3 at 1:35 p.m. Addison restaurant has more than 10,000 bottles of wine in its cellar – and each has a story. Read more...
Photo: As the wine director for Addison, San Diego’s only Michelin-starred restaurant, alumna Victoria O’Bryan oversees an extensive bottle list of 3,600 bottles in their selection and more than 10,000 bottles in the wine cellar. She said she was initially drawn to the field because it allows her to explore a number of different disciplines, such as geography and science. (Courtesy of Addison)
