Ashley Uvina remembers how, when she was 5 years old, she created intricate figurines out of the clay set her grandparents bought her as a gift. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s Cultural Affairs Commission will sponsor its first Art Walk Friday in Wilson Plaza. Third-year anthropology student Ashley Uvina will be exhibiting several of her pieces during the event, including a Picasso-inspired portrait. (Courtesy of Ashley Uvina)
More familiar with the Atlantic Ocean rather than the Pacific Ocean that borders Japan, where sushi originated, University of Southern Denmark biophysics professor Ole Mouritsen will give a lecture titled “The Science of Sushi” at Schoenberg Hall tonight. Read more...
Photo: University of Southern Denmark biophysics professor Ole Mouritsen will give a lecture entitled “The Science of Sushi” at Schoenberg Hall Wednesday, as the first of the “2014 UCLA Science and Food Public Lecture Series.” (Courtesy of Jakob Carlsen)
It was Monday night in Hollywood. Down at the Emerson Theatre on Hollywood Blvd., however, nine-time Grammy Award-winning R&B; singer John Legend descended the staircase and headed for the piano in the middle of what became his private lounge for 90 minutes. Read more...
Photo: Nine-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer John Legend performed an intimate concert at the Emerson Theatre in Hollywood Monday night, showcasing the artist’s musical abilities with only his piano and voice. (Courtesy of Charley Gallay/Getty Images)
“Où Allons Nous?” Though the roadside sign in a 1953 photograph stands alone, its message does not. It joins the dialogue of three centuries’ worth of rich textures, colors, figures and images, presenting a question that connects us all to the vulnerable earth we inhabit, “Where are we going?” On Tuesday, coinciding with Earth Day, the Fowler Museum at UCLA premieres “Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa.” A traveling exhibition of more than 100 works, this array of African art ranges from the 19th to the 21st century. Read more...
Photo: The pieces displayed in “Earth matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa” are a sampling of African art from the 19th to 21st century. (Fowler Museum)
With three albums and four years of mainstream success, Neon Trees is still stuck in a stage of immaturity and adolescence. Like the band’s previous albums, “Pop Psychology” is yet another 40-minute long complaint about teenage problems, unrequited love and even more teenage problems. Read more...
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Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil” opens with an explosion of sight and sound: the loud jazz of jukeboxes, honking cars and near the scene’s conclusion, a literal explosion – a car goes up in flames after a bomb detonates. Read more...
Photo: “Touch of Evil” stars Charlton Heston as Mexican officer Mike Vargas alongside Orson Welles, who both directs and stars in the film. One of Welles’ most acclaimed pieces, “Touch of Evil” will be showing at the Million Dollar Theatre near Venice Beach on Saturday. (Universal Pictures)
The festival will include Southern California-natives Snoop Dogg and Aloe Blacc, as well as Jamaican vocalist Mavado and Black Uhuru. Read more...
