The small Spanish town of Teruel turns into a 13th-century medieval city every February. For three days, its people wear medieval clothes and celebrate two lovers for a festival called Las Bodas de Isabel de Segura. Read more...
Photo: Lori Needleman took classes at UCLA before becoming a blogger and photographer, now based in Spain. (Courtesy of Lori Needleman)
Tara Turnbull first thought of the idea for her play during a high school science class. She sat on a stiff stool at a long black lab table when a vision came to her: two students sitting on a hilltop, talking about life. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Tara Turnbull wrote, directed and produced “The Sunrise Club,” which tells the story of a group of students experiencing their last sunrise on Earth before moving to another planet. Turnbull said the plot was inspired by the impacts humans can have on Earth’s ecology and the possible consequences. (Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)
Elyn Saks felt suffocated, trapped in a room filled with doctors. She lay restrained with leather bounds, her hands and feet tied, she said. It was her first year at Yale Law School; she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, a psychosis defined by paranoid delusions, hallucinations, dysfunctional ways of thinking and agitated body movements, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Stephen Karr will conduct the opera “The Center Cannot Hold” beginning Friday. It was composed by Professor Kenneth Wells based on the memoir of Elyn Saks, a professor at USC, who was previously diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
“Big Sky” makes even the most dysfunctional of families look cuddly in comparison. The Geffen Playhouse’s latest show is hilarious and touching; there is something horrible yet intriguing about being privy to another person’s dirty laundry. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Darrett Sanders)
Simon Helberg said acting in a radio play is a completely different muscle of the performance business. Helberg, who plays Howard Wolowitz on “The Big Bang Theory,” and his wife Jocelyn Towne will perform in L.A. Read more...
Photo: Real life married couple Jocelyn Towne and Simon Helberg will play onstage couple Alain and Annette Reille in L.A. Theatre Works’ production of “God of Carnage.” (Courtesy of Sam McCay)
LACMA’s Reigning Men exhibition highlights 300 years of men’s fashion. The curators of this show include UCLA alumni Sharon Takeda and Kaye Spilker. Assistant curator Clarissa Esguerra explains the thematic exhibit, which will be at LACMA until August 21, 2016. Read more...
Photo: (Naren Akurati Daily Bruin)
One of Matthew Robb’s favorite childhood activities was counting the number of dogs in paintings. As a child, Robb traveled with his family around the world visiting collections like the National Gallery in London and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Read more...
Photo: Matthew Robb assumed the role of chief curator at the Fowler Museum at UCLA on June 13. He said the position entails working with donors, artistic colleagues and viewers of the exhibition. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo Editor)
