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February 13, 12:10 am

arTistic Attention: TA Nick Johnson brings passion for stage to playwriting

Taped above Nick Johnson’s desk is the Kurt Vonnegut quote: “When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.” Johnson said this quote embodies what it feels like to face writer’s block, a situation he tries to teach his playwriting students to overcome. Read more...

Photo: Playwriting graduate student Nick Johnson has written more than 10 full-length plays and 20 short plays outside of his studies. Before becoming a teaching assistant, Johnson worked at an environmental organization in New Zealand.(Courtesy of Nick Johnson)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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February 11, 11:41 pm

Zimbabwean author to speak at Fowler Museum on award-winning novel

NoViolet Bulawayo describes Zimbabwe through the lucid eyes of 10-year-old Darling, who hungrily scours wealthy streets looking for guavas in the novel “We Need New Names.” Unapologetic and direct, Darling eventually leaves her conflict-torn home for Detroit, where she faces wintry suburbia and the disorienting immigrant experience. Read more...

Photo: Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo will give a lecture on Thursday as part of the Fowler Museum’s Outspoken series, reading excerpts from her novel “We Need New Names.” (Courtesy of Greg Sandoval)

Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts

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February 11, 12:23 am

Balloon & Panel: Format, pacing of comic panels changes perception

Comic books are everywhere – Marvel and DC Comics are mining decades of story lines for a huge slate of movies and television shows. But comics are more than a source to be mined for superhero blockbusters. Read more...

Photo: After his separation with Stan Lee in 1969, Jack Kirby created “Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth” in which he uses a grid of five or six panels. (Courtesy of Jack Kirby)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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February 11, 12:20 am

CAC’s Hip Hop Congress, Art Series showcase cultural exhibit

Swirls of water and ice flow from the turban of a purple Erykah Badu as she rises from a pool of darkness. Badu, neo-soul musician and activist, painted in oil on canvas will be mounted on the wall of Kerckhoff Art Gallery until Friday as part of the Undergraduate Students Association Council Cultural Affairs Committee’s Hip Hop Appreciation Month. Read more...

Photo: “Audubon Ballroom” by Los Angeles-based artist Mukhtar Kaissi depicts a bust of Malcolm X floating near warped figures such as 2Pac. The piece is on display in Cultural Affairs Committee’s Art Series’ and Hip Hop Congress’ art show called “The Hip-Hop Art Showcase.” (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)

Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts

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February 6, 12:00 am

WACSmash’D showcase brings awareness to student art, creativity

One student commemorates a World War II fighter pilot and his plane through a new, choreographed form, and later, another student gives Diwali – the Indian festival of lights – expression through movement. Read more...

Photo: The World Arts and Cultures and Undergraduate Society will put on the 15th annual “WACSmash’D” showcase in the Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater starting Friday. With the theme “in dedication to…,” students will personally dedicate their performances to something or someone in their lives. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)


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