Wednesday, May 14


UCLA theater students run Extremely Decent, produce comedy sketches for college audiences

The members of the video production company Extremely Decent adorn their walls with an antler-bearing can of Keystone Light, dual guitars, a large starfish and the plush head of a snow leopard mounted above a mistletoe. Read more...

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Ian McQuown (center) and his roommates David Crane (left) and Nick Smith (right), all fourth-year theater students, are a part of short-film production company Extremely Decent.



Hammer Museum’s “˜Materializing the Immaterial’ panel to discuss funerary practices

Head held high and camera in hand, L.A. artist T. Kelly Mason walks deliberately past rows of writers, directors and actors. He takes a few shots without their permission, not caring if he catches their good side, or even any side of them at all. Read more...

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courtesy of T. KELLY MASON

Tonight, Los Angeles artist T. Kelly Mason, along with two other speakers, will be leading a panel discussion titled “Materializing the Immaterial,” which will address early 21st-century funerary practices and the differing methods of remembrance that follow.


“˜Point(s) of Contact’ celebrates students’ yearlong journey

Maddie Schwarz read about a cell called the tonic neuron that keeps a constant beat; sometimes it is even referred to as a metronome neuron because it sets the pace for the cells around it. Schwarz saw the neuron as a metaphor for tap dancing, and it eventually inspired a dance piece that she will perform today and Saturday. Read more...

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Maddie Schwarz’s performance is inspired by the tonic neuron, also known as the metronome neuron because it keeps a constant beat. Schwarz’s piece is part of the world arts and cultures/dance Senior Honors Project.





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