Forget about money, sex and alcohol. This trip to Sin City abandons the raging nightlife and drops tourists into the center of Las Vegas' social and economic devastation. Read more...
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Performers practice for the play “Neon Boneyard” written by screenwriter Tyler McClain. This and two other plays will be part of the The New Play Festival written by playwrights from UCLA’s master of fine arts program and will be showcased at Macgowan Hall starting today.
A king shouts to the world to drive him mad. Read more...
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Olivier award-winning actress Kathryn Hunter (left) and director Helena Kaut-Howson (right), members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, come to UCLA for a workshop performance of “Exploding Lear.”
After soaking in rain, the brave hero is dismissed by the princess in a failed attempt to profess his love for her. Read more...
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Fourth-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student Grace Lau and fourth-year political science student Yalda Mostajeran practice improv as members of the LCC Theatre Company.
Judith Bliss seduces her daughter's boyfriend moments before her daughter Sorel bursts out of their secret library passionately kissing the man Judith intends to have an affair with. Read more...
It's a little surprising to when nerd-on-nerd drama becomes a fascinating introspective into love and loneliness in modern-day life. Read more...
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(courtesy of Michael Lamont)
Creating a video of people playing a piano with another person's head is a far cry from UCLA alumnus Tejpal Ajji's original intention of becoming an ancient Greek art historian. When he was a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, Ajji started making videos in a sculpture class and got hooked on video making. Read more...
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Exhibit creator Tejpal Ajji said that in choosing locations for his videos, he went with places that stood out in his memory.
Raised in a bicultural household with a Venezuelan physician as a father who brought pictures of dead bodies found in swamps to the dinner table and a mother who got her master's degree in statistics, Christine Suarez pursued an unanticipated career. Read more...
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UCLA alumna Christine Suarez created her own theater production “Mother.Fucker.” in which she evaluates her role as both a mother and a dancer.
(courtesy of Cedarbough Saeji)
