Ava Dobrzynska wants the world to know that she is more than just an ovarian cancer survivor "“ she's an artist and dancer with an insatiable appetite for life. Read more...

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Fourth-year psychology student Ava Dobrzynska is the creator of “The Beauty in Surviving” art gala, a fundraising event that will educate attendees on the dangers of cancer and will display art by “The Simpsons” director Chuck Sheetz. The gala will be held at the Fowler Museum today, and proceeds from the event will go to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Despite performing on stages in multiple continents, Lesli Margherita sometimes still ends up using the same dressing room as she did in college. Read more...

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Lesli Margherita, left, and Tom Hewitt perform in Reprise Theater Company’s “Kiss Me, Kate,” which will premiere tonight at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse. Credit: Ed Krieger.

One line follows another as artist Linn Meyers' hand guides vibrant yellow paint in circular spirals across the dark violet walls of the Hammer Museum's lobby. Read more...

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Linn Meyers works on the Hammer Museum’s lobby wall. Her artwork features consecutive lines drawn in repetitive patterns within pre-drawn circles.
(Courtesy of Amanda Law)

Cage-diving with great white sharks. Fighting brain cancer. Moving to the United States at age 12. These are among the responses given by the L.A. Read more...