Marisa Tate had been brewing her image of King Richard III for quite some time. To the massive Shakespearian text, she added a dash of Stalinist Russia, drawing out the violence and deceit of Richard's world. Read more...

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Lyddan and Singer will star in Shakespeare at UCLA’s production of “Richard III,” directed by fourth-year atmospheric and oceanic sciences and American literature and culture student Marisa Tate.

Most people can tell you Lebanon is situated in the Middle East. Some might even know its political role in the region. But few can probably talk about the Lebanese people and culture as distinct from other cultures of the region. Read more...

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Members of the Lebanese Social Club practice for their upcoming Culture Night performance, which takes place this Saturday in Kerckhoff Grand Salon.

As a child, 2010 theater alumnus Colin O'Brien-Lux sat for hours in the Deaf West Theatre in North Hollywood, playing Minesweeper while his father worked as a producer on stage. Read more...

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Alumnus Colin O’Brien-Lux will perform in Deaf West Theatre’s production of “The Adventures of Pinocchio.” (courtesy of Colin O’Brien-Lux)

In 1861, a bearded man named Galen Clark stood at the base of a giant sequoia tree in the Mariposa Grove and had his photograph taken by Carleton Watkins, a landscape photographer. Read more...

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Rhea Garen’s photograph “Treehouse, Freese Road” is among the works featured in the Getty’s photography exhibition “The Tree” through July 3. (Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum)

There's a level of notoriety for an artist with first name recognition "“ Michelangelo, Raphael, Frida and more recently, Banksy. Read more...

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The Kinross Avenue mural by Banksy, nicknamed the “Crayola Shooter,” was vandalized.