Monday, July 7

Student play ‘The C Word’ explores femininity through visual art, surreal humor

“The C Word” is exhibiting the fruitful female experience. Beginning Friday, Out of the Blue Theatre Company will run its production of “The C Word” at 1330 Macgowan Hall. Read more...

Photo: Cast members of “The C Word” extend their arms through a gold frame. Written and directed by third-year theater student Sarah Lina Sparks, the play will open Friday. (Courtesy of Sarah Lina Sparks)


‘Driver’s Seat’ challenges conventional portrayals of queerness, mental health

This post was updated Nov. 16 at 11:44 p.m. “Driver’s Seat” takes audiences on a ride of personal exploration. The one-woman show is playing at Theatre 68 Arts Complex in North Hollywood through Nov. Read more...

Photo: Playwright and actress Ellie Brelis performs in front of a collaged screen. The one-woman play “Driver’s Seat” features three UCLA alumni and will run until Nov. 20. (Courtesy of Jenny Graham)



UCLA alumnus explores cycles of life and death in ceramics exhibit

From the aging process of clay comes a garden of life. Curated by alumnus Charles Snowden, the exhibit, “Senescent Stone,” is on display at the Shulamit Nazarian until Oct. Read more...

Photo: Various muted-colored sculptures by Charles Snowden are displayed on a table in a gallery. Part of the MFA alumnus’s solo exhibition “Senescent Stone,” the collection will be on display at Shulamit Nazarian until Oct. 29. (Courtesy of Charles Snowden)


UCLA student shares Chinese American experience through zines, posters, graphics

Liz Li is chopping up traditional art media. The fourth-year design media arts student creates art through various media including zines, posters, graphics and mock-ups of imaginary candy brands. Read more...

Photo: The zine “Chop Suey,” a piece made by fourth-year design media arts student Liz Li, is held open to display its contents. In addition to zine-style pieces, the multimedia creations of Li include posters, sketches, prints and digital works. (Courtesy of Liz Li)


‘Victor Estrada: Purple Mexican’ paints LA-influenced artistic evolution

More than 30 years of work and five years of curatorial planning have culminated in “Victor Estrada: Purple Mexican.” Curator Marco Rios said he wanted to organize a survey show of artist and lecturer of painting Victor Estrada’s work since he first met Estrada more than five years ago. Read more...

Photo: Dressed in a blue shirt, Victor Estrada, a lecturer of painting at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture sits in a chair outside. Works from Estrada spanning his over 30 year career, are on display in the exhibition, “Victor Estrada: Purple Mexican” which opened Oct. 6 at the ArtCenter College of Design’s Peter and Merle Mullin Gallery. (Courtesy of Juan Posada/ArtCenter College of Design)


Theater review: Outdated ‘Cats’ production is better fit for litter box than stage

This post was updated Oct. 12 at 3:21 p.m. The Jellicle cats have lived nine lives too many. Based on T.S. Eliot’s poetry collection, “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” the feline gang of “Cats” will take refuge at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre through Oct. Read more...

Photo: The national tour cast of “Cats” perform on a blue-hued illuminated stage. Based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” the musical will perform at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre through Oct. 16. (Courtesy of Matthew Murphy)



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