Author Archives: Alexis Matsui

Jay and Silent Bob have saved the world from fallen angels. They’ve dealt marijuana to anyone who’ll buy it, as well as become comic book superheroes. And now they’re after Westwood. With the opening of Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash on Westwood Boulevard, owner Kevin Smith has created a colorful haven for comic book […]

In addition to preparing to move into a brand-new, redesigned, state-of-the-art building set to open in winter, World Arts and Cultures faculty have been tweaking the details of their major to allow for greater opportunities for all students. The undergraduate major, which is divided into cultural studies and dance concentrations, has been committed to studying […]

No one can bring you the entire universe like an astronomy grad student, and lately they have been working to show you even more. In addition to their regular Wednesday night planetarium shows, astronomy graduate students have been searching the skies for interesting and original presentations to bring to audiences each week. With important donations […]

The UCLA Hammer Museum’s Vault Gallery has become home to a new species of fungal growth. Scattered and bunched throughout the floor space in white, iridescent poufs, Tara Donovan’s exhibition, on display through Sept. 5, is the most natural looking object in Los Angeles, and it’s made entirely out of fishing line. Go figure. Donovan’s […]

The sweet-country-bumpkin-trying-to-make-it-in-the-big-city story is told all over again, but it’s actually fun. Although utterly predictable, “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” now running at the Ahmanson Theatre, takes audiences back to the Roaring ’20s with great choreography, perfect costume styling, and a few amazing talents. The show, adapted from the 1967 movie of the same title, keeps only two […]

These are not your average show ponies. And for people who grew up with a My Little Pony lunch box as their closest encounter with an actual horse, “Cavalia” will bring audiences back to the barefooted fantasy of black beauties and white knights. Under the big top circus tent of the traveling show, the performance […]

Photography has been used to document and display since its invention, but it took the innovative minds of the 1960s and 1970s to shift the practice of taking photos into a full-fledged artistic movement. These are the decades covered by “The Last Picture Show,” an exhibition of artistic photography from 1960 to 1982 opening at […]