Author Archives: Amber Noizumi

Who says socks are just for wearing on your feet? More creative types know they can easily be turned into puppets and oven mitts. Even Britney Spears knows that a cut-up athletic sock makes a fashionable arm accessory. Now a theater company has made projectile sock balls part of its latest show. Part of the […]

Beliefs, like shapes and colors, fill our world in various forms. Tonight, beliefs portrayed through art will fill the New Wight Gallery with various shapes and colors in the UCLA art department’s exhibit titled “to believe much more than that.” Five UCLA art graduate students are curating the Kinross Building’s first exhibit, showcasing the artwork […]

Despite the beginning-of-the-year bustle, the play is still the thing. At least it is for the UCLA Shakespeare Reading and Performance Group. In existence since 1993, the group is a motley crew of Bruins varying in age, race, discipline and association with the university, but with one thing in common: the love of theater. The […]

If any word makes people’s ears perk it’s the word “free.” Whether it’s free food, free movie passes or free Socialist propaganda given to you on Bruin Walk, hey, it’s free ““ so stock up. In honor of national arts and humanities month, the L.A. County Arts Commission is sponsoring the 8th annual L.A. Arts […]

“”˜And now,’ said Max, “˜Let the wild rumpus begin!’” That’s right, the wild rumpus has begun ““ and Los Angeles is the place where the wild things are. On display at the Skirball Cultural Center until Jan. 5 is “Where the Wild Things Are: Maurice Sendak in His Own Words and Pictures,” a colorful array […]

While the sky is definitely the limit in the world of theater, the Geffen Playhouse’s “Under the Blue Sky” flies high, but fails to soar. Geffen’s opening show of the season is directed by Gilbert Cates, former dean of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. He has produced numerous Academy Award shows as well […]

Housing some of the hugest pieces of architectural art you could imagine, Westwood is really one enormous museum. Except that in most museums on a Sunday morning you wouldn’t find beer cans on lawns, stiletto heels in gutters, or partygoers wearing mean hangovers (and very little else) trying to figure out exactly how they ended […]