Author Archives: Noor Gill

Outside Lands 2014 shines spotlight on familiar and new musicians

With fog rolling through the eucalyptus trees, music booming across the park and festival-goers heading toward the entrance to the pulse of music, Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival began as it always has. In its seventh year, the three-day festival was held in the fields of Golden Gate Park, offering a broad range of […]

‘Made in L.A.’ 2014 at Hammer Museum displays work by artists like Max Maslansky

The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for more information. At first glance it seems to be just another painting on canvas. At second glance, dreamlike shapes and distorted human forms can be detected. With a closer third glance, what was once ambiguous […]

Summer program mentors high school foster care students

“It’s really nice to have a voice and tell someone what you’ve been through because in foster care no one really sits down with you and asks you how you feel,” said high school foster care student Tiffany Emerson, who is currently spending her third year in the First Star UCLA Bruin Guardians Scholars Summer […]

Professor Peroomian’s Infrared Photography

Professor Vahe Peroomian teaches students physics and astronomy, and, in his spare time, has taught himself landscape photography skills. Peroomian takes a slightly different approach when it comes to taking photos by practicing infrared photography, which utilizes more of the spectrum of light than our eyes can see. the result of Peroomian’s passion for infrared […]

‘August: Osage County’ production to be broadcast on radio

There will be no sets, no costumes and no 500-seat theater. However, the latest production of “August: Osage County” in Los Angeles will include two Tony Award winners and five members from the Steppenwolf and Broadway casts and will be recorded to be made accessible to a wider range of audiences than before. L.A. Theatre […]

James Kidd Studio featured in ‘Made in LA 2014’

Twisting, twirling and gliding across a multicolored stage, the Sunland Dancers perform “Friend” in the courtyard of the Hammer Museum. “This is a new piece; we’ve done versions of it, but really this version is made for this stage – with this bamboo, with these people – and it’s never going to happen like this […]