“Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974-1989” Charles Gaines UCLA Hammer Museum 4.0 paws From a distance, mounted frames appear to contain simple sketches of walnut trees. However, upon closer inspection, the shapes of the limbs and branches reveal themselves to be comprised of tiny hand-written numbers filling the blocks of a grid. On view at the UCLA […]
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LACMA College Night showcases samurai-themed exhibit, interactive art
Dramatic red lights illuminate the main exhibition room as students lift their chins to witness a squad of samurai charging into battle. “The Samurai: Japanese Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection” showcased a wide spread of authentic 14th-to-19th century armor, and inspired the theme for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s (LACMA) […]
College Night at LACMA to connect students to artworks
As the sun sets over Los Angeles and the city lights flicker on, most museums are closing their doors for the night. On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will do just the opposite, as it invites 1,800 students after hours to what education coordinator Amber Smith describes as the buzzing atmosphere of […]
Stand-up group BoyBand brings weekly laughs to The Improv Space
After Richie Rosales, member of the stand-up group BoyBand, performed a joke, a man in the audience stormed out. He did so exclaiming, “That was too funny. I can’t be in there.” So he just left. Rosales and fellow group member Edgar Momplaisir said this was one of their favorite moments in being a member […]
Q&A: Curator discusses former UCLA professor’s legacy
Through a former teacher’s artwork, a slice of UCLA history has resurfaced in Westwood. Originally on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, an exhibit of the artistic works of Robert Heinecken has come to UCLA’s Hammer Museum. Open until Jan. 18, “Robert Heinecken: Object Matter” will showcase a wide range of […]
The pLAces you’ll go: Silver Lake Farmers Market
There are more than 500 square miles of city surrounding UCLA’s campus, which takes up a minuscule fraction of that mileage. For such a big place, Los Angeles at times seems impossible to navigate. But don’t let size steer you away from your sense of adventure and curiosity. For the last time this quarter, follow […]
Act III Theatre Ensemble to open first sketch comedy
Just a few days before opening night, the Act III Theatre Ensemble rehearses in a Humanities building classroom. The actors’ voices and laughter echo off the blank walls that will soon become the walls of an auditorium, when they move from the classroom to the stage in Schoenberg Hall. With a long history of musical […]