The voice of John Milton and the vivid watercolors of William Blake came alive in the performance of “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato” by the Mark Morris Dance Group.
Author Archives: Laura Rivera
Final MFA exhibition’s works explore blurred boundaries of real, abstract
Today’s culminating MFA 4 exhibition at the New Wight Gallery expresses worlds between conceptual realms.
Museum greets etiquette as an art
The debate that surrounds taking the last slice of cheese in a party has haunted countless guests that have not been properly trained in the art of etiquette.
Theater Review: 'Copenhagen' clarifies debate around creation of fission bomb but needs some fine tuning
“Copenhagen”
The Attic Theatre and Film Center
Through April 23
“Copenhagen” is a play about superstar physicists Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr discussing the uncertain construction of a fission bomb by the United States during the genesis of World War II.
UCLA graduate student, award-winning poet Eric Gudas uses curiosity of his environment to gain inspiration
Sitting in the middle of buzzing Kerckhoff Coffeehouse, Eric Gudas, a UCLA graduate student in 20th century American literature and an awarded poet, scanned his environment for images that could inspire one of his poems. Looking up at the ceiling, he noticed something that I had often overlooked in my many visits to Kerckhoff.
“I have a lot of questions, usually very ordinary questions,” Gudas said. “Right now I am wondering whether those hanging plants are real or fake.”
During his reading this past Saturday at the poetry center in Venice, Beyond Baroque, alongside poets Alissa Valles and Ilya Kaminsky, he read a series of poems about death, which included dialogues he had with his young daughter. His use of language and subject is approachable and crisp, sometimes formal or freewheeling.
Art student Claire Kohne transforms studio into installation project
Just a few floors away from Untitled Cafe, Claire Kohne, a fourth-year art student, opens the leaf-decorated walls of her art studio to art, conversation and surprisingly affordable coffee.
Artist Laura Owens to discuss her abstract paintings tonight for UCLA Hammer Museum’s lecture series
Art viewers may be missing out when they rely on a computer screen for their tenuous dose of fine art.