I’ve never crowd surfed. But crowd surfing came to me when I was knocked to the floor while listening to Beast Make Bomb and headliners Tokyo Police Club play for a wildly enthusiastic full house Friday at the El Rey Theatre.
Author Archives: Lauren Roberts
Students, locals express support for Brit street artist Banksy, who has recently created murals through L.A.
There’s a level of notoriety for an artist with first name recognition ““ Michelangelo, Raphael, Frida and more recently, Banksy.
Banksy supporters work to prevent removal of the British street artist's work on Urban Outfitters
Dozens of onlookers loitered behind the army green walls of Urban Outfitters on the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Kinross Avenue this afternoon ““ but they weren’t there to shop.
A stream of visitors posed for iPhone photos and touched the surface of the alley wall depicting a stenciled image of a child toting a crayon-fueled machine gun nicknamed “The Crayola Shooter.”
The image is among the latest works by the elusive British street artist known simply as Banksy.
Westwood’s piece is among four spray painted designs to appear in Los Angeles this week, but they’re also subject to erasure. Images of an intoxicated Mickey and Minnie Mouse on a Sunset Boulevard billboard were removed Wednesday shortly after their appearance.
Fear of a similar removal of the Westwood “Crayola Shooter” inspired third-year psychology student Mickey Khan and a group of friends to create the Facebook group “Protest against removal of Banksy WESTWOOD/UCLA” Wednesday night.
Working with a new kind of canvas
Aaron Koblin never intended to be an artist. But at just 28 years old, alumnus Koblin has carved a profession out of his creative talents ““ one that earned him a Grammy nomination this year and his position as head of the Data Arts Team at Google’s Creative Lab.
Face paint
Makeup comes naturally for third-year Design | Media Arts student Erika Billings.
Concert review: Grace Potter & The Nocturnals perform with personality at El Rey Theatre
To say that Grace Potter is sultry is an understatement.
The Nocturnals’ blonde bombshell front woman can not only sport a sequined mini dress in 4-inch heels on stage ““ she also happens to be born with the velvet voice of Tina Turner and Janis Joplin. And alongside the Nocturnals, she’s positively fierce.
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals belted to a sold out crowd on Friday at the El Rey Theatre ““ one that was surprisingly equally balanced in attendance by aging hippies, middle-aged leather jacketeers and 20-somethings alike.
International Profiles: Ella Wise
When London native and second-year global studies student Ella Wise traveled across the pond to attend college, or “uni” as it’s called for short in England, her friends had a pressing question about UCLA. Was it just like “The Hills” on MTV?