This post was updated July 1 at 2:00 p.m. New sets will arrive with a bang on the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood. Beginning June 28, “The Big Bang Theory” stage, “Stage 25,” joined the company’s studio tour, allowing fans to experience backdrops like Apartment 4A and the California Institute of Technology Physics Department cafeteria. […]
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Dance duo makes social discourse accessible through movement
Jon Boogz and Lil Buck established Movement Art Is in 2016 with just one mission – to inspire change through dance. The dance group uses movement artistry to voice its concerns about social issues like mass incarceration and racial injustice, Boogz said. The duo has performed in venues across the United States and will showcase […]
Columbia professor discusses issues involving refugees, asylum seekers
This post was updated on May 17 at 5:36 p.m. A Columbia University professor said Americans should show greater compassion toward refugees and asylum seekers coming to the United States at an event on campus Wednesday. Mae Ngai, a history and Asian American studies professor at Columbia, gave a lecture about the history of refugees and […]
Dan Navarro discusses growth in music career starting with his time at UCLA
Dan Navarro, a UCLA alumnus, returned to campus in 2005 for a guest appearance after kicking off his music career. At the end of the class, students formed a line that stretched to the back door of the lecture hall waiting to talk to him, said Peter Rutenberg, Navarro’s longtime friend. Over the course of […]
Societal expectations, familial preferences worsen girls’ performances in STEM
Parents’ preference for boys may negatively impact their daughters’ test scores, according to a recent study. Researchers from UCLA, Northwestern University and the London School of Economics found American families prefer the birth of boys over girls, which in turn lowers girls’ test scores in math and science. Girls who were born into a family […]
Q&A: Cellist Deborah Pae talks upcoming master class at UCLA, career influences
Deborah Pae joined Juilliard’s Pre-College Division at just 7 years old, making her the youngest cellist to be enrolled at the time. Pae has been playing the cello since she was 4 and at 13, she performed at the Grammy Awards in the presence of musicians like Alicia Keys and Ludacris. After traveling as a […]
‘Bodega Run’ reawakens experiences of underprivileged communities in Harlem
Bodegas are being replaced by metropolitan convenience stores. Concerned, Tschabalala Self said she decided to preserve the ethnic identity and heritage of about 12,000 bodegas local to New York in her recent exhibition. “If we don’t keep speaking about these things or making work about these things, they’re going to be forgotten or appropriated or […]