Author Archives: Paige Parker

Although quick to list Dragon Ball and Naruto as their favorite Japanese comic-book series, neither Woojae Kim nor Bryan Yu anticipated that they would ever work at ““ let alone own ““ a Japanese comic-book cafe.

What do flying deer, a rap music video and animal bones have in common?

Walking through the Getty Museum’s “Dialogue Among Giants” exhibit is like walking through a mystery, finding clues here and there, each revealing something about the artistic history of featured photographer, Carleton Watkins.

Hardly noticeable to a passerby, the restaurant’s front door opens up to an often-packed two-level space, with fancy pastas and oil bottles decorating the walls.

There’s nothing like a traditional religious festival to promote appreciation for the diversity that UCLA has to offer.

Elaborately painted faces, songs sung in the high-pitched falsetto and audience interaction are a few of the unique characteristics that separate Beijing Opera from the more familiar Western Opera.

This summer, arts and entertainment-wise, I saw and experienced more in Washington, D.C. in five weeks than I have in the two whole years I’ve been at UCLA.