On her way to watch The Memories perform at The Smell in downtown Los Angeles, fourth-year English and fine art student Ariel Kusby popped into The Last Bookstore and was stopped at the store’s bag check area. When the attendant asked if she had any books in her bag, Kusby said she had zines called […]
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New magazine ‘The Paper Mixtape’ features LA art, culture and artists
While going through cycles and cycles of names for her new project, second-year art history student Morgan Cadigan played Iron and Wine’s “Our Endless Numbered Days” on a record player and felt a desire to get back to the roots of vinyl and analog. Instead of pure vinyl, Cadigan settled upon the idea of a […]
AUD lecture series to open with Disney architecture, innovation
With its sixth theme park being constructed in Shanghai, Disney works toward developing theme parks all over the world. The second year of UCLA’s Architecture and Urban Design IDEAS Lecture Series is taking off with “Walt Disney Imagineering: The Future of Theme Parks” on Tuesday at the IDEAS satellite campus in Playa Vista. Walt Disney […]
Fowler’s ‘Up in the Air’ balances art and juggling
Cycling, plates spinning on sticks and bicycles floating in midair all have one thing in common: balance. The Fowler Museum’s “Up in the Air” event features the “World Share: Installations by Pascale Marthine Tayou” and “Round Trip: Bicycling Asia Minor, 1891” exhibitions as well as an interactive performance by juggler John Whitfield on Sunday at […]
Hip-hop dance group Foundations Choreography teaches basics to beginners
Dancers Alexander Tang and Vincent Tang started out with virtually no dance experience. After much practice, they eventually joined ACA Hip Hop and VSU Traditional, respectively. Now, they teach aspiring dancers the same fundamentals that got them first moving, through a new organization in UCLA’s dance community: Foundations Choreography. Foundations Choreography is concluding its fall […]
Omni-Musicality Group experiments with integration, improvisation
First comes tuning meditation. Musicians and audience members alike sing and listen to the sounds of their voices filling the air. Then comes a jazz number with a rhythmic twist. Finally, a cover of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” is done in the style of the second line tradition of New Orleans’ brass band parades. Eric Schmidt, […]