Stephanie Wong took a step forward to separate herself from a line of young women dressed in elegant costumes. She stooped down and a silver jeweled crown was placed on top of her dark brown, perfectly laid hair. A smile was fixed on her face as she wore the shining symbol of victory that glistened […]
Author Archives: Tehya Faulk
After hardship, UCLA dancer provides haven for inner-city youth
Eight-year-old Khamari Bendolph set his stereo down in the crosswalk of Quincy Street in Boston, preparing for a dance battle with the neighbor’s kid. He synced the Harlem shake dance with the pulse of the music and shuffled his energetic feet to the heel toe, stopping only when cars needed to pass. But dance was […]
Hip Hop Explosion concert backfires with technical difficulties
Hip Hop Explosion would have been a medley of incomprehensible noise without Isaiah Rashad. Students bounded up the steep, low-lit staircase leading to Ackerman Grand Ballroom, chatting about how excited they were to hear hip-hop performers Rashad and Casey Veggies at the Cultural Affairs Commission’s Hip Hop Explosion concert event Thursday. The bass of the […]
Femme art witch blends activism into work to embrace Punjabi heritage
Khushboo Kataria Gulati lights an off-white candle and passes the flame to a switch of sage, casting a spell around the purple-lit room as she places paintbrush to canvas. The herbaceous smoke billows around her, time suspends and her paint strokes create a scene of three multicolored faces surrounded by plants. Her acrylic paints, she […]