Ashley Kim’s photographs appear on the pages of magazines such as Mad Sounds Magazine and Local Wolves. The second-year communication student began photographing her friends with her dad’s old camera at the end of high school. About a year and a half ago, she messaged a girl on Instagram whose photos she liked, and discovered […]
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Play seeks to provide accurate portrayal of mental health
The play “Georgia Is Waiting” tells the story of a woman who spends her life haunted by an imaginary bison. The show, written by graduate playwriting student Anna Fox, will run Thursday through Saturday at Macgowan Hall and follows the life of protagonist Georgia as she grapples with the absence of her father. To mask […]
Angel City Chorale brings diversity and uniqueness to Christmas carols
The Angel City Chorale is ringing in the holiday season this weekend with tunes like “Hannukah Lullaby” and “Gloria in Excelsis.” The Angel City Chorale, a Los Angeles-based choir, is performing its annual holiday show at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Koreatown until Sunday night. This year’s performance, “A New Home for the Holidays,“ features […]
Museum of Failure displays misguided, unsuccessful creations
The Museum of Failure succeeds in exhibiting some of society’s larger failures. First exhibited in Helsingborg, Sweden, the Museum of Failure is the brainchild of Samuel West, a clinical psychologist who began cataloguing and collecting items to celebrate failure, due to the social stigma surrounding the concept of failure. The Museum of Failure subverts the […]
Concert review: KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball at The Forum
Los Angeles rang in the holiday season with KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball, which highlighted some of the biggest hits of the year. The sold-out show, which lasted four and a half hours and was hosted by Ryan Seacrest, featured musicians such as Halsey and Taylor Swift who performed alongside pyrotechnics, confetti, and theatrical smoke effects.The […]
Modern version of Greek classic aims to highlight future of women
The cast and crew of “Trojan Barbie” prepared for their first dress rehearsal on a stage littered with dismembered doll parts. Directed by Beth Lopes and written by Christine Evans, “Trojan Barbie” is a reinvention of Euripides’ “The Trojan Women” starring a cast of primarily female UCLA students. The play tells the story of Lotte, […]
‘The Visit’ provides comedic yet dark take on relationships, morality
Relationship drama reaches a new high in “The Visit.” The 1956 play by Friedrich Durrenmatt tells the story of Claire Zachanassian, a wealthy woman who returns to her hometown in an unspecified country, promising to donate a billion marks to the financially struggling community on the condition that the townspeople murder her ex-boyfriend, Anton Schill. […]