UCLA alumni and faculty have lent their acting, writing and directing talents to several series nominated for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards. Contributing to nominations in categories such as Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Limited Series, Bruins have showcased their skills in both acting and production as parts of the casts and […]
Category Archives: Arts
UCLA lecturer harmonizes Armenian, American cultures through song
Karenn Chutjian Presti began translating nursery rhymes and American folk tunes into Armenian about 6 1/2 years ago, when her first daughter was born. “A lot of people talk about having a baby and your brain turning to mush and it wasn’t like that at all,” she said. “I was learning new words, I was […]
Alumna pursues acting dream after moving from Canada
Chantalle Williams’ first stop after arriving in Los Angeles was the Hollywood sign. “It’s very cliche, but for me it was such an iconic moment,” Williams said. “Hollywood is the city of stars – where people go for their dreams to come true, and that’s why I came.” Moving to Los Angeles from Ontario, Canada, […]
Restaurant Review: Siam Sunset
I used to walk with my grandmother along the dusty streets of Shanghai every morning to buy a breakfast of fried sesame balls, crispy strips of dough and plastic bags filled with delicious soy milk. When we got home, she would snip off a corner of the bag, drain the milk into a bowl while […]
Faculty member’s art exhibits how people ought to see present, future
Drivers on La Brea Avenue might see a sky-blue neon sign hanging in a window of the ltd los angeles art gallery spelling the word “ought.” If they look even closer, they might also see a small rock sitting on the windowsill. “The color of the gas in this particular light was the exact color […]
Alumnus releases book based on different places, personal experiences
Orlando Ortega-Medina’s characters explore far-flung places such as the bustling streets of Tokyo and the coast of Oregon. But for alumnus Ortega-Medina, the global destinations in his short stories are not just locations for his characters to visit; they are also places he has lived himself. Ortega-Medina will release his newest book, “Jerusalem Ablaze: Stories […]
Alumnus reflects on past experiences to cook up his own restaurant
Brian Huskey began his culinary career at the age of 19, flipping burgers at The Grove to pay the bills in his Midvale Avenue apartment. A few years later, Huskey graduated from UCLA in 2003 with an economics degree and summer internships at Merrill Lynch under his belt, but decided against going to graduate school […]