The Meiji Restoration generated not only an industrial boom in late 19th century Japan but also a new wave of mass-produced media. Bard College assistant professor Nathan Shockey will speak about this surge of magazine printing in his colloquium at Royce Hall on Friday, titled “Developing A Paper Empire: Late Meiji Magazines And Modern Japanese […]
Category Archives: Theater & Fine Arts
Orthodoxy and spirituality in science clash in ‘A Misunderstanding,’ set around UC
Evolutionary Darwinism and spirituality face off in “A Misunderstanding.” The play, which opened Jan. 4 and runs through Feb. 3 at The Complex, is centered around the fictional Dr. Bertram Cates, a former biology professor. Cates, who was dismissed from the University of California because of his teachings about evolution through a spiritual perspective, sues […]
Satirical play portrays two polar opposite political views to urge tolerance
The black-and-white checkerboard stage floor in “The Mineola Twins” represents its lead characters’ inability to see the world in shades of gray, said Molly Livingston. Livingston, a fourth-year theater student and one of the lead actresses, said the play focuses on the dangers of absolute opinions and seeing the world in black and white. The […]
HOOLIGAN to bring second storm to UCLA with adaptation of ‘Singin’ in the Rain’
Yellow raincoats, high-pitched voices and “talkies” will usher in HOOLIGAN Theatre Company’s fall season. The company will perform a stage adaptation of the 1952 film “Singin’ in the Rain” at the Ralph Freud Playhouse starting Friday. The film chronicles the transition of silent-film costars Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont to talking films. Don struggles with […]
UCLA Sex Squad’s performance aims to spread sexual health awareness through humor
This post was updated Nov. 29 at 2:20 p.m. A crowded room in Glorya Kaufman Hall will erupt into an improvised chorus during UCLA Sex Squad’s show, singing about the six bodily fluids that transmit AIDS. UCLA Sex Squad’s 10th anniversary, which coincides with the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, will culminate Thursday night in […]
Art exhibit to display student works exploring topics from anxiety to oppression
This post was updated Nov. 28 at 7:37 p.m. Hanging cribs, smells of soap and bright neon paintings craft the New Wight Gallery’s newest exhibit. The art pieces are featured in the Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition, which opens Thursday. The exhibition will showcase artwork by the undergraduate students who received UCLA Department of Art and […]
Architects discuss building around urban environment, natural terrain
The environments in which architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi spent their childhoods shaped their future work: the hilly California topography that surrounded Weiss and the measured balance between architecture and open space that characterized Manfredi’s home in Rome. “The places that we grew up were so tied inextricably to landforms and landscapes that we […]