In the mid 1970s, Alice Munro’s short stories had to travel more than 200 miles across Ontario from rural Wingham to Toronto to get published. But for Mona Simpson – a UC Berkeley undergraduate at the time – the stories weren’t traveling far enough. “I’ve been reading Alice Munro since college,” said Simpson, award-winning novelist […]
Category Archives: Theater & Fine Arts
arTistic Attention: TA Adrien Forney cements his passions for teaching and architecture
When a campus-wide email posting called for French teaching assistants, Adrien Forney thought the position would be a perfect fit. With a life lived mainly within the confines of Perloff Hall’s architectural studio, he needed a job that would help pay the rent as well as complement his workload as a second-year architecture graduate student. […]
Student zine “Nothing New” collects submissions, holds community events
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 […]
Hip Hop Congress fashion show to feature designers from LA, Bay Area
In 2013, rapper Nipsey Hussle released a mixtape named after the neighborhood in Los Angeles where he grew up: “Crenshaw.” Nipsey Hussle and other hip-hop artists, such as Kendrick Lamar and Snoop Dogg, who are from Los Angeles, and E-40, who is from the Bay Area, all show appreciation for their roots in their music. […]
‘The Vagina Monologues’ aim to provide empowerment through art
They call themselves the “Vagina Warriors” – a group of UCLA students who gather in the Residential Life office on Wednesday nights. The meetings are for UCLA’s fifth annual production of “The Vagina Monologues,” which will run Thursday to Saturday in the Northwest Campus Auditorium on the Hill. Organized by UCLA Residential Life and the […]
‘Dancing Asia Minor’ to exhibit countries’ diverse cultural expressions
The buzuq twangs, the tapan beats and Sevi Bayraktar lets out a joyous zilgit that pierces the air. The zilgit, a shrill Kurdish cry, expresses the feelings of the female dancers of Asia Minor. A group of UCLA students will perform “Dancing Asia Minor,” as part of the Fowler Out Loud series, in the Fowler […]
Balloon & Panel: Writers must incorporate extensive superhero backstories
Comic books are everywhere – Marvel and DC Comics are mining decades of story lines for a huge slate of movies and television shows. But comics are more than a source to be mined for superhero blockbusters. New creators are dealing with issues every month in ways that couldn’t be done in other formats – […]