Festival goers strolled under umbrellas and ponchos, ducking into tents to flip through books and escape the drizzle. Authors, vendors and readers congregate for a weekend to celebrate the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books each April. Saturday and Sunday marked the event’s 21st anniversary and sixth consecutive year at the University of Southern California, […]
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Sounds of Schoenberg: The nay
Nine-year-old A.J. Racy would often make small flutes out of the reeds growing a short distance away from his family’s home. He would cut suitable reeds from the garden and dry them, turning them from green to a light brown. The nay, a reed flute popular in Arab music, is created in precisely the same […]
Second Take: Opening of ‘Harry Potter’ world in Hollywood brings magic to Muggles
I gripped the thin plastic wood tightly in my hand. With a swift flick of my wand, I watched a quill scribble intently along the pages of a book all on its own. By stepping through the gates of Universal Studios Hollywood, I had entered into the magical world of “Harry Potter” where even a […]
App startup rewards gamers with discounts for Westwood restaurants
Twelve hundred students trudging on the floor of Pauley Pavilion for Dance Marathon took breaks for meals. An app startup called PlayFull had arranged the catering for the five meals served throughout the day and night. Nine UCLA students and alumni currently run PlayFull, an app in which users play games to earn reward points. […]
Producer shares insider experience at on-campus “Top Gun” screening
Applause from every seat echoed off the walls of the Billy Wilder Theater as the names in the opening credits of “Top Gun” appeared on the big screen. The lively audience of UCLA students, staff and film industry professionals put their hands together for director Tony Scott and leading actor Tom Cruise, but no name […]
Local Coachella Valley siblings launch festival-style clothing line
An 8-year-old boy clutched a disposable camera outside of a house in Coachella Valley. Directing his little sister, dressed in an outfit of his picking, he snapped her photo and, after development, proudly pinned it to her bedroom wall. More than a decade later, fourth-year sociology student Isauro Meza and Shadow Hills High School senior […]
Album Review: ‘Mind of Mine’
When Zayn Malik announced his departure from One Direction last year, he said it was to pursue a quiet life as a normal 22-year-old. Since then, though, he has fought with collaborator Naughty Boy, engaged in his fair share of Twitter feuds with former bandmates and appeared on multiple magazine covers. “Mind of Mine,” Malik’s […]