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Theater & More: ‘WORDLESS!’

Comics, once considered niche market fare, have now become the quintessence of cool. In fact, people who read comic books even land dates nowadays, according to graphic novelist Art Spiegelman. In “WORDLESS!,” a hybrid performance of slides, talk and jazz performance, Spiegelman and composer Phillip Johnston guide the audience through a tour of the significant […]

International players give men’s water polo team new edge

As men’s water polo practice winds down in Spieker Aquatics Center, team members clamber from the pool onto the deck, shivering slightly in the cool fall air. In their practice wear, some members represent their high schools, hometown clubs or the Bruins. In contrast, sophomore center Gordon Marshall’s suit is emblazoned with one word: “Australia.” […]

Duo’s Fowler Out Loud concert to draw on Haitian Vodou influences

In Thursday’s musical performance at the UCLA Fowler Museum, the only instruments that Winter Schneider and Yves Figaro will use are a set of Haitian drums. The Fowler Museum’s concert series Fowler Out Loud will begin its performance season for the new academic year with a mix of song, dance, narration and drumming performed by […]

UCLA alum starts kids’ dance, music company Backseat Beats

In her freshman year of high school, Shadi Amirieh volunteered for a nonprofit organization, the Friendship Circle, where she mentored and guided children with autism. Inspired by her experience, she wanted to start a company so that parents and their kids could enjoy themselves while improving the children’s motor skills and development, the UCLA alumna […]

Sundance Institute Story Lab sets scene for creative intensity

The Sundance Institute gave 10 writers with aims for careers in television the opportunity to have their work pulled apart and put back together in a week-long burst of creative intensity guided by peers and industry professionals. The inaugural Sundance Institute Episodic Story Lab was held from Sept. 27 through Oct. 2 at the Sundance […]

TFT offers new professional course ‘Producing Theater Now’

Theater producer Susan Dietz said she feeds on the adrenaline of the stage, the danger of not knowing what to expect. Because once the curtains rise, there’s no going back. Ever since seeing her first play, Dietz said she has been captivated by the presence of real people on a stage portraying stories in real […]