Every Wednesday at The Airliner in Lincoln Heights, beatmakers of the experimental electronic and hip-hop scenes in Los Angeles gather together for Low End Theory, performing for loyal fans at the price of $10 per guest. The weekly club night has launched the careers of prominent electronic artists such as The Glitch Mob, Flying Lotus […]
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UCLA alumni band The Ten Thousand performs at Treehouse
As a crowd gathered in the main room of the Treehouse apartment complex, a venue within the Westwood Village music scene, the vocalist of The Ten Thousand, alumnus Kevin Daye, brought an energetic presence to the stage. In a set reminiscent of the heavy guitar riffs and vocals of Rage Against the Machine but with […]
UCLA, USC students collaborate to put on play ‘Columbinus’
The challenge was there from the beginning: building a community between crosstown rivals. Last year, longtime best friends Jack Shulruff and Burton Chaikin were both in directing classes. The former attends UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television and the latter USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. While in search of scripts for their respective directing […]
H&M Loves Music’s college tour kicks off at UCLA
Nineties hip-hop blared as fashionistas and music lovers congregated at the intersection of Westwood’s Broxton and Le Conte Avenues on Wednesday for the H&M; Loves Music’s Runway Remix College Tour’s first college campus stop at UCLA. The tour’s events will run at the same location from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on both Wednesday and […]
Q&A: Biophysics professor talks ‘Science of Sushi’
More familiar with the Atlantic Ocean rather than the Pacific Ocean that borders Japan, where sushi originated, University of Southern Denmark biophysics professor Ole Mouritsen will give a lecture titled “The Science of Sushi” at Schoenberg Hall tonight. The joint lecture, given with Morihiro Onodera, an L.A. sushi chef, is the first in the “Science […]
Family on same page running local shop Flax Pen to Paper
The late afternoon sunlight caught the glint of lacquer fountain pens and signature greeting cards in one of Westwood’s oldest family businesses. Flax Pen to Paper, originally named M. Flax, has been a staple in Los Angeles since 1931. Three generations have owned and operated the store, which is currently run by husband and wife […]
Molly Mann finds the track to her dreams of teaching
Amid the squeaking of basketball shoes and reverberating of bouncing balls on the hardwood floors of Pauley Pavilion, a figure stands courtside, basketball clutched tightly in her hands, eyes attentive to the action on the court.