Saturday, June 21


Arts ReSTORE LA: Westwood to run through November

A new Westwood is coming, and the UCLA Hammer Museum, as well as more than a dozen artisans, is at the forefront. Last spring, the Hammer Museum entered and won the Arts and Cultural Vitality category for the Goldhirsh Foundation’s My LA2050 challenge, a program committed to revamping Los Angeles. Read more...

Photo: From Nov. 1 through Nov. 24, the ReSTORE LA: Westwood program will host retailers and organizations as a method of bringing life to the town’s troubled market. Artisans, students and other vendors will host events and venues for marketing their items and attracting the community.



Halloween attractions to haunt in Los Angeles

It’s that time of year again, when people take to the streets to consume copious amounts of candy and act spooky. Fortunately, UCLA’s location in West Los Angeles is ideal for hitting famed Halloween-themed neighborhoods and events, so Bruins won’t have to go far to take a well-deserved midterm study break. Read more...


Q&A: UCLA professor discusses research for book on activist art in Japan

In March, professor of history William Marotti published “Money, Trains, and Guillotines: Art and Revolution in 1960s Japan,” a book investigating activist art. Daily Bruin’s Natalie Chudnovsky sat down with Marotti to discuss his research for the book, his take on politics and art and the lecture he gave Tuesday night as part of the Urban Humanities Initiative series. Read more...



Hammer Museum hosts Pokemon panel

It may look like the group of 30 people sitting in UCLA Hammer Museum’s Lindbrook Terrace staring intently at the Nintendo 3DSes in their laps are twiddling their thumbs, but each of them is battling foreign species, trading animals or exploring the new world of “Pokemon X and Y.” These 30 gamers participated at the “Pokemon at the Hammer” panel discussion and event last Saturday afternoon to celebrate the release of “Pokemon X and Y,” battle each other and share their love of Pokemon. Read more...



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