In third grade, third-year international development studies student Jagmeet "Hoodini" Singh started exploring music. In high school, Singh wrote his own rhymes and battled other rappers. Last year, Singh performed at the Sikh Art and Film Festival to an international audience. Read more...
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The annual Sikh Art and Film Festival opens this weekend at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. The festival celebrates Sikh culture. (JAG REYATT)
The central question of "The Next Three Days," based on the French film "Pour Elle" ("Anything for Her"), is whether or not John Brennan can become the criminal he needs to be in order to break his wife out of jail. Read more...
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Sounds from the UCLA undergraduate theater students rehearsal of“The Trackers,” which will be performed Friday, Nov. 19 at the Getty Villa.
""The Trackers" rehearsal"As the afternoon sunlight filters through the windows of Macgowan Hall and illuminates the black rehearsal clothes of a group of UCLA theater undergraduates, they're not exactly acting as one would expect. Read more...
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Theater Professor Michael Hackett directs “The Trackers,” a Greek play by Sophocles that will be performed by UCLA theater students Friday and Saturday at the Getty Villa.
From an oil painting on canvas to a wall-sized wooden installation, the Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition at the New Wight Gallery in the Broad Art Center will feature a broad variety of media and artistic styles. Read more...
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First-year art student Rodal Ajami’s painting of her sister, “Les Petite Papillion,” will be featured in the Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition.
Louisiana's lush creeks provide a magical backdrop for the dark tale of family scandal, drama and witchcraft of the 1997 film "Eve's Bayou." Read more...
In January 2009, Sanam Lamborn was bored out of her mind for the very first time. Read more...
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The recipe for khorest narengee, a Persian stew, was sent in by Los Angeles food blogger Sanam Lamborn. The dish is made with chicken, oranges, carrots, onions, lemon juice and spice, and is served with rice.
From halfway across the world, a single music fan is doing his part to build localized music scenes in Russia, a country with a music scene ravaged by piracy. Read more...
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David MacFadyen, professor of Slavic languages and literatures, created and maintains the website “Far from Moscow.” The site gathers music by artists throughout Eastern Europe, including not only Russia but also the Baltic nations, Belarus and Ukraine.
