Something pretty special will be happening in Royce Hall on Monday evening, courtesy of indie rock darlings The Decemberists and five young filmmakers. Read more...
Photo: Santa Maria (Side 4, “Winter”) Hill: “It seemed like it would be better as a dream, a flowing, patterny, color thing, rather than a structured narrative thing.” Goodrich: “We tried to make it magical in a way, like a light show if you will. Literally.”
When film director Patricia DiSalvo Viayra was looking to hire a cinematographer, she received hundreds of submissions from male cinematographers and one from a woman. Read more...
Photo: Patricia DiSalvo Viayra (left) and husband Michael Viayra, Jr. (right) cofounded the first annual Lady Filmmakers Film Festival, which will take place on Oct. 17-18.
Improv comedy was once an active part of the student-body culture on UCLA's campus. Today, however, improv groups are much harder to come across. Read more...
Photo: The Wait List is one of the only improv groups at UCLA. The cast members write, produce and perform the skits themselves. The group focuses on long-form improvisation that provides for more interaction with the audience.
In the New Wight Gallery, history is twisting and turning the arms of a group of Design | Media Arts graduate students. Read more...
Photo: “Away from Keyboard,” a new exhibit at the New Wight Gallery, features work from several Design | Media Arts graduate students.
Pop starlet Anjulie performed a quick set composed mostly of her singles Tuesday night, in front of a small crowd at the Recording Academy building in Santa Monica. Read more...
Normally, eavesdropping is a social taboo. Normally, staring idly at two gentlemen engaged in a private discussion is disconcerting. Normally, butting into their conversation is downright insolent. Read more...
He's a blogger, he's a best-selling author and he's white. Read more...
Photo: Courtesy of CHRISTIAN LANDER Christian Lander is responsible for the Web site stuffwhitepeoplelike.com and will be coming to UCLA today as a Campus Events Commission speaker.
