Temperatures may be dropping, but these artists are popping. From funk to folk, this quarter’s rising artists are as varied as the colors of the autumn trees. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations Director)
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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October 14, 8:55 pm
Life and Hip-Hop: Nipsey Hussle’s legacy of resisting gentrification in birthplaces of music
This post was updated Oct. 18 at 7:31 p.m. The impact of music extends far beyond the play and pause buttons. Formed in the 1970s as an underground movement, hip-hop has expanded into various art forms and musical sub-genres – with rap specifically being one of the most popular musical styles among today’s youth. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations Director)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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October 14, 8:37 pm
West Wing Reflections: Themes of racial discrimination echo from Bartlet’s administration to today
Garnering 95 Emmy nominations and 26 wins in its seven seasons, “The West Wing” is an NBC television drama that depicts an era in which the president of the United States is a Catholic Democrat and Twitter does not yet exist. Read more...
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Arts, Film & TV
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October 13, 7:43 pm
Virtual film screening and panel delves into sexual violence in sports, college
A conversation about sexual violence within collegiate sports is coming to UCLA. Courage First, an abuse awareness initiative created by the Foundation for Global Sports Development and Sidewinder Films, and UC Speaks Up, a sexual violence research group, are providing free screening links starting Oct. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of HBO)
Arts, Music
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October 13, 10:54 am
Alumna navigates death, grief and the afterlife in self-produced debut EP
This post was updated Oct. 18 at 7:21 p.m. No one knows what happens after death, but Yazmeen Mirgoli’s new EP dives headfirst into this mystery. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Yazmeen Mirgoli’s new EP, “Eternity,” explores themes of death and the afterlife. Mirgoli said she was inspired by artists like Lady Gaga and personal events like her mother’s death. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle
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October 12, 6:26 pm
Required Taste: The evolutionary basis behind our snacking habits, cravings
Food has become more than just fuel – alongside nourishing our bodies, it taps into our emotions and can infiltrate our minds. In a country known for its freedom, columnist Zinnia Finn will explore the extent to which American culture is tethered to food and the depths to which we each experience this relationship in everyday life. Read more...
Photo: Comfort food could have origins beyond simple cravings. Professor Janet Tomiyama said our desire for feel-good snacks has evolutionary roots. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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October 12, 4:05 pm
Panel hopes to share histories of Catalina Island’s Indigenous peoples
This post was updated Oct. 13 at 9:48 p.m. Editor’s Note: In the original version of this article’s graphic, there were multiple photographs of skeletal human remains used to illustrate excavation at burial sites on Catalina Island. Read more...