Spring Sing is having a digital renaissance. The annual music and performance competition will be hosted online for the second year in a row, but Spring Sing director and fourth-year Arabic and dance student Bella Stenvall said this doesn’t mean things will be the same. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
UCLA’s 32nd annual Chinese American Culture Night hopes to spotlight the Asian American and Pacific Islander experience until the next lotus blooms. Hosted by the Association of Chinese Americans, preparing CACN has been a yearlong effort that has led to the debut of the film “Until the Next Lotus Blooms” tomorrow on Zoom and Discord. Read more...
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This post was updated May 16 at 6:32 p.m. School is back in session, Wildcats. Premiering Friday on Disney+, season two of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” drops back in on the East High School students as they get ready to stage a production of “Beauty and the Beast” for their spring musical. Read more...
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This post was updated May 16 at 6:23 p.m. While 2020 was an unusual year for Hollywood, it was also a year of increased diversity in film. Read more...
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Classic films can have the most timely histories. The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles partnered to present a free screening of the 1939 film “Verbena Trágica” on Thursday. Read more...
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Marianna Varviani’s thesis project “Time to Dream” creates a dreamscape rooted in reality. The MFA student and choreographer will premiere her project, which features a collection of seven short dance films, on Thursday. Read more...
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The Los Angeles-based theater company Artists At Play embodies Asian American resilience as it breaks through the hardships of virtual theater. In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Artists at Play is hosting free virtual performances starting with the play “ALLOS: The Story of Carlos Bulosan,” which ran from April 24 to May 7. Read more...
Photo: Julia Cho (left), Stefanie Lau (center) and Marie-Reine Velez (right) are the founding members of the theater company Artists at Play, which produces theatrical programming that focuses on the Asian American experience. (Chelsea Westman/Daily Bruin)
