The Overlook Hotel, once defeated in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film “The Shining,” is coming back to life in “Doctor Sleep.” The spinoff follows protagonist Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor), a recovering alcoholic with psychic powers dubbed the “shining.” “Doctor Sleep” delves deeper into the psychological scars left by Dan’s time at the Overlook Hotel as a child. Read more...
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Karen McCarthy Woolf believes poetry is an activism of the heart. When combined with the knowledge of law, she said it can also become a conduit for exposing the voices of the unheard. Read more...
Photo: Karen McCarthy Woolf is UCLA’s new poet-in-residence and Fulbright All Disciplines scholar. She will lead workshops with the Promise Institute for Human Rights where students discuss how poetic storytelling deepens the connection between law and human rights.(Courtesy of Karen McCarthy Woolf)
Julia Reichert’s directorial debut premiered in 1971, but she said her work is just as relevant now, if not more so, than it was before. Reichert, an Emmy Award–winning and Academy Award-nominated producer and director, started her career with the first documentary of the 1970s women’s movement, “Growing Up Female.” Her subsequent films continued to explore social movements, particularly focusing on the fight against income inequality. Read more...
Salton Sea locals warn people not to walk barefoot on the shoreline – it’s littered with shredded fishbones. Despite the warning, Shelby Montelongo decided to photograph herself lying on the shore. Read more...
Photo: Shelby Montelongo has repeatedly visited the Salton Sea with her brother Ian Montelongo multiple times since their first trip for Shelby Montelongo’s birthday in 2014. While there, they each created their own art, which they have collected into the gallery “Hairline Fracture,” which will be on display at Upside Down cafe on Saturday. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
Kim Petras will be everyone’s bloody valentine the night before Halloween. Continuing her “The Clarity Tour” on Wednesday night at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall, the German singer will perform a spookier version of her set list in honor of the upcoming holiday. Read more...
Photo: German singer Kim Petras will continue her “The Clarity Tour” at Shrine Expo Hall on Wednesday Night. She said in honor of Halloween, she will perform a spookier version of her show. (Courtesy of Clare Gillen and Alexandre Moors)
Zabelle Panosian sang a hit record that became a staple of Armenian American households in the 1920s but died in anonymity. Panosian is one of the many immigrant musical performers whose songs will be presented during “Historic Recordings from the Ottoman Diaspora: Music & Migration” at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...
Photo: Musical works by Sephardic oudist Louis Matalon (left) and Lebanese singer Evelyn Maroon (right), will be in Ian Nagoski’s “Historic Recordings from the Ottoman Diaspora: Music & Migration” at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. (Courtesy of Marjorie Collins/Library of Congress)
Crafting a “Today, Explained” episode can take anywhere from one month to a few hours. The daily Vox podcast unpacks big stories from the day’s news, explaining both recent events like impeachment developments as well as evergreen topics like environmentalism. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Sean Rameswaram hosts the daily Vox podcast, “Today, Explained.” The podcast follows Vox’s model of providing context for current events, and Rameswaram said they try to cover a variety of breaking news events and perennially relevant topics. (Courtesy of James Bareham/Vox Media)
