Kevin Williamson takes the stage, dancing solo to Janet Jackson’s “Control.” The song pauses as a troupe of three men joins him dancing in silence. Their rigid moves and jagged slices come to an abrupt rest, as electronic sound suddenly begins to fill the quiet space. Read more...
Photo: From Friday to Sunday, UCLA graduate dance student Kevin Williamson’s “The Lost Boys,” a dance theater concert, will be performed at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica.
For an artist with as much commercial acceptance as M.I.A., it’s startling how consistently idiosyncratic and complex her music is. Much like Kanye West – a kindred spirit, sharing an outrageous self-styled celebrity persona – she seems to give off the air of a pop superstar while making serious, committed art. Read more...
More than 40 years ago, a young performer named Izzy Chait could be heard accompanying barroom pianists throughout Westwood. A lifelong lover of singing, Chait, now 65, returned to performing about 12 years ago after a 25-year hiatus, during which he established and maintained a career in the dealing and auctioning of antiques, eventually opening his own shop: I.M. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Izzy Chait has released multiple albums despite a 25-year hiatus in his music career.
Between BBC’s “Sherlock” and CBS’s “Elementary,” solving murder mysteries has never looked more appealing, whether for an aspiring detective or an average UCLA college student. Wednesday, the On-Campus Housing Council will give students the opportunity to solve mock murder cases at Murder Mystery Theater, hosted in Carnesale Commons: Palisades (A-F) at 7 p.m. Read more...
Photo: In October 2012, the On-Campus Housing Council presented its first Murder Mystery Theater, which has been restructured and will take place Wednesday night in Carnesale Commons.
A new Westwood is coming, and the UCLA Hammer Museum, as well as more than a dozen artisans, is at the forefront. Last spring, the Hammer Museum entered and won the Arts and Cultural Vitality category for the Goldhirsh Foundation’s My LA2050 challenge, a program committed to revamping Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: From Nov. 1 through Nov. 24, the ReSTORE LA: Westwood program will host retailers and organizations as a method of bringing life to the town’s troubled market. Artisans, students and other vendors will host events and venues for marketing their items and attracting the community.
M. Shadows took the stage at KROQ’s Red Bull Sound Space Friday night and looked out onto a crowd of ghouls. Attendees were encouraged to dress in costumes for the “Day of the Dead”-themed show, which resulted in a mob of classic horror villains and frights of every kind, clad in Avenged Sevenfold gear from tours past. Read more...
Nestled between the produce and dry goods sections at Trader Joe’s sits the frozen food aisle. Frozen food may not be the healthiest dining option, but it can be great if you’re strapped for time. Read more...
