The people of Hawaii have a phrase that they use to refer to the time of day when all of one's work is finished and time is spent with family and friends: "Pau Hana," or "end of work."
Every quarter, the world arts and cultures department comes together for the Pau Hana performance to showcase what various classes have been doing over the quarter. Read more...
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March 7, 1:27 am
Pau Hana performance features studio courses from world arts and cultures department
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March 4, 1:22 am
'How the Raven Stole Fire and Other Stories' to debut at Geffen Playhouse after touring L.A. elementary schools
Where do humans come from? A clam. Read more...
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“How the Raven Stole Fire and Other Stories” uses actors and shadow puppets to tell Native American legends. The play will debut at the Geffen Playhouse on Saturday.
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March 3, 3:24 am
Graduate theater students to perform Anton Chekhov’s play “˜The Cherry Orchard’ as both comedy, tragedy
Though Anton Chekhov's classic play "The Cherry Orchard" has been interpreted as both a tragedy and a comedy, UCLA theater graduate students bring out the lighter side of Russian history. Read more...
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Graduate theater students Colin Simon, left, and Catherine Leong play Peter Trofimov and Charlotta in the upcoming play “The Cherry Orchard,” which opens Friday night in Macgowan Little Theater.
Correction: The original caption for this photo misidentified Colin Simon.
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March 3, 2:25 am
Graduate students to exhibit their artwork at the ART MFA Exhibition #1
Jeffrey Hastings, a third-year graduate student in art, once created a to-scale replica of a baseball pitcher's mound out of two tons worth of unfired clay and decomposed granite. Read more...
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Third-year graduate student in art Meleko Mokgosi poses with his work at the art MFA Exhibition #1.
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March 2, 12:09 am
Shakespeare at UCLA’s “˜Richard III’ play set in Stalin’s Russia
Marisa Tate had been brewing her image of King Richard III for quite some time. To the massive Shakespearian text, she added a dash of Stalinist Russia, drawing out the violence and deceit of Richard's world. Read more...
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Lyddan and Singer will star in Shakespeare at UCLA’s production of “Richard III,” directed by fourth-year atmospheric and oceanic sciences and American literature and culture student Marisa Tate.
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February 25, 1:43 am
Lebanese Social Club hopes to break Middle Eastern stereotypes in annual culture show
Most people can tell you Lebanon is situated in the Middle East. Some might even know its political role in the region. But few can probably talk about the Lebanese people and culture as distinct from other cultures of the region. Read more...
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Members of the Lebanese Social Club practice for their upcoming Culture Night performance, which takes place this Saturday in Kerckhoff Grand Salon.
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February 25, 1:14 am
Alumna Christine Suarez to lead free Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions dance workshops in Hollywood
The word "experiment" may often evoke images of scholars in white coats bent over books and beakers, solving hypotheses in laboratories. For UCLA alumna Christine Suarez, movement is her scientific method. Read more...