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.
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...
As a child, 2010 theater alumnus Colin O'Brien-Lux sat for hours in the Deaf West Theatre in North Hollywood, playing Minesweeper while his father worked as a producer on stage. Read more...
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Alumnus Colin O’Brien-Lux will perform in Deaf West Theatre’s production of “The Adventures of Pinocchio.” (courtesy of Colin O’Brien-Lux)
In 1861, a bearded man named Galen Clark stood at the base of a giant sequoia tree in the Mariposa Grove and had his photograph taken by Carleton Watkins, a landscape photographer. Read more...
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Rhea Garen’s photograph “Treehouse, Freese Road” is among the works featured in the Getty’s photography exhibition “The Tree” through July 3. (Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum)
There's a level of notoriety for an artist with first name recognition "“ Michelangelo, Raphael, Frida and more recently, Banksy. Read more...
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The Kinross Avenue mural by Banksy, nicknamed the “Crayola Shooter,” was vandalized.
On July 17, 1794, 16 Carmelite nuns paid the ultimate price for their faith during the Reign of Terror. Read more...
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Graduate music students Krystle Casey and Nick LaGesse perform “Dialogues of the Carmelites,” an opera based on the faithful sacrifice of nuns.
Courtesy of Henry Lim
It costs $40 to purchase a female goat and $50 for a male. Read more...
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Gidha for a Cause won the Global Get Down cultural dance and a cappella show last year, and will perform at the second annual competition today. (courtesy of Catherine Ni)
