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Theater & Fine Arts

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January 9, 10:27 pm

Visiting professor lectures on role of mass print media in Japan’s history

The Meiji Restoration generated not only an industrial boom in late 19th century Japan but also a new wave of mass-produced media. Bard College assistant professor Nathan Shockey will speak about this surge of magazine printing in his colloquium at Royce Hall on Friday, titled “Developing A Paper Empire: Late Meiji Magazines And Modern Japanese Mass Culture.” The lecture, hosted by the Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, will explore the role of photography and oral performance in making typographic print a widespread, mass phenomenon. Read more...

Photo: Bard College assistant professor Nathan Shockey will deliver a colloquium in Royce Hall about changes in mass media production – specifically the rise of oral performance and photography during the Meiji Restoration in Japan. (Courtesy of Nathan Shockey)

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January 6, 10:39 pm

Orthodoxy and spirituality in science clash in ‘A Misunderstanding,’ set around UC

Evolutionary Darwinism and spirituality face off in “A Misunderstanding.” The play, which opened Jan. 4 and runs through Feb. 3 at The Complex, is centered around the fictional Dr. Read more...

Photo: Matt Chait and Bruce Katzman (left to right), play Bertram Cates and Joshua Brownstein in “A Misunderstanding,” respectively. In the production, Cates is suing the University of California for a wrongful dismissal lawsuit, and debates Brownstein, the UC head of biology, during the trial. (Courtesy of Ed Krieger)

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December 3, 1:04 am

Satirical play portrays two polar opposite political views to urge tolerance

The black-and-white checkerboard stage floor in “The Mineola Twins” represents its lead characters’ inability to see the world in shades of gray, said Molly Livingston. Livingston, a fourth-year theater student and one of the lead actresses, said the play focuses on the dangers of absolute opinions and seeing the world in black and white. Read more...

Photo: Sam Linkowski (left), a third-year theater student, and Molly Livingston (right), a fourth-year theater student, play Ben and Myrna, respectively, in “The Mineola Twins,” where Ben is Myrna’s son. (Anirudh Keni/Daily Bruin)

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November 29, 9:01 pm

HOOLIGAN to bring second storm to UCLA with adaptation of ‘Singin’ in the Rain’

Yellow raincoats, high-pitched voices and “talkies” will usher in HOOLIGAN Theatre Company’s fall season. The company will perform a stage adaptation of the 1952 film “Singin’ in the Rain” at the Ralph Freud Playhouse starting Friday. Read more...

Photo: Christina Hilliard (left), Max Nusbaum (center) and Hila Oz (right) star in “Singin’ in The Rain,” HOOLIGAN Theatre Company’s stage adaptation of the 1952 film. The play will premiere Friday and features the same plot and music as the film, with certain adaptations to character development and choreography. (Jacqueline Gerdne/Daily Bruin)

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November 28, 9:43 pm

UCLA Sex Squad’s performance aims to spread sexual health awareness through humor

This post was updated Nov. 29 at 2:20 p.m. A crowded room in Glorya Kaufman Hall will erupt into an improvised chorus during UCLA Sex Squad’s show, singing about the six bodily fluids that transmit AIDS. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Sex Squad will celebrate its 10th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day on Thursday with a performance in Glorya Kaufman Hall. They will perform songs and skits focused on sexual health, including one piece that imagines a future without AIDS. The anniversary show will also feature alumni and representatives from The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)

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November 27, 10:57 pm

Art exhibit to display student works exploring topics from anxiety to oppression

This post was updated Nov. 28 at 7:37 p.m. Hanging cribs, smells of soap and bright neon paintings craft the New Wight Gallery’s newest exhibit. The art pieces are featured in the Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition, which opens Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Angel King, a fourth-year art student, created an inverted bedroom for the Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition. She said “Jellyhead,” the piece showing in the New Wight Gallery, reflects her experience growing up in the foster care system, and is meant to evoke tension and unease. Within her artwork, a photo album with pictures of her family sits atop a sideways dresser, and pins and needles add to the dangerous aspects of her work, she said. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)

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November 27, 12:56 am

Architects discuss building around urban environment, natural terrain

The environments in which architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi spent their childhoods shaped their future work: the hilly California topography that surrounded Weiss and the measured balance between architecture and open space that characterized Manfredi’s home in Rome. Read more...

Photo: Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, the founders of WEISS/MANFREDI, spoke in Perloff Hall as this year’s Richard Weinstein Lecture speakers. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)


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