Marco Zapien

8 Articles

Student band Barstool Deskjob is ‘bigger than a genre’

Since their first year at Occidental, students Ben Rashleigh Torres (junior), Liam Williams (junior), Cate Norton (junior) and Abby (junior) have been in a...

LA Más fights to keep working-class families in Northeast LA

LA Más was established in 2012 as an urban design nonprofit supporting communities across Northeast LA (NELA). Miguel Ramos, director of community economies at LA...

North East Trees plants hope for the future

In 1989, retired high school teacher and Northeast LA (NELA) resident Scott Wilson, alongside a small group of volunteers, planted oak trees on Fiji...

Branca Institute hosts DJ Jessy Lanza

The John Branca Institute for Music welcomed recording artist Jessy Lanza to music professor Ramona Gonzalez’s “History of Electronic Dance Music” class for a performance and...

Highland Park Neighborhood Council honored with Atkinson Excellence Award

The LA City Board of Neighborhood Commissioners recognized the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council (HHPNC) Sept. 22 for their community impact, engagement, collaboration and...

Student musicians perform for homecoming

The music department hosted their annual Music Department Student Showcase in Bird Studio Oct. 2, during Homecoming & Family Weekend. Seven songs were performed...

Synth museum makes waves in Highland Park

Originally opened in Oakland in 2013, the Vintage Synthesizer Museum (VSM), owned by Lance Hill, is a self-funded public access studio holding some of...

Read Books finds new home in Cypress Park

Jeremy and Debbie Kaplan have owned Read Books, a bookstore in Eagle Rock, since 2007. According to Jeremy Kaplan, the couple found a new...