Oliver Otake

11 Articles

Variety, community and more at Eagle Rock’s Relentless Brewing and Spirits

Relentless Brewing and Spirits sits on the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Caspar Avenue. Here, one can find movies like "The Great Gatsby" playing...

Behind the Scenes: The Occidental, a glance into the student-run newspaper

2023 marks the 130th year of The Occidental, the student-run newspaper at Occidental College founded in 1893. Despite this long-running history, readers may not...

Rock Rose Gallery is an ‘incubator’ for art and community engagement

Opened in 2000 on North Figueroa Street, Rock Rose Gallery — an “arts incubator,” according to owner Rosamaria Marquez — is a gallery and...

New ‘Water is Life’ mural in Highland Park is a community effort

"Water is Life, there is no alternative," reads Arroyo Arts Collective's description of Joe Bravo's new mural-in-progress in Highland Park. Bravo, a Highland Park-based artist best known for making art on...

Jack Waterson and the art of saying yes

Jack Waterson’s journey into the music world began with shoplifting. Long before he started Future Music in 1999, Waterson was a self-proclaimed “shitty kid” and...

Going with the Flo at SpringFest 2022

Occidental students flowed into the Upper Soccer Field March 19 for the annual SpringFest, headlined by rapper Flo Milli and opened by student performers...

Eagle Rock’s Midnight Rider rebrands country music with a modern twist

Midnight Rider is the latest venture of country music lover Mitra Khayyam, a San Fernando Valley-born entrepreneur who set up shop on Eagle Rock Boulevard June...

Victor Chico: karate master, trickster and the ‘family man’ of the Postal Operations Center

Known for his commitment to community service, karate and his students, Postal Operations Manager Victor Chico has worked at Occidental since 1994. Postal Operations Supervisor...