Oliver Otake
11 Articles
Community News
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
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...
Community News
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...
Culture
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...
Community News
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...
Culture
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...
Campus News
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...
A Day in the Life
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...


