Arts & Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment
Oxy Wanlass Artist in Residence Roksana Pirouzmand experiments with medium, space and sound
The theme for this semester's Studio Arts course Art Outside the Bounds is "Everything was once something else.” Instructor Roksana Pirouzmand said she was inspired by...
Arts & Entertainment
UEPI Native Garden incorporates alternative landscaping and native plant restoration
The Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) located at 1541 Campus Road recently replaced its grass lawn with a new garden holding plants native to...
Arts & Entertainment
Aleem Hossain’s ‘Weird Short Films’ inspires discussion about technology and the future of filmmaking
Media Arts & Culture (MAC) Professor Aleem Hossain showcased “Three Weird Short Films” Feb. 6 to students, professors and Occidental community members at Choi Auditorium. A Q&A...
2011
Black Boar Succeeds as Lodgy, Alternative Hangout
Author: Eric Gullicksen The Black Boar has struck a perfect combination of genuine charm, coziness and the sort of light irony that appeals to bar patrons...
2012
Band of Brothers: The Men of Music House
Author: Rachel Stober Down the stairs near Bell-Young Hall, simply follow the drifting riff of an electric guitar and the metallic pulse of a drum-set and...
2011
Exploring Race, Slavery Through the Lens of Gender
Author: Cordelia Kenney| Professor Sharla Fett, chair of the history department, kicked off the Center for Gender Equity's third annual Feminist Faculty Series on Sept. 21...
2012
A Frail ‘Iron Lady’
Author: Vivien Reece "The Iron Lady," which is currently in theaters, fails to make sense of Margaret Thatcher's complex life as a politician, woman, mother, wife...
2011
This Year’s Oscars Race Harkens Back to 1941
Author: Jack Greenbaum When a movie wins an Academy Award, it sets off a reaction called the "Oscar bump." Suddenly, the film becomes a must-see on...
2012
Food Column
Author: Aralyn Beaumont Mignon, a wine and cheese bar in the Historic Core of Downtown, looks and feels like a Parisian café. Deep blue walls...
2012
L.A. Skin and Ink explores cultural importance of tattoos
Author: Saybin Medler|Saybin Medler Imagine walking into a prestigious art museum, seeing a world-renowned Van Gogh or a portrait by Picasso, then moving on and seeing...
2012
Renowned activist Hayden to speak
Author: Vivien Reece At the time of its publication, the Port Huron Statement
determined the central problems of society to be racial discrimination, democratic apathy and economic...
