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...
2012
Autumn heat complicates fall fashion
Author: Ben Tuthill Supposedly, it is now fall. One can tell by the hundreds of nice girls from New England all across campus who are looking...
2012
Titus Andronicus bring punk rock, moshing to Sycamore Glen
Author: Elwyn Pratt The sound of powerful and raucous punk rocking could be heard across
campus as Titus Andronicus and opener Ceremony performed at Sycamore
Glen...
2013
Local food truck rally offers diverse ethnic cuisines
Author: Sarah Corsa The grab bag of food trucks that gathers on Figueroa Street and York Boulevard is a trap for the indecisive. Every Tuesday, seven...
2013
‘American Promise’ provokes discussion about race, class and gender in education
Author: Haley Gray Inspired by Michael Apted’s 7 Up series, lawyer turned film-maker Michele Stephenson and her husband Joe Brewster began the project of documenting their...
2013
Zweets satiates Eagle Rock’s sweet tooth with rare candies
Author: Manna Selassie The Zweets Station on the corner of Eagle Rock Boulevard and Westdale Avenue transports its guests into a wonderland of vibrant colors and...
2014
Miyazaki’s final film epitomizes career-long aesthetic
Author: Malcolm MacLeod It was a quote from engineer Jiro Horikoshi that inspired Oscar-winning animator and head of Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki to tell the aeronautical...
2014
‘Fang’ rises in popularity, increases wittiness
Author: Wellesley Daniels After haphazardly stumbling across an old issue of the Fang in Special Collections, four seniors set out to resuscitate Occidental's once-robust but long-defunct...
2014
Kweli rocks the Greek Bowl
Author: Michael Tonetti In its first time as a true festival, SpringFest 2014 brought together the Occidental community during a period of low social activity at...
