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
LACMA tributes surrealist feminist art
Author: Natania Reed, Senior Writer In an unprecedented look at female artists of the surrealist movement, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) opened its...
2011
Painting the Way for the World’s ‘Mural Capital’
Author: Ian Mariani The city of Los Angeles annually spends around $7 million destroying artwork in the community. Or at least, that is how local street...
2011
Snoop Dogg to Headline Big Budget Springfest
Author: Sam Byrne With this year's Springfest fast approaching, Occidental students are excited to welcome one of the most well-known contemporary musicians to campus. This Saturday,...
2011
Pianist Pratt Fills Thorne
Author: Anne Wolfstone Acts ranging from ensembles to solos, tragic to comedic, unknown to world-renowned have taken to the stage at Occidental College's Thorne Hall. Saturday...
2012
Bizarre medleys will fatten diners up at Nickel Diner
Author: Riley Kimball Asking our waiter at the Nickel Diner to recommend a few dishes was a big mistake. "The catfish on corn pancakes is delicious,...
2012
To start with, look at all the (better) books by Eugenides
Author: Jacob Surpin Jeffrey Eugenides used to be a dangerous novelist. Fellow writer William Deresiewicz said that his earlier work displayed "a willingness to push to...
2012
Two mindsets meet through music
Author: Vivien Reece On Saturday, March 3, the Occidental-Caltech Symphony Orchestra performed four enchanting musical selections to an animated audience in Thorne Hall. Led by conductor...
2012
Museum more fright than fact
Author: Noel Hemphill More than most other organizations in Los Angeles, Scientologists are persistent in their cause. No visit to Old Town Pasadena would be complete...
