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
The odds are ever in the fans’ favor
Author: Danielle Christopher The anticipation surrounding the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games" has been overwhelming, as many fans awaited midnight premiers in "Hunger...
2011
New Talent Emerges at Student Film Festival
Author: Claire Diggins Student filmmakers shared their latest projects on Monday, March 21, at the eighth annual Student Film Festival. Films were screened to a lively...
2011
Radiohead Embraces Electronic Sound and Pop Roots with Latest Album
Author: Sam Dalsheimer Radiohead's breakthrough albums "OK Computer" and "Kid A" were tinged with a self-serious melancholy. Inherent in those albums was a sense that maybe...
2011
Deconstructing the Arab Archetype in Cinema
Author: Brittany Wightman Dr. Jack Shaheen visited Occidental Tuesday, Sept. 20 for a screening of his documentary "Reel Bad Arabs" and an informal discussion of the...
2011
Folk Quartet Fills Bird Studio With Music for the People
Author: Lauren Siverly Already familiar to Occidental, soprano Karen Benjamin '83 performed on the Occidental stage once again with her quartet to present Music of the...
2011
Students Select National Slam Team
Author: Juliet Suess As ancient poets did before their time, students brought their poetry to life on stage in the second competitive poetry slam held this...
2012
The new Russian aesthetic
Author: Ben Tuthill Vika Gazinskaya and friends have all the answers This past summer street-style photographer Tommy Ton took a picture of a lady stepping out of...
2012
800 degrees of pizza
Author: Aralyn Beaumont When it comes to pizza, there are three components that need to fundamentally excel as they melt together into one harmonious layer. The crust should...
