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
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...
2012
Treviño discusses activism, film
Author: Emma Lodes Picture two iconic images of Los Angeles. One of gritty Chicano rights activism and the fight for immigrant rights, and the other of...
2013
Eagle Rock Music Festival returns, controversy over reduced size
Author: Malcolm MacLeod Next Saturday Oct. 5, the Eagle Rock Music Festival (ERMF) is coming back to town, albeit with significantly fewer performers. The festival has...
2013
Inside the Artist’s Studio: Getting behind the lens of student filmmaker Scott Kulicke
Author: Jeremy Childs Scott Kulicke arrived at Occidental with plans to study creative writing; a few short years later, he's already stepping into the film industry...
