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...
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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...
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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...
2014
RAW Records gives student musicians a helping hand
Author: Jeremy Childs With a campus located in the heart of the entertainment industry, it is no surprise that Occidental hosts a variety of student musical...
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Strong characters help Oscar-nominated shorts shine
Author: Gregory Feiner Short films are short for a reason. They are to cinema what poetry is to literature; rather than delving into a complex narrative,...
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Wourms helps bring hip-hop collective to LA
Author: Malcolm MacLeod Kelly Wourms (senior) is putting his classroom education in Media Arts and Culture to work in the real world under his stage name,...
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Games on the go: the best of the 3DS
Author: Will Westwater These last few weeks have been crushing for the gamer side of me. I have been in rehearsals for hours and haven't had...
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Modern cartoons tackle complex, mature themes
Author: Frida Gurewitz I’m an adult who likes cartoons. From this statement, one might imagine someone eating cereal and milk in front of the television on...
2015
The song of the year is ‘Untitled’
Author: Benj Salkind As 2014 came to an end and the final "Colbert Report" aired, Kendrick Lamar humbly took to the stage to send off the...
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Fresh juices and juicy tortas: Jugos Azteca satiates
Walking by Jugos Azteca on York Boulevard, the first thing a passerby notices are the walls, painted an eye-catching lime green with large graphics...
Arts & Entertainment
The song of the year is 'Untitled'
As 2014 came to an end and the final "Colbert Report" aired, Kendrick Lamar humbly took to the stage to send off the host...
