Arts & Entertainment
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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...
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Independent bookstores thrive in East LA
While reading days loom, the idea of picking up a book for pleasure feels like a pipe dream. With the end of the semester...
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Tiny Studio Concerts debut on livestream
Four musicians, their instruments, amplifiers and a veritable jungle of monitoring, lighting and recording equipment are crammed into a repurposed office in the Academic...
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Weingart exhibit confronts sexual assault on campuses
Books of feminist theory are strewn around a round table and evocative photographs of two women wearing nothing but blankets and boots hang along...
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Echo Park bar/arcade mixes pinball and beer
There are moments of semi-adulthood in college, like lying awake until 3 a.m. worrying about student loans, that invoke a longing to remain young...
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'Dead Man's Cell Phone' grapples with tech obsession
On the stage, a woman scribbles a letter and a man sits perfectly still — dead still, in fact. Patrons file into Keck Theater,...
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You better Beliebe it: Bieber's back
“My life is a movie. And everyone’s watching. So let’s get to the good part.” Though that sounds a bit egotistical, it’s hard to not...
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Bethke becomes Icetep behind soundboard
What is Gabe Bethke listening to? For the senior American Studies major, there’s no short answer. He jumps from ‘80s thrash metal to EDM,...
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Supergirl soars onto the small screen
It’s a bird, it's a plane, it's … not Superman. Sorry if I disappointed you. But it is his cousin Kara Zor-El, more commonly...
