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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Museums for Millennials
In an attempt to reach the next generation of art enthusiasts, major art museums have begun using beacon technology, providing a second-screen experience for...
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Two years after city lifts ban, mural community thrives
In the 1980s, LA was considered the mural capital of the world. But in 2002, public murals were banned after unsightly graffiti tags and...
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Food trucks, vendors roll into bowling alley parking lot
Pedestrians walking along Eagle Rock Boulevard Monday night likely noticed the smell of frying oil, warm cheese and curry wafting from the parking lot...
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Photographers portray climate change's effects
The photographs are haunting both in what they depict and what they predict: Low-lying slums inundated by water, the destruction of New Orleans’ Lower...
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Icelandic boutique hosts LA-based designers at pop-up event
Over 4,000 miles from its namesake and currently 50 degrees warmer, Reykjavik Outpost took advantage of its LA locale to bring artists and designers...
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Blanco's final rap appearance takes place on Oxy stage
Laser beams, Christmas lights and screen projections illuminated Sycamore Glen on Friday night for the performance of rapper Mykki Blanco. The KOXY concert brought...
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ISIS continues spree of artifact destruction
From 1933 until the end of World War II, the Nazi Party of Germany committed art theft on a massive scale, stealing over 650,000...
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Wourms helps bring hip-hop collective to LA
Kelly Wourms (senior) is putting his classroom education in Media Arts and Culture to work in the real world under his stage name, Terrys...
