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CLASSIC: A bubblegum-pink hallway studded with blown-up photos of Diane von Furstenberg and women in her signature wrap dresses greets visitors to LACMA West’s free exhibit.  The Journey of a Dress will be open until April 1.

Birthday for a dress: LACMA celebrates the ‘wrap’

By Goldie Fields, Managing Editor March 9, 2014

Turning 40 is always a milestone, but for Diane von Furstenberg’s iconic wrap dress, four decades of unequaled fame in fashion is cause for celebration. In The Journey of a Dress, an exhibit commemorating...

EXPRESSIVE: Denis Perevalov’s "Triangle Cloud" rotates gracefully in 3D on computer screens.

Computer art goes beyond four-cornered paper

By Alec Fields, Staff Writer March 6, 2014

“All art is technological,” explains science teacher Dr. Jay Smallwood. Each period of art history, he explained, is influenced by the innovations discovered at that time.  For instance, tempera...

Live-blog of the Oscars

Live-blog of the Oscars

By Rose Lipner, Arts & Culture Editor March 2, 2014

9:00 PM: Hope you enjoyed the songs, jokes & fun of the 86th Oscars! Goodnight :) 8:58 PM: Well, that was my first time watching the Oscars all the way through...It. Was. Great. 8:57 PM: 12 Years...

MULTIFACETED: Drama’s fall play was The 39 Steps, an adaptation of Hitchcock’s famous movie.  Junior David Lorell played protagonist Richard Hannes, and junior Sara Sobolev played two characters--both Richard’s love interests.

Five actors, 100 roles, 39 Steps

By Bennet Schneier, Staff Writer January 28, 2014

For its main fall production, Shalhevet’s drama department performed the 2006 Tony award-winning hit, The 39 Steps. The play, an adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film, is an homage to a time...

MOVING: The latest exhibit at the Annenberg Space for photography features five themes, a documentary on photojournalism and five themes with hundreds of photos.

Photojournalism exhibit captures range of human experiences

By Adam Rokah, Arts & Culture Editor January 16, 2014

Some photos capture pure beauty, such as landscapes and water-filled caves, while others attempt to change the world by exposing the public to its flaws, thus swaying public opinion. At the Annenberg Space...

VARIETY: Players of Grand Theft Auto 5 can switch off playing different characters, each with quirks, personalities and talents.

Video game blends humor, tranquility and wrath

By Yan Kligerman, Illustrations Editor December 3, 2013

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to skydive out of a cargo plane while watching it gracefully crash behind you against the backdrop of a sunset? Well, you’ll probably never know that feeling,...

Captain Phillips displays heroism at sea, with much suspense

Captain Phillips displays heroism at sea, with much suspense

By Adam Rokah, Arts and Culture Editor December 2, 2013

“I the captain now,” Somali pirate Abduwali Muse tells Captain Richard Phillips while pointing a gun to his head, after he and three fellow pirates have hijacked Phillip’s supplies in search of money. Director...

THE DIARY: Viewers at the exhibit get a peek into Anne Frank’s life. The exhibit uses several types of technology effectively, but says little about the Jewish dimension of her story.

‘Anne’ focuses on the universal

By Bennett Schneier, Staff Writer November 27, 2013

Upon entering the new Anne Frank exhibit at the Museum of Tolerance, visitors begin to walk through a well-lit corridor. Immediately thereafter, a docent directs them to a hidden wall in the middle of...

Newly named ‘Choirhawks’ are all pop and spirit

By Adam Rokah, Arts and Culture Editor November 27, 2013

The bell has rung for Town Hall, and everyone seems slightly lethargic except for the members of the choir, who are happily organizing themselves to perform their latest pop rendition. The moment the...

TRANSFORMED: It's a long way from her Hannah Montana days to the obscene performance Miley gave at last month's Video Music Awards.

Miley Cyrus morphs into a symbol of gyration nation, but she’s nobody’s role model

By Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn, Editor-at-Large October 2, 2013

Have you ever heard the old show-biz adage that there’s no such thing as bad publicity?  Well, the scandalous performance put on by Miley Cyrus at last month's Video Music Awards proves that she still...

Don't miss it: Israel's Idan Raichel, 'one-man Middle East peace accord,' at UCLA Oct. 10

Don’t miss it: Israel’s Idan Raichel, ‘one-man Middle East peace accord,’ at UCLA Oct. 10

September 30, 2013

By Eric Bazak, Staff Writer Idan Raichel, the Israeli pop singer known for his culturally diverse music, is coming to town on Oct. 10 to play at UCLA as part of a world tour. Fusing electronic, Jewish,...

MOVIE REVIEW: Combining fiction and reality, 'Butler' traces brave fight for freedom

MOVIE REVIEW: Combining fiction and reality, ‘Butler’ traces brave fight for freedom

By Adam Rokah, Arts Editor September 25, 2013

Cecil Gains and his father are flipping soil vigorously on a cotton plantation, enjoying one another’s company, until they hear a scream. Cecil’s mother (Mariah Carey) has been raped by plantation’s...

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