LA Times Festival of Books: literary fun for everyone

My trip to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books was pretty last-minute. My professor alerted me to its existence, and that it was the very weekend that was coming up. So I cobbled...

The Cinematic Legacy of Sundance

The Sundance Film Festival celebrates its 49th anniversary in Park City, Utah this year. The festival has ten days of film screenings, panels with cinematic legends and rising creative forces.  Sterling Van Wagernen, a local...

UCR’s TFDP department entertained and surprised audiences with their fall performance of the musical...

 Through their comedic and sensual musical numbers, the cast managed to transport the crowd to the Berlin Kit Kat Klub. The UCR theater, film and digital production department selected the sensual, yet politically charged production...

Haunted Drag Show 2022 was an iconic experience that welcomed all

UCR Drag Club hosted its second annual drag show with artistic performers and a beaming audience to prepare for the Halloween spirit. The Haunted Drag Show enlivened the HUB on Oct. 28, filled with expressive...

The fall of Netflix

Netflix stock has plummeted and they announced their first subscriber loss in more than a decade. All of this points to their recent crackdown on password sharing and their executives announcing that they will...

The Gilded Age has never looked this terribly bleak and dull.

This past year was especially unique for the Metropolitan Gala, with the event happening twice within the span of just seven months. The theme of the museum's two-part exhibition was “In America: An Anthology...

Spring Splash 2022: A successful comeback with a few minor complications

UCR is known for having one of the best and most well-known events of the year, Spring Splash. This year’s Spring Splash was highly anticipated since it was the first in-person one after two...

Cancel culture is doing more harm than good in today’s society

In today’s technologically advanced world, news spreads fast, and for those in the spotlight, every aspect of their lives are subject to public scrutiny. Whether big or small, many celebrities, from A-listers to D-listers,...

‘April 29, 1992’: the LA Riots

Sunrise to sunset, from Hawthorne to Boyle Heights, Los Angeles houses a mosaic of culturally ethnic residents whose hopes and dreams are centered on the revered city skyline. The burning sun beams scorching the...

Breaches in respectability face repercussions

A live screening of the previously recorded 94th Academy Awards ceremony ran short of three hours long, but just one moment in the top of the third hour has pervaded public discourse in the...