Book lovers shuffled through narrow aisles as crowds gathered at the heart of the University of Southern California campus for the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Green has gradually returned to the once-scorched slopes of the Santa Monica mountains. The January 2025 Palisades wildfire is among the top ten most destructive and deadliest wildfires in California since 1932, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Enchanted with comical costumes and mischievous music, the UCLA HOOLIGAN Theatre Company presented the 24-hour musical “Seussical” at the Northwest Campus Auditorium on Feb. 15. Rehearsed for less than 24 hours, the crew playfully performed the musical – adapted from works of children’s author Dr.

Performers, poets and partygoers returned to the Covel Grand Horizon Room for the Afrikan Diaspora LLC’s annual Black Extravaganza on Feb. 13. The two-act event consisted of performances from student organizations and soloists, and the intermission gave attendees the opportunity to eat and take pictures at a photo-op station.

Shedding light on the life in Weilan Village, a small mountain town in Southwest China, original play “Skywatching Down the Well” produced by the Cfan Chinese Theatre Group at UCLA reimagines the Chinese idiom “The frog at the bottom of the well.” Written and directed by Dorothy Guo, a third-year theater student, the play was performed at UCLA Lani Hall on Nov.

Sparkling saris and kurtas reflected auburn and turquoise colors across Ackerman Grand Ballroom as students gathered for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. Bruin Hindus, a UCLA student organization, held the celebration Nov.