This post was updated Jan. 20 at 10:34 p.m.
From timeless, chilling classics to fresh premieres, this winter’s theater season invites audiences to rediscover the magic of live performance.

This post was updated June 5 at 8:36 p.m.
Long-lost Iranian cinema jewels are being pulled from the archive this June.
The UCLA Film & Television Archive annually joins forces with the Farhang Foundation to put on the “UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema.” Screening films from June 14 to 30 at Billy Wilder Theater, the event aims to bring films from across the Iranian diaspora to the Los Angeles landscape.

This was updated June 30 at 7:23 p.m.
626 Hospitality Group is healing cultural divides with its frozen treats.
Based in Arcadia, California, the soft serve shop aims to bring Asian flavors to the forefront while redefining the meaning of hospitality.

This post was updated May 16 at 11:16 p.m.
ROOT[D is bringing the joy of South Asian weddings to UCLA.
The contemporary fusion dance team organizes an annual Mock Mehndi event mimicking a South Asian pre-wedding ceremony with this year marking the third, though the event has since been canceled.

This post was updated May 5 at 8:32 p.m.
These women are reinventing sync placements.
First-year sociology student Rachel Jos, first-year business economics student Kate Iwamoto and first-year sociology student Candace Tsay launched the student organization SYNC during winter quarter.

This post was updated April 11 at 7:16 p.m. 
Kyreeana Alexander and her three teddy bears are tapping into the wonder of childhood.
The graduate student in choreographic inquiry is set to perform her capstone project “We Cool” on Friday and Saturday evening in Kaufman Hall.

This post was updated Feb. 29 at 9:13 p.m.
Warning: spoilers ahead.
“Black Cypress Bayou” poignantly dives into a chilling river of ancestral history.
Written by Kristen Adele Calhoun and directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene, the contemporary drama follows a mother and her two daughters as they grapple with the ghostly horrors of the present, the past and the future.

This post was updated Feb. 21 at 8:11 p.m.
Abdulkareem Agunbiade is healing the world, one laugh at a time.
An assistant clinical professor of emergency medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Agunbiade’s academic pursuits started out focused on medicine.

This post was updated Jan. 25 at 7:53 p.m.
From social commentary to personal reflections, Phoebe Li is sculpting her artistic success.
The first-year art student’s work focuses on mixed media elements, most commonly centered around a sculpted piece supplemented with performance art and film.

HOOLIGAN Theatre Company is “Putting It Together” this fall.
The student-run theater group is taking the stage with its first mainstage show of the season, presenting “Sunday in the Park with George” from Dec.