2025 Oscar Predictions & Where to Watch the Nominees
The 2025 Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 2nd at 4pm at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles....
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The 2025 Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 2nd at 4pm at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles....
Read MoreThere are a number of fun things to do in and around Irvine over the holidays. Below are a few of...
Read MoreOne of the greatest violinists of all times, Jascha Heifetz, began teaching master classes at his...
Read MoreTheir house is brimming with music. Lily B’Far, age 11, studies violin; Anna, age 14, plays...
Read MoreWhen I invited two gifted Irvine jazz musicians — Celine You and her husband Forest Muther — to join me on my patio for lunch and an interview, I got lucky. The weather was ideal, my table overlooking Shady Canyon was set, and they showed up.
Read MoreFor me, plays, movies, dramas — live or on TV — afford boundless satisfaction. The welcome opportunity to explore the thoughts of a creator of theatre works came during an interview enjoyed with UCI Professor Annie Loui.
Read MoreThe opera The Impresario, composed by W. A. Mozart, was recently performed by the students of vocal arts at UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts.
We have all been thirsting for images and dialog distinct from what’s flushing from our current insentient media portal. UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts, like an ark, disembarks with something living: The west coast premiere of Rebecca Oaxaca Lays Down a Bunt (Rebecca). And it’s funny.
I had the good fortune of recently meeting Eli Simon, the director and helmsman of this ark. Eli has been teaching drama at UCI for the past 34 years.
In 1990, the non-profit, 750-seat Barclay Theatre opened as a collaborative venture — owned by both the City of Irvine and the University of California, Irvine.
The COVID-19 pandemic turned out the lights in theatres all around the world. Some, forever. Yet, the pandemic was not a show-stopper for the Barclay.
That’s because for the past six years, the Barclay’s president has been Jerry Mandel, a self-described “Theatre Rat.”
A long, l-o-n-g time ago — prior to masks and physical distancing — back in 2019, I attended an original play called Reading Frankenstein. It was staged in UCI’s Experimental Media and Performance Lab (xMPL).
UCI Arts Professor Antoinette LaFarge had worked with others on the adaptation of Mary Shelly’s classic Frankenstein.
Recently, we were able to chat face-to-face over coffee.
Read MoreUCI’s Clair Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) presented their second virtual “Jazz Small Groups Concert.”
Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with faculty and students to get their perspectives on this past year.
Chancellor’s Professor of Jazz & Piano, Kei Akagi, said: “Although the students can’t bond with the audience right now, they’ve learned to find their own way to communicate with other players and the faculty.” After attending their first concert, I think he’s correct. It satisfied my craving for a breath of musical fresh air.
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