Radar Sessions: Prince Rashid
When Prince Rashid walked into the room, I was unsure of what exactly to expect: Here was a Bengali rapper, whose music has been making rounds on social media lately, and has performed multiple...
“Smartphone Film Festival” captures stories through a small device
Amongst the innovative new groups of fresh filmmakers is the UCR Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Productions, which held its second annual Smartphone Film Festival on Tuesday, Feb. 16 in the theater-like screening...
The absurdist delights of Gomez-Pena’s theater
To enter into Guillermo Gomez-Pena’s theater is to come to terms with the irrationality of the world. For the last 30 years, the Mexican artist has committed himself to stitching absurdities and contradictions together...
Documentary on French artist Guy de Cointet has its SoCal premiere in Riverside
Marie de Brugerolle is an art curator and professor at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France. In the past, she has curated retrospectives on Allen Ruppersberg, Larry Bell, prolific conceptual artist...
You’ll never know what you’ll find, when you know laughter
On Wednesday, April 19 students and faculty were treated by UCR’s Department of Dance to a fantastic opening night showing of “in knowing laughter” — choreographed and directed by M.F.A. candidate Maggie Sniffen. The...
The 2024 Writer’s Week Festival: A celebration of contemporary literature
The 47th Writer’s Week Festival, an annual event hosted by the creative writing department, returned to the University of California, Riverside (UCR) this past week, starting on Feb. 10 and ending on Feb. 16....
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...
Nooner @ Nite heats up freezing night
Perhaps Nooners really need no explanation — it has been a fixture of the UC Riverside quad area nearly every week for as long as I have been a student (about four years now),...
Urban Roots of Poetic Justice showcases students’ spoken word poetry
May is Asian Pacific Heritage Month and the celebration continued with Urban Roots of Poetic Justice: A Spoken Word Event. The event was hosted by Asian Pacific Student Programs (APSP) who brought along special...
RADAR Sessions: Gypsies & Judges
The restaurant, lit by a smattering of candles and sconces lining the walls, was abuzz. People chattered at their tables, loud revelers ordered drinks along the bar and the clanking of dishes and indistinct...