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    • Cultivating Creative Space

      Renee WhalenMay 10, 2022
    • The Art of Optimistic Nihilism: Jessica Taylor Bellamy’s Beautiful Destruction

      Wesley StenzelMay 5, 2022
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      Ryan ColemanMay 4, 2022
    • ‘Memoria’s’ Existential Sounds and Silence

      Wesley StenzelMay 4, 2022
    • The Depths of a Daughter’s Obsessive and Destructive Desire in ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’

      Lucia RuanApril 28, 2022
    • ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’: an Undefinable Maximalist Triumph

      Wesley StenzelApril 28, 2022
    • ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ is Culturally Precise and Ubiquitously Chaotic

      Steven GongApril 28, 2022
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      Omar ReyesApril 18, 2022
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      Ampersand StaffApril 18, 2022
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A Wealth of Pianists at The Wallis

Brian MarksMay 22, 2017
(L-R) Pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-André Hamelin in performance at The Wallis (photo: Rob Latour for The Wallis). The pianist is the traveling nomad o...
MUSIC

Exposing “The Hero Within”

Brian MarksMay 3, 2017
L-R: Judy Welch, Harold Boons, Ruben Thomas Jr., Jonaton Wyne, and Chris Thouart Curtis in The Hero Within (photo by Lynn Shane). Opening night for The Hero...
THEATRE
Edris, Cuban singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist

Top Bunks & Aisle Seats: EDRIS

Ashley EadyApril 13, 2017
Top Bunks and Aisle Seats goes international as Ampersand's Music Editor, Ashley Eady, interviews Edris, a Cuban-born singer-songwriter and USC alumnus!...
MUSICPODCASTSTop Bunks and Aisle SeatsUncategorized

Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Colburn at The Wallis

Brian MarksApril 11, 2017
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (photo courtesy Decca Records). On Wednesday night, French-German pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet was joined by students from the Colburn Sc...
MUSIC

Holbox: An Ode to Coastal Mexican Cuisine

Samanta HelouApril 11, 2017
There’s an island off the coast of the Yucatan peninsula located between the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Separated from the mainland by a crystal cl...
Food

Seeing is Believing: Deaf West and Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo

Brian MarksApril 10, 2017
From left: Jake Eberle (the voice of Peter) and Troy Kotsur (Peter) in Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo. Photo: Kevin Parry for The Wallis. For hearing audiences unfamiliar with theatrical productions starring deaf actors, there is a moment of c...
THEATRE

A Vietnamese Lullaby: Bridging Art to Reality

Tomy DuongApril 8, 2017
When I was a toddler, my mother would often swing me to sleep back and forth in her arms, singing folk lullabies that originated from the Vietnamese countryside...
CULTUREESSAYSUncategorized

Life in the Blink of an Eye

Jerome ChingMarch 29, 2017
Photo from jkcreative http://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/ What time is it on a plane flying across the Pacific? A flight from Seoul to Los Angeles ta...
CULTUREESSAYS
Grant Ellman music

Top Bunks & Aisle Seats: Grant Ellman

Ashley EadyMarch 24, 2017
In this latest episode of Top Bunks and Aisle Seats, Ampersand's music editor, Ashley Eady, speaks with multi-instrumentalist and USC student, Grant Ellman. Grant's musical talent became apparent during his childhood. He's played piano since he was f...
MUSICPODCASTSTop Bunks and Aisle Seats
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