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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
    • EVENT: Graduate Alumni Panel and Networking Luncheon 4/21

      Ampersand StaffApril 18, 2022
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The Balancing Acts Of Inda Craig-Galván

Jamie CarragherNovember 22, 2016
Inda Craig-Galván isn't resting on her laurels—she's too busy doubting them. In September, Craig-Galván attended the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York, h...
FILM & TVTHEATRE

Top Bunks & Aisle Seats: Andrew Justice

Ashley EadyNovember 19, 2016
Welcome to episode 2 of Top Bunks and Aisle Seats, the podcast that dives into the world of truly alternative music. For this installment, Ampersand's Ashley Ea...
MUSICTop Bunks and Aisle Seats

Now See This, Ep. 2: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Brian MarksNovember 18, 2016
Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Welcome to Now See This, a source for film recommendations around Los Angeles. Following the recent presidential election, it's a great time to see Philip Kaufman's Invasi...
FILM & TVNow See This

I’m Here: How Kamasi Washington’s Music Got Me Through A Life Changing Journey

Samanta HelouNovember 17, 2016
For Samanta Helou, the music of jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington and his band makes her feel transcendent and reassured, emotions she needed right before meet...
ESSAYSMUSIC

Five Awful People You’ll Meet At The Q&A

Jamie CarragherNovember 17, 2016
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/carra1000/five-awful-people-youll-meet-at-the-qa Going to a Q&A is a bit like going on a safari, but instead of looking o...
Uncategorized

Michael Deas Has Seen A Ghost… But Still Doesn’t Believe in Them

Didi BeckNovember 15, 2016
New Orleans-based painter Michael Deas has ghost stories, but he doesn't think they were paranormal events. So how does a skeptic reason the unexplainable?...
VISUAL ART

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk: Ang Lee’s High Frame Rate Experiment

Paola MardoNovember 14, 2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Tristar Pictures) “I’m not crazy,” said director Ang Lee at the world premiere of his latest film, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime...
FILM & TVREVIEWS

Festival Supreme Takes Over The Shrine

Jamie CarragherNovember 4, 2016
  Flight of the Conchords at Festival Supreme (Photo by Jamie Carragher) David Bowie's “Space Oddity” rings out.  Dancers decked in gold shimme...
CULTUREMUSICREVIEWS

The Horror! The Horror! They Ruined Rocky Horror!

Jamie CarragherNovember 1, 2016
Brad (Ryan McCartan)and Janet (Victoria Justice) brave the storm. Credit: John Medland/FOX Released in 1975 and diluted in 2016, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a peculiar creation: a musical torn between horror and comedy with all the jarring d...
FILM & TVREVIEWS
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