Life & Arts

The four-time Grammy-nominated ensemble band Plena Libre graced Smothers Theatre Sunday for their first performance at Pepperdine University. The event was unlike any other musical performance, filled with educational tidbits, audience involvement and, of course, the beautiful music of Puerto Rico. The band’s frontman Gary Nunez formed Plena Libre in 1994 with the intention to … [Read more...] about Puerto Rican band Plena Libre celebrates culture

"All right class, pack your bags, because we are going to France! As if study abroad couldn't get any cooler, we, the IP students of Lausanne, recently got to take a week off from classes to take an adventurous field trip to Normandy, France. To be honest, as a teenage girl, history lessons about WWII are not exactly my forte (though I could tell you all about the 2005 war … [Read more...] about Living Abroad: Bonjour France

The smell of gasoline, the sound of chainsaws and screaming and the sight of towering clowns greeted me and my friends as we entered Universal’s Halloween Horror Night. When it came to the attendees, the girls shrieked — that’s expected and really kind of dull. Watching the boys proved more entertaining as they tried to keep the terror clenched inside or overcompensated with … [Read more...] about When zombies attack

Alessandra Ambrosio shows of her hot body in a white bikini on October 14, 2012 as she plays a game of volleyball in Zuma Beach. Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger leave NOBU on October 9, 2012. The Complicated singer who is rumored to be pregnant with her Nickelback star fiance hid her belly with a large neon handbag. Pink, husband Cary Hart, and daughter Willow smile … [Read more...] about This week: Malibu celeb sightings

Everyone remembers their first time. Or, if they haven’t had their first time, they have probably imagined what it will be like. Fortunately for them, there is a movie that both remembers and guides the experience, step-by-step, through the trials and tribulations of the “first(s)” that every person must experience. The First Time, directed by Jon Kasdan, is a simple story … [Read more...] about Film reminds audiences of 'The First Time'