Happy Hoo-lidays From Your LA-Area UVA Club Leaders
Fellow Hoos, Hoo-friends, and Hoo-family, What a whirlwind year this has been! From speaker series to game and movie nights and everything in between, our clubs planned a combined 27 events this year. We certainly miss seeing you in person, but as the song goes, “in a year, we all may be together, if the…
UVA Entertainment Club of Los Angeles: November Speaker Series: A Conversation with Emily Swallow (CLAS ’01)
On Tuesday, November 17th, alumni, parents, and friends joined the UVA Entertainment Club of Los Angeles for the final speaker series event of 2020, featuring Emily Swallow (CLAS ’01). Emily Swallow, who grew up in Jacksonville, FL, graduated from UVA’s College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences with a Middle Eastern Studies Degree with…
UVA Entertainment Club of Los Angeles: Composer & Sound Designer Michael Rasbury
On Wednesday, October 21st, alumni, parents, and friends joined the UVA Entertainment Club of Los Angeles for our October Speaker Series, featuring Michael Rasbury! Michael Rasbury is an Associate Professor in Sound Design within the Department of Drama and the Director of Miller Arts Scholars at the University of Virginia.
UVA Entertainment Club of Los Angeles: Comedy Writer Kassia Miller (LAW ’06)
On Tuesday, September 22nd, alumni, parents, and friends enjoyed hearing from comedy writer Kassia Miller (LAW ’06). We enjoyed hearing more about her work in LA, including on such shows as THE AFTERPARTY, MACGRUBER, THE GOOD PLACE, LAST MAN ON EARTH, and TRIAL & ERROR.
UVA Entertainment Club of Los Angeles: Shilpa Davé on Race in Film & TV
On Tuesday, August 4th the UVA Entertainment Club of Los Angeles welcomed Shilpa Davé for our August Speaker Series! Shilpa’s discussion focused on race in film and TV. Shilpa, an Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies and American Studies, gave a short…
UVA Entertainment Club of Los Angeles: Virtual Event with William Little
William Little, Associate Professor in Media Studies, explained features of the pandemic genre in his presentation, “Retrofitting the Viral: The Generic Cure.” One feature of this genre, which people can relate to amid COVID-19, is hoarding – a practice that carries no promise of permanence. Throughout William’s engaging and insightful presentation, we learned how the…