Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts ’06 takes us on a tour of his favorite LA hotspots The first thing you notice about Jordan Vogt-Roberts ’06 is the beard. Dark and full and hanging down his chest, it’s the beard of a well-groomed castaway or a member of ZZ Top. Vogt-Roberts calls it his “playoff beard,” its first…

Sometimes life is a stage. Sometimes it’s a WWE wrestling ring. Sporting a waxed moustache and an over­coat thrown over wrestling tights, Aiden English struts his lean and muscular frame down a runway alongside his tag team partner Simon Gotch, a strongman throwback you might find pressing barbells at a carnival. The arena music erupts…

Creative Arts Therapies alumnae use the body-mind connection to teach and heal. “You know how when you dance in your living room, you feel good?” asks Julie Brannen MA ’13, CERT ’13. “We start there.” That’s the five-second “elevator speech” she gives when she talks about her work. Brannen is a dance/ movement therapist, teacher,…