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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Improved diplomacy to affect Cuba trip

Aleksei Aguero January 14, 2015

As students are getting ready to depart for Cuba this Saturday, President Barack Obama’s December announcement declaring the country’s efforts to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba affects restrictions...

Filmmaking trip to go to Cuba

Lauren Kim September 3, 2014

Information about an eight-day documentary film-making trip to Cuba during semester break will be presented Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. The trip is open to 20 students. Officially titled "Digital Storytelling...

2 teachers win India Fellowship

Jake Saferstein April 28, 2014

Two members of the faculty have been awarded the India Exploration and Immersion Faculty Fellowship sponsored by the Cultural Heritage and Arts of India Club and the Gunter-Gross Asia Initiative. Visual...

Film Festival director applications released

Jacob Goodman April 22, 2014

Applications to be the student directors of next year's Harvard-Westlake Film Festival are now available to all rising seniors. The application consists of five questions and should be emailed to visual...

Film festival to feature producer

Marcella Park March 11, 2014

Producer Debra Martin Chase will speak at the 11th annual Harvard-Westlake Film Festival Friday March 14 at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. Martin Chase's work has focused upon women, tweens,...

GSA to screen alum’s film

Jacob Goodman February 28, 2014

The Gender and Sexuality Awareness Club will host a screening of the film "GBF" followed by a Q & A with the film's director Darren Stein '89 Friday, April 11 in Ahmanson Lecture Hall. "This is an...

GSA hosts “Ask a Queer Teacher” event

Jacob Goodman February 21, 2014

Gay and lesbian members of the Harvard-Westlake faculty talked about their experiences growing up in the Gender and Sexuality Awareness Club’s “Ask a Queer Teacher” event on Feb. 24. Visual arts...

Students meet Rwandan president

Marcella Park February 15, 2014

Students who went on the semester break trip to Rwanda met Rwandan president Paul Kagame Feb. 12 at a Los Angeles World Affairs Council event at which he spoke. Because they were not able to meet him...

‘Hotel Rwanda’ manager tells students to trust their conscience

Marcella Park November 7, 2013

The hotel manager who hid more than 1,200 refugees during the Rwandan Genocide spoke at an all-school assembly Thursday about his experiences and the importance of following one’s conscience instead...

‘Hotel Rwanda’ to screen Monday

Marcella Park November 1, 2013

An Oscar-nominated film that chronicles the heroic actions of Thursday’s assembly speaker during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide will be screened Monday, Nov. 4 at 3:20 p.m. in Ahmanson Lecture Hall. Upper...

Students screen Laos documentaries

Henry Hahn October 26, 2013

Students who travelled to Laos last spring break screened documentaries Thursday night that they created showcasing the impact of the secret bombings in Laos by the United States during the Vietnam War. The...

Alumna speaks to video art classes about job as art director

Jessica Spitz October 16, 2013

Art director Macie Vener ’89 told Video Art II and III students in a presentation Oct. 15 that it is possible to convert entire spaces on campus “with the set dressing, lighting and paint.” Vener...

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