Tara Vatandoust – The UCSD Guardian

Tara Vatandoust, A&E Editor

A second-year literary arts and psychology major with an affinity for mozzarella sticks and ABBA. Probably doing a crossword or going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole of some kind.

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‘Purpose’ at La Jolla Playhouse walks the tightrope of forgiveness, with a side of family drama to boot

Tara Vatandoust, A&E Editor
May 26, 2026

Honoring our mothers through the media that raised us

Sonia McSwain, Meng-Shan Otero, Avery Heid, Kaitlyn Lots, Tara Vatandoust, Winter Moritz, and Gabbi Basa
May 11, 2026

Sun God Festival 2026

Leea Caddell, Jay Kurtz, Winter Moritz, Tara Vatandoust, and Nicole Huynh
May 4, 2026

Nora Hagkull’s ‘Circular Stories’ exhibition turns time into a question

Tara Vatandoust, A&E Editorial Assistant
Apr 13, 2026

‘Project Hail Mary’ dazzles at playing it safe

Gabbi Basa and Tara Vatandoust
Apr 2, 2026

DISREGUARDIAN: FYI, BTW, JK

Gabbi Basa, Tara Vatandoust, Jay Kurtz, and Kaitlyn Lots
Mar 30, 2026

A&E’s Weekly Song Pick: ‘City Of Stars’ — Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone

Tara Vatandoust, A&E Editorial Assistant
Mar 9, 2026

For the Elizabeths and Emmas: Ranking every Jane Austen novel

Tara Vatandoust, A&E Editorial Assistant
Feb 17, 2026

Lightning Round: Rom-coms for every relationship status

Tara Vatandoust, A&E Editorial Assistant
Feb 9, 2026

Madison Beer’s ‘locket’ is the key to cementing her artistic goals

Tara Vatandoust, A&E Editorial Assistant
Jan 29, 2026

2026 Grammy predictions

Kaitlyn Lots and Tara Vatandoust
Jan 26, 2026

FYI, BTW

Tara Vatandoust and Jay Kurtz
Jan 12, 2026

A&E’s Favorites of 2025

Amrutha Ravi, Tara Vatandoust, Avery Heid, Kaitlyn Lots, Nicole Huynh, and Baran Bashar
Jan 5, 2026

‘Wake Up Dead Man’ shines a light on mercy

Tara Vatandoust, Senior Staff Writer
Oct 25, 2025

Inside the 2025 San Diego International Film Festival

Olivia Barkwill, Tara Vatandoust, and Thi Tran
Oct 20, 2025

‘After the Hunt’s’ moral ambiguity problem

Thi Tran and Tara Vatandoust
Oct 13, 2025

Taylor Swift pulls back musical curtain on lyrically surface-level ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

Tara Vatandoust, Senior Staff Writer
Oct 6, 2025

A&E’s 2025 Summer Favorites

Thi Tran, Tara Vatandoust, Olivia Barkwill, Leea Caddell, and Gabbi Basa
Sep 29, 2025

A&E’s Weekly Song Pick: ‘Clockwork’ — Laufey

Tara Vatandoust, Senior Staff Writer
Sep 29, 2025

Creativity through collaboration: Pete Docter and Michael Giacchino at UC San Diego

Tara Vatandoust, Staff Writer
Aug 22, 2025

Company 157’s ‘The Mousetrap’: A comedic spin on a classic production

Tara Vatandoust, Staff Writer
May 27, 2025

2025 WOW Festival

Lina Mauk, Erika Myong, Amrutha Ravi, Thi Tran, Olivia Barkwill, Arshia Singh, Tara Vatandoust, Matthew Pham, and Laila Del Rio
May 12, 2025

A&E’s weekly song pick: Alexandra Stan’s “Mr. Saxobeat”

Tara Vatandoust, Staff Writer
May 5, 2025

‘Meet Cute in Manhattan’ is a heartwarming mosaic of classic rom-coms

Tara Vatandoust, Staff Writer
Apr 3, 2025

Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Short n’ Sweet’ just got a little sweeter

Tara Vatandoust, Contributing Writer
Feb 22, 2025

A&E’s Valentine’s Day Movie Marathon

Lina Mauk, Thi Tran, Tara Vatandoust, and Arshia Singh
Feb 10, 2025

A&E’s Weekly Song Pick: ABBA’s ‘Andante, Andante’

Tara Vatandoust, Contributing Writer
Jan 21, 2025

MFA in Visual Arts students send love from the future

Tara Vatandoust, Contributing Writer
Jan 21, 2025

A&E celebrates the winter holidays

Thi Tran, Lina Mauk, and Tara Vatandoust
Dec 2, 2024

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