Gabrielle Lorenzi pours a thick, homemade smoothie into a bowl almost every morning before adorning the beverage with a variety of colorful fruits. Before indulging in her creation, though, she snaps a picture to post on her “foodstagram.” Lorenzi created her Instagram account @yesletseat her junior year of high school as a way to share […]
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Artist’s light-sculpture project offers lens to view consumption, sustainability
This post was updated June 5 at 12:07 p.m. Justin Lui’s optometrist switched his monthly disposable contact lenses to daily ones a few years ago. The ensuing plastic waste inspired a multimedia project aimed to convey the importance of environmental sustainability. Lui, a design media arts and architechture alumnus, spent more than three years creating […]
Global Melodies: Ensemble transforms traditional jazz through Latin rhythms
Just three percussion instruments – the conga, bongos and timbales – transform a big band into a Latin ensemble full of upbeat melodies and unexpected rhythms. The fusion occurs every Thursday night in Schoenberg 1345 as the 16 members of the department of ethnomusicology’s LatinJazz Big Band class practices a diverse set list consisting of […]
Alumni band highlights youth-led activism, plays at social outreach events
Hello Noon is using music to promote social connectedness in a world wrought with pessimistic headlines and political division. The pop-rock band of seven alumni – Stephen Spies, Danielle Castrence, Kyle Dombroski, Kate Bacich, Rebecca Bacich, Rory Snively and Austin Wilkins – will perform at the Healthy Campus Initiative Revolution’s event “Together We Thrive” on […]
Comedians stand up for sense of community looked for at Dance Marathon
Loud EDM music was replaced with laughter as comedians Salma Zaky and Katie Green took the makeshift stage in Pauley Pavilion for a quick 20-minute sketch. Both third-year English student Zaky and graduate student Green, who performed their own respective stand-up routines individually, emphasized topics surrounding the UCLA community by cracking jokes about the campus’ […]
UCLA alumnus’ exhibit reflects on public transport as communal space
Jesse Stecklow lifts his knees and presses them up against the seat in front of him when he rides the bus, allowing the slow ride to serve as a space for reflection. The 2014 design media arts alumnus said he places a meditative value on public transportation – and urban life as a whole – […]
Quarterly exhibit to showcase students’ urban architectural design
The traditional whitewashed villas and vernacular architecture that graduate architecture students saw on a trip to the Greek island of Mykonos inspired their own design for a luxury resort. Their work will be on display at “Currents,” a quarterly exhibit that showcases student artworks from the department of architecture and urban design. The exhibition, which opens […]