Brette Tell flipped through the glossy pages of magazines, eagerly searching for her favorite members of boy bands ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys to add sketches of the perfect human face to her art repertoire. Though Tell sketched incessantly to create the perfect punk rock boyfriend in elementary school, art became something more as she […]
Author Archives: Christi Carras
Twins model dynamic work bond for Brandy Melville
Twin sisters Daphne and Marielle Meyer do everything together. Their sibling dynamic is always present, whether driving to a hidden beach, squabbling in a hardware store or play-fighting between the camera flashes of Brandy Melville photographers. Daphne Meyer, a second-year world arts and cultures student at UCLA, and her twin sister, Marielle Meyer, a second-year […]
UCLA alumna blends past and present with monochromatic set design
The set of “Altman’s Last Stand” looks like a mess at first glance: a hodgepodge of chairs, rugs, lamps, books, picture frames and ukuleles seemingly placed without a second thought. In reality, each antique item was carefully constructed to reflect the scattered memories of a man with 90 years of experiences. Yee Eun Nam, a […]
Live-action remakes lack originality and fail to bring Disney magic
The princess dress demographic in Disneyland has evolved greatly over the past couple of years. The number of tiny Elsas I have nearly stepped on while strolling through Main Street, U.S.A. is alarmingly high, and I would be lying if I said the sea of Elsas did not disappoint me. But, my most recent trip […]
Belly dance workshop on campus offers exposure to art form
Her bangles, shimmering under the chandelier lights of Kerckhoff Grand Salon, accompanied the Arabic music like jingle bells. Her hips moved separately, as if disconnected from the rest of her body. Sometimes they hit every major and minor beat in the music. Other times, they ignored the rhythm completely, loosening up to trace the almost […]
Halftime Signatures: UCLA drum major marches into his last USC rivalry matchup
In anticipation of the UCLA-USC football matchup Thanksgiving weekend, Daily Bruin A&E features members of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band. Today’s installment profiles Adam Fletcher, a fifth-year electrical engineering student and drum major. Trojan fans laughed as an intimidated Adam Fletcher and the rest of UCLA’s marching band carried their instruments out of USC’s Coliseum […]
Romance adds new spin for Salsa Society dance partners
Amalia Ledesma and Ernesto Martinez had danced together a few times before at Thursday night Street Salsa at the Bruin Bear, but the natural cadence of live music sparked something new between them at an open invitation salsa social in the Ackerman Grand Ballroom. As they matched their steps to the salsa beat and to […]