Most may think of video games as an indoor activity, but UCLA’s Game Music Ensemble will bring game soundtracks to life in the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden on Thursday. Christopher Thai, the chamber music director of GME, said the ensemble will play music from games including Pokémon, Mega Man and League of Legends. Since […]
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Duo Sofie and David’s performance draws from jazz training, fireside camp songs
Sofie Sheldon and David Marcus once played traditional camp-themed music together at Camp Kesem. Now they will take the Spring Sing stage as a singer-songwriter duo. Sheldon, a third-year world arts and cultures student, said she and Marcus became friends three years ago while working at UCLA’s chapter of Camp Kesem, a nationwide summer camp […]
Documentary analyzes director’s complex family dynamics with unique flashback style
“Running Aground” navigates the choppy waters of the tense relationships within the director’s family. Graduate directing student Jake O’Hare was inspired to create a documentary reenacting his changing family dynamics after learning about the sailing trips his father Scott, his aunt Sharon, his uncle Craig and his father’s alcoholic stepfather embarked on in the 1970s. […]
Second Spark Change Summit examines ability of mainstream media to make an impact
Social justice entertainment may carry a lesson, but it’s far from homework. The creation, reception and impact of social change films formed the focus of one panel discussion at the second annual Spark Change Summit, which took place in UCLA’s James Bridges Theater on Friday. Presented by the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment, the […]
Authors Tressie McMillan Cottom and Roxane Gay talk black feminism at Hammer event
Tressie McMillan Cottom and Roxane Gay discussed beauty standards, racism and HGTV celebrities all in one conversation. The authors and cultural critics held a conversation at the Hammer Museum on Wednesday evening. While Cottom tackled black feminist and social justice issues with levity, Gay prompted her with questions about the former’s new collection of personal […]
Art show seeks to highlight diverse roles in the environmental justice movement
Repurposed trash will be the focus of UCLA’s upcoming art show: “Our Ecological Footprint: Expressions of Environmentalism.” The show will kick off the UCLA Renewable Energy Association’s Waste Awareness Week on Monday. Held at the Kerckhoff Art Gallery, the event will feature student-made pieces, including interactive exhibits, poetry readings, sculptures and photography – all created […]
Poetry workshop helps sexual assault survivors work through emotions
Lucia Santina Ribisi hand-sewed 20 poetry notebooks for attendees of her first poetry writing workshop to write in. The first-year art student gave away the books at her poetry writing workshop for survivors of sexual assault. The workshop was part of an April 4 event for Bruin Consent Coalition’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Ribisi said she hopes to […]