Natalie Kirsten walked across campus carrying a broken white lamp cover she had stolen from one of UCLA’s numerous streetlights. Kirsten, a third-year sociology student, has been collecting random objects since December to include in her dress collection called “The Procession of Simulacra” for the Fashion and Student Trends fashion show Friday. Kirsten repurposed the […]
Author Archives: Nate Nickolai
Actress Maisie Williams crashes ‘Game of Thrones’ viewing party
Graduate student Marc Patterson and his wife Katelyn Patterson busily prepared for the sixth season premiere of “Game of Thrones.” In their Westwood apartment, they baked dragon egg cookies, cut out house banners and tuned into HBO. Neither of them were ready for Arya Stark to jump from the television screen to their front door. […]
Sounds of Schoenberg: The Japanese ensemble
Dozens of instruments cluttered the floor of the cramped Schoenberg room, creating a carpet of wood, string and metal pieces. In the back corner, an intricate and large Japanese drum loomed over the small instruments surrounding it. The drum’s colorful skin starkly contrasted with the blank brick of the wall behind it. The drum, or […]
Second Take: Opening of ‘Harry Potter’ world in Hollywood brings magic to Muggles
I gripped the thin plastic wood tightly in my hand. With a swift flick of my wand, I watched a quill scribble intently along the pages of a book all on its own. By stepping through the gates of Universal Studios Hollywood, I had entered into the magical world of “Harry Potter” where even a […]
Pop-up exhibit showcases UCLA research on representation in Hollywood
Students crowded around a mysterious Space Age box with neon lights and sharp angular edges. The strange futuristic shape stood out against UCLA’s brick architecture, attracting students on their daily walks to class. Along with bright lights and large display screens, students discovered a futuristic exhibit about representation in Hollywood movies and television. Last week, […]
Alumna’s documentary ‘Chau, Beyond the Lines’ reaches Academy Awards
The delicate art of drawing is not a simple task for Chau. Within the confines of a small wheelchair, his limbs barely allow him to pick up a marker from the jumble of coloring supplies in front of him, let alone create an entire picture. As a victim of past warfare in Vietnam, he experienced […]
Q&A: Alum, screenwriter Don Holley discusses memoir and a life of humor
Don Holley wrote a weekly humor column about his college life for the Daily Bruin. Thirty years later, the column became a 114-page memoir. After graduating from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television in 1984, Holley sold his first script which became the cult film “Loaded Weapon 1,” a cop satire with Emilio Estevez, […]