By Terry Tang Daily Bruin Senior Staff It is Thanksgiving, a day to cherish family, friends and life. A fisherman, minding his own business, suddenly finds a distraught and dehydrated boy clinging to an inner tube in ocean waters off the Florida coast. After an intense rescue effort, the little Cuban boy is welcomed with […]
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Mexican artistry, culture at heart of conference
By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Staff Beginning today, the UCLA Conference on Mexican Literature and Culture for the Millennium aims to explore the diverse art and heritage of Mexico and the border United States. “We decided to celebrate the millennium by focusing on contemporary aspects of Mexican culture,” said John Skirius, UCLA associate professor of […]
“˜Shockheaded Peter’ blends sinister lessons with satire
By Angela Salazar Daily Bruin Senior Staff Thumb-sucking children have more to fear than getting an overbite. In the morbid style of Tim Burton and Edward Gorey, “Shockheaded Peter” tells tales of strangely entertaining ways to punish disobedient children. Based on Heinrich Hoffman’s classic 19th-century German children’s book “Struwwelpeter,” “Shockheaded Peter” makes its West Coast […]
LACMA displays cultural textiles of Central Asia
By Allison Dixon Daily Bruin Contributor Before there were cars, mansions or high-tech electronics, the people of Central Asia used elaborate textiles as status symbols. During the 19th century, the textile industry reached an artistic crescendo, producing magnificent garments as well as elaborate fabrics for the home. Many examples of this art form are now […]
To the beat of a different drum
By Brent Hopkins Daily Bruin Senior Staff Whether it comes in the form of a marching band’s snares or a pounding disco beat, the drum has always been a universal instrument. Here at UCLA, it’s no different. For a group of 20 students, all possessing diverse backgrounds and experiences, drums serve not just as a […]
Artist shows expertise with detail in portraits
By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Senior Staff Portrait artists are like hunters, following the scent of a certain pose or an indescribable smirk. They stalk their subjects, in hopes of confining to the page an elusive twinkle or a characteristic shrug. In this light, consider David Hockney’s new work at the UCLA Hammer Museum a […]
Apartment horrors ready for Hollywood treatment
This week, I had the unique opportunity of watching a rather brilliant new documentary from some up-and-coming young filmmakers. Entitled “Hill’s Haunted Hill House on Haunted Hill,” the film just happened to be about my apartment building. Perhaps I should explain. Last summer, I was suddenly thrust out of my old apartment building on Veteran […]