Instead of attending law school, Rippin Sindher decided to take a trip to the Amazon rainforest. The trip allowed her to think about her aspirations and made her realize she wanted to pursue film. “You’re in the middle of this jungle in a canoe, and it’s just a healing process,” Sindher said. “It allows for […]
Category Archives: Arts
On the Rise: Cellars
In “On the Rise,” the Daily Bruin profiles up-and-coming musicians in Los Angeles. Though our subjects do not necessarily have direct connections with UCLA, they are artists who have brought their sounds to Los Angeles and have taken advantage of opportunities within the city’s thriving music scene. An old radio station in Texas played songs […]
Professors consider effects Hollywood writers’ strike would have caused
Hollywood writers were poised to go on strike Tuesday, but they narrowly managed to make a deal just moments after their prior contract expired. The Writers Guild of America voted 96.3 percent in favor of a strike authorization April 24. The strike would have begun Tuesday, and would have been the first major WGA strike […]
Ziggy Marley to receive lifetime achievement award at Spring Sing
Reggae artist Ziggy Marley will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spring Sing 2017. On Tuesday, the Student Alumni Association and UCLA Alumni Association named Marley the 2017 recipient of the George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement. Marley, the son of music legend Bob Marley, has earned eight Grammy Awards for his […]
Looking for laughs: How UCLA students prepare for comedy careers
Asmita Paranjape splits jokes between Westwood and Hollywood – editing an on-campus satirical magazine and performing sketches at a Los Angeles comedy club. For the fourth-year computer science and linguistics student and other aspiring comedians at UCLA, joining a mix of comedic organizations both on and off campus provides space to gain the experience necessary […]
Student band The Bash Dogs performs at UCLA’s Coastalong Festival
The Bash Dogs strutted on stage with yellow leis, sunglasses and a single inflatable seagull pool toy. At UCLA’s Coastalong Festival on Saturday, The Bash Dogs performed a set of three songs – “Howl and Cry,” “Can You Feel Her?” and “Captain Harly,” all of which will be recorded for the band’s new extended play […]
Professor, electronic poet bridges gap between design and literature
Star Wars meets poetry in one of Brian Stefans’ electronic projects. The poem, which summarizes each episode of the saga, flashes on a screen letter by letter, accompanied by typewriter sounds in the background. Stefans, an English professor, tries to find innovative ways to combine programming with art to create novel forms of poetry and […]