Category Archives: Arts

Student uses microscopes to get closer look at potential for music creation

Ivana Dama is innovating what can constitute a musical instrument, using a microscope and human brain tissue in her latest performance. The third-year design media arts student gave a presentation of her audiovisual project in an improvisational performance at Studio 106 L.A. on April 21. The ongoing project consists of a microscope and slides that […]

Middle Eastern instruments vocalize underlying themes in UCLA Hillel play

This post was updated May 14 at 4:45 p.m. The saz – a Middle Eastern instrument with a long, ornamented neck – gives voice to a lizard in a one-woman play. The Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel will present “The DIG” on Tuesday in collaboration with the Younes and Soraya […]

‘Game of Thrones’ season 8 recap – Episode 3: ‘The Long Night’

Winter is here: The final season of “Game of Thrones” is one of the most highly anticipated television events of the last decade. Follow our columnists as they explore students’ weekly reactions as an iconic era of pop culture comes to an end. Beware, spoilers lie ahead. Game of Thrones’ longest, most expensive episode yet […]

Professor’s new exhibition explores homelessness, inequality in America

This post was updated May 4 at 11:21 a.m. Home is a central concept of the American Dream, but Rodney McMillian said it continues to be inaccessible to many. The widespread homelessness in America, can be caused by racial and financial disparity, and is expressed in McMillian’s abstract art exhibit, “In This Land.” Featured at […]

Album review: MARINA’s ‘Love + Fear’ produces unoriginal sounds, fails to convey clear message

Neither love nor fear come to mind when listening to MARINA’s new album. Dropping “the Diamonds” from her stage name, the pop artist has returned to make a statement with her fourth album, “Love + Fear.” Whether she gets it across is another question. The work is her first release since her 2015 album, “FROOT,” […]

Westwood’s new Dim Sum House provides mediocre-but-cheap Chinese cuisine

Sweet custard buns decorated with pig faces were the highlight of Dim Sum House. The Westwood restaurant, which opened in early April, serves Chinese dim sum, Japanese-inspired hot pot and various types of barbecue. The menu boasts multiple dishes priced under ten dollars, allowing budget-conscious customers to taste a variety of items. With minimal decorations […]