Hear This Not That: Honeyblood’s album screams female energy, Slow Hollows’ bemoans lethargy

Music fans can find it hard to decide which albums to stream and which to skip, considering the surplus of new music released. Each week, A&E columnist Sean Lee will compare two newly released albums and recommend which one students should listen to. This week, Lee compares the punk energy of Slow Hollows’ Friday release […]

MFA students use sibling experiences to shape characters in ‘Three Sisters’

Acting students Lea Madda, Tara Turnbull and Maia Rychlik are used to taking on different identities. But for their latest acting roles, their own identities are key. From Nov. 4 through Saturday, the trio of graduate acting students will portray the titular three sisters Olga, Masha and Irina Prozorov in Anton Chekhov’s classic “Three Sisters” […]

D.R.A.M., Tommy Genesis to perform at free concert on election night

This post was updated Nov. 5 at 4:48 p.m. Hip-hop artist D.R.A.M. will perform a free concert on election night, with rap artist Tommy Genesis as the opening act. Electronic artist Oshi was originally scheduled to perform as a third artist at the concert in Ackerman Grand Ballroom, but cancelled Friday morning because of illness, […]

L.A. Theatre Works hopes to bring past shows at UCLA to life

Students around the world may be able to stream recordings of “Dracula,” “Pride and Prejudice” and Shakespearean plays. In October, the L.A. Theatre Works entered Audio Theatre 2.0 into the My LA2050 Grants Challenge, which will award up to $100,000 to community projects that receive the most online votes from the public. If they are […]

Student’s eyebrow business plucks away stigma of male grooming habits

Hana Fae Pareja laid out her eyebrow threading equipment on her Dykstra dorm desk, preparing to test her skills on her first client – a male floormate. When her customers come over, Pareja, a second-year mathematics for teaching student, turns her classic-residence-hall desk into a threading station. Customers sit on her desk chair, plug their […]

Alum Michael Stuhlbarg brings Dr. West to life in ‘Doctor Strange’

Michael Stuhlbarg wasn’t slated to operate on a patient when he walked into a hospital for a day’s work. He was on set, portraying a neurosurgeon in Marvel Studios’ latest film. Stuhlbarg, a UCLA alumnus, plays the part of Dr. Nicodemus West, a medical colleague and rival of Dr. Stephen Strange in “Doctor Strange.” Although […]