Sunlight gleamed over bottles of boutique wine, sharply contrasting the dark wood of the shelves. Throughout the wine room, customers sat on high stools around small tables chatting. The space looked like any other wine bar, except the tables were covered with white trays of silkworm pupas, dried crickets and mealworms. Michael Consbruck, UCLA alumnus […]
Category Archives: Arts
Graduate student animated about pushing envelope with cartoons
Tyler Rice turned a late night craving for tacos into a surreal experience. The graduate animation student screened her original animated short “Taco Terror” at NewFilmmakers Los Angeles on Saturday. The film follows two men who get the munchies from marijuana, order tacos and proceed to witness some paranormal sights, all in the span of […]
UCLA alumnus to release album, bare connection between sound, feelings
Colin O’Brien-Lux believes art should be democratic, involving the participation of both artist and viewer. O’Brien-Lux, a theater alumnus, performs as an electronic and experimental music artist under the name Goosehappen, a pseudonym he chose for the fluid way the words sound when spoken aloud. He said his musical work likewise seeks to delineate the […]
Bar necessities: Bigfoot West
Westwood’s bars, or lack thereof, can easily grow old for thirsty college students in search of a taproom suited to their tastes. Daily Bruin senior staffers Erin Nyren and William Thorne embark on a bar-sampling journey to uncover the best watering holes in Los Angeles. Over the next 10 weeks, they explain which have the […]
Click De-Bait: Episode 1
For this week’s opening installment of Click De-Bait, A&E editors Lindsay Weinberg, Emily McCormick, Nate Nickolai and Christi Carras come together for a discussion on the click-bait titles of the arts and entertainment world. First, they talk about Elite Daily’s coverage of Amy Schumer’s “tasteful side boob,” and how tabloid coverage detracts from her message […]
Photo: Pinches Tacos brings homestyle Mexican food to Westwood
Pinches Tacos opened its seventh location in Westwood on Wednesday and gave away free tacos from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Customers filled the inside of the pink restaurant, which displayed skeletons wearing hats, graffiti art and painted brick patches. Miguel Anaya runs Pinches Tacos with his brother Jorge Anaya. Miguel Anaya said each tortilla […]
UCLA marching band supports alumnus Mark Harmon on ‘The Ellen Show’
UCLA marching band students are used to the spotlight; they frequently perform for thousands of fans at football games. But on Oct. 13, a few performers got a taste of a different kind of fame. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres invited the UCLA marching band to perform on her show as part of “Mark Harmon Week,” a […]