This post was updated Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. T.K. Lê lay sprawled out on her Koreatown apartment floor, drawing arrows and connecting blocks of text on a huge piece of parchment paper. The large paper was the beginning of the UCLA graduate’s most recent science fiction performance piece, which she said explores her own […]
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Tinig Choral celebrates Filipino culture through a cappella
The flight of stairs leading to Parking Structure 4 houses the faint echoes of several voices in harmony. A closer listen to the lyrics reveals both familiar songs from American Top 40 radio as well as music entirely in Tagalog. The vocals belong to the members of Tinig Choral. Since its inception in 1988, the […]
Hear This Not That: The Game’s album presents fresh beats, Gucci Mane’s lacks energy
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 hype of The Game’s latest album “1992” […]
Second Take: Celebrities’ support of presidential candidates not enough to sway
The popular vote totals for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary came within 1 percent of each other. And some scholars suggest one person may have helped push the nomination Obama’s way: Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey was one of several celebrities who endorsed Obama in 2008. People came to associate the trust […]
Q&A: Playwright Donald Margulies talks inspiration, revival of ‘The Model Apartment’
Donald Margulies watched the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann when he was a boy growing up in Brooklyn, New York, in 1961. The future playwright became horrified by the news coverage showing images of emaciated bodies left in piles on the grounds of concentration camps. That coverage marked his first exposure to the […]
UCLA alumnus shines as villainous Hans in Disney’s ‘Frozen – Live’
Nine UCLA alumni joined the cast of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion,” performing as Elsa, Olaf, Hans, Kristoff or the ensemble. The live adaptation of the 2013 Disney animated film “Frozen” currently plays three times a day at Disney California Adventure after opening in May. Each week, the Daily Bruin will share alumni’s experiences […]
Desert Trip offers fans of all ages chance to see heroes perform
Hannah Nizinski skipped class trying to buy tickets to see the classic rock heroes of her childhood. This weekend, the second-year business economics student will attend the rock music festival Desert Trip with her father, who she said first introduced her to the genre. The Coachella-esque festival takes place in Indio, California, over two weeks, […]