Dance Marathon features speakers’ experiences with HIV, empowering drag queen show

This post was updated April 7 at 12:17 a.m. Black men comprise the demographic group most impacted by HIV. Awareness advocate Dontá Morrison specifically focused on this statistic at Dance Marathon, speaking with five other men about their experiences with the disease. “As someone living with HIV, I cannot tell you how grateful I am […]

Enthusiasm abounds in Pauley Pavilion as Dance Marathon 2019 begins

A choreographed dance to “Burnin’ Up” by the Jonas Brothers kicked off UCLA’s 18th annual Dance Marathon. The fundraiser’s first hour also featured an address by Pediatric AIDS Coalition President Melissa Miller, a fourth-year political science and Russian Studies student, who explained the theme of this year’s Dance Marathon: embrace. She said theme refers to […]

Movie review: ‘Pet Sematary’ revival falls flat, fails to deliver fully fleshed-out horror

The plot of “Pet Sematary” is almost as nonsensical as its spelling. An unclear timeline and inconsistent performances do not exactly help, either. Following the 1989 film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1983 novel, “Pet Sematary” takes yet another visual incarnation. The movie opens on Louis Creed (Jason Clarke) and his family moving into a remote […]

Mask exhibit to explore intersection of Catholic, Guatemalan tradition

Going as far back as the precolonial era, Guatemalan communities performed masked dances on important religious holidays. This tradition exists even today after the Spanish colonization of the Mayan people. For decades, collectors Jim and Jeanne Pieper have been accumulating these masks, which depict figures ranging from Catholic martyr Saint George to Mayan ruler Tecún […]

Archive opens doors to restoring films made by The Doors members

Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek are best known as the founding band members of The Doors. But many do not know that their friendship dates back to their time as UCLA film students. Between 1963 and 1965, the pair contributed to five student films that are now held in the UCLA Film & Television Archive. […]

LGBTQ dance group to raise awareness for AIDS in 26-hour Dance Marathon

In 2017, tens of thousands of people in the queer community were affected by HIV in the United States. This weekend, Taste The Rainbow, an LGBTQ dance group, will take the stage to dance for a cause that has troubled their community. TTR will perform Saturday during the 26-hour Dance Marathon, an event that aims […]

Art to Heart: Students reinterpret Big Bertha to subvert art world’s miasma of elitism

  Art, the universal language, can transcend space and time to reach a diverse audience. We hear this all the time, but do we truly feel the weight of these words? A cloud of elitism envelops the “art world,” alienating the perspectives of some while glorifying those of others. In efforts to challenge ideas that […]