The members of Solea first got together at a co-op party last year. The jazz band comprises current and former UCLA students – Sean Lee, Hunter Mee-Lee, Lancelot Chu, Jordan Avesar and Kyle Frankhuizen. The members have been playing together since May and will now perform jazz fusion music at the Fowler Museum at UCLA […]
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Budding Los Angeles: Punch Edibles looking to operate but stuck in limbo as it awaits license
Thirty years ago, buying cannabis was difficult, expensive and illegal. Buying cannabis in 2019 is somewhere between picking up a prescription from a pharmacy and buying beer from a liquor store. Join columnist John Tudhope each week as he visits cannabis companies in Los Angeles and discusses the budding industry. The first time I purchased […]
‘A Quiet Place,’ ‘Argo’ sound editor to discuss inventive art of audio creation
When a tree falls in a movie, and the audience needs to hear it, a dedicated team of experts is there to ensure that it makes a sound. Creating audio for film and television will be the focus of an event hosted by Creative Labs, a club that designs creative, real-life projects with the aim […]
Inclusive coding event hopes to encourage art, activism in the field
Lauren McCarthy wanted to bring coding and activism together in a way that is interactive and accessible. To do so, she worked with Xin Xin, the director and lead organizer of Processing Community Day, and Casey Reas, a design media arts professor and the co-creator of Processing, a software that allows coding within the visual […]
Professor uses his book publishing company to encourage social activism in art
This post was updated Jan. 23 at 3:38 p.m. Lars Müller’s publishing company has released over 600 books. Most of the books center around the artistic disciplines he enjoys the most: visual art, architecture, design and photography. However, Müller said he added societal issues to his company’s focus to move away from pure aestheticism and turn toward […]
Alumnus merges math degree and melodies in budding songwriting career
Nick Marechal occasionally melds his mathematics Ph.D. into the blues-influenced music he plays. The UCLA alumnus has played blues-rock music since adolescence, but only in the past few years did he decide to make music his full-time career. On Jan. 25, he and his band will perform at the Canyon, a music venue in Agoura […]
Design media arts students put on rule-bending exhibit with mixed art forms
A flyer encrypted with a Snapchat code can unlock dancing bears on your phone’s screen. Using augmented reality, the project is one of the works that will be on display at the design media arts exhibition opening Thursday. The exhibition, titled “Breaking the Rules,” will showcase works from undergraduates in the design media arts program […]