This post was updated May 8 at 1:20 p.m. Players can relive high school – and all the angst that comes with it – in an alternate reality within the video game “Super Super Rap Battle Temptation Nightmare Academy.” Students can play the game, along with another student-designed game, “Artifacts II,” in an exhibition Tuesday […]
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Chinatown bookstore offers curated local and global culinary knowledge
Los Angeles is home to a multitude of specialized bookstores, from those oriented toward horror and mystery to others with more practical focuses, like cookbooks. Follow columnist Clea Wurster as she explores the many niche literary interests the city accommodates. The secret behind every LA hotspot seems to be a charming Instagram page. And Now […]
Alumni band highlights youth-led activism, plays at social outreach events
Hello Noon is using music to promote social connectedness in a world wrought with pessimistic headlines and political division. The pop-rock band of seven alumni – Stephen Spies, Danielle Castrence, Kyle Dombroski, Kate Bacich, Rebecca Bacich, Rory Snively and Austin Wilkins – will perform at the Healthy Campus Initiative Revolution’s event “Together We Thrive” on […]
Video: Coastalong, UCLA’s sustainable music festival
UCLA artists, environmental groups and vendors came together Friday at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center as part of a music festival powered by bikes and solar energy. Students and participants expressed their excitement about the festival’s goals of raising environmental awareness.
Alum hopes to rebrand family-run restaurant through ramen dish with a twist
Charlie Kim’s ramen-eating habits in college inspired him to add a new dish to his restaurant menu – the bulgogi stir-fry ramen. The dish is a fan favorite and will be his first contribution to the menu at his family-owned Korean restaurant. After graduating in 2014, the UCLA alumnus worked in the marketing industry for […]
Marathon Reading adds novel dimension to reading, ties literature to today’s issues
The 2018 Marathon Reading is part endurance race, part relay. Over the course of 24 hours, readers will take turns reading the entirety of “Jane Eyre” and “Wide Sargasso Sea,” passing around books rather than a baton. The event will begin Tuesday at 9 a.m. and will continue until the two books are complete, with […]
Theater review: ‘School of Rock’
“School of Rock” opens like a concert, complete with smoke, sweeping red lights and a rock band performing with guitars and drums. Then walls of a bedroom, and later, school maps and doors slide in, transitioning the concert opening into a musical and introducing the reality of the main character’s unsuccessful music career. Throughout the […]