A tent-like structure fills the quad between Powell Library and Royce Hall this week, a chance to create ties between two normally separate entities: veterans and civilians. Entitled “Peace & Quiet,” the open dialogue station acts as a five-day lead-up to UCLA’s premiere of “En Garde Arts: Basetrack Live,” a program organized by the Center […]
Category Archives: Theater & Fine Arts
Fall Theater Preview
As far as arts venues go, Westwood and Los Angeles are home to hundreds, from UCLA’s Ralph Freud Playhouse to downtown L.A.’s Orpheum Theatre. Whether still wary about leaving campus, or ready to explore L.A., there are upcoming performances – be it a play, musical or otherwise – this fall quarter you won’t want to […]
Multimedia exhibition shows history of cinema, ‘Hollywood Costume’
This post was updated on Oct. 2 at 3:25 p.m. In a darkened gallery, beads of light fall on various pieces of clothing, both old and new. A music score swelters up in its intensity and the faces of legendary Hollywood stars are everywhere. This daze of sight and sound is “Hollywood Costume,” a new exhibit […]
Exhibition weaves art, science together with silk
Points of fluorescent light peek out from a mass of tiny cocoons, the result of many cycles of ravenous feeding and part of an exhibit dedicated to a seemingly benign substance – silk. “Seres: Inhabitants of the Land of Silk,” an exhibition put on in partnership between the UCLA Art|Sci Center and the UCLA International […]
LA STAGE Alliance Ovation award nominees include 12 UCLA faculty, alumni
Mon. Sept. 22, the 2013-2014 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation award nominees were announced. The finalists included 12 faculty and alumni from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. The awards include categories in production, design and performance. TFT visiting associate professor Brian Kite was nominated for best director of a musical, “Les Miserables,” and professor […]
Theater & More: ‘Larry David and David Steinberg in Conversation’
“Larry David and David Steinberg in Conversation” was just that: a conversation between two aging comedians. Although these comedians may be from another generation, they, for good reason, drew a mixed crowd of college students and older patrons for an evening of laughter and mockery at The Theatre at Ace Hotel. Presented as an exclusive […]
Meet the Editors: Brendan Hornbostel, Gail Acosta, Natalie Green and Asher Landau
Brendan Hornbostel, A&E editor Having grown up playing drums and guitar in bands in San Francisco, I’ve always been one to over-scrutinize every song down to its notes and phrases to find that one lyric that captures the humanizing quality of a great piece of music. Here at Daily Bruin A&E, our commitment to presenting […]