Eataly L.A. has been called a “Disneyland for Italian-food lovers,” and while the new multistory eatery lacks roller coasters and rides, the description is oddly apt. The Italian marketplace, complete with different food counters, restaurants and markets, sells all things Italian – fresh food to inspire taste buds, authentic ingredients for tasty home-cooked meals and […]
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Concert review: Noname
Noname is a name everyone should know. The Campus Events Commission invited the “Sunny Duet” rapper and her band to perform in Kerckhoff Grand Salon on Thursday night. The rapper and her band grooved on a small black platform in front of around 100 students. Despite their limited stage space, Fatimah Warner, who goes by […]
Movie review: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’
“Thor: Ragnarok” is a thunderous film that sparks life into the Norse god’s tired trilogy. The last time audiences saw the god of thunder was in the disjointed “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” and his previous stand-alone film, “Thor: The Dark World,” which felt humdrum and anticlimactic. “Ragnarok” is easily the best “Thor” film, eschewing the […]
UCLA Theater chair directs multigenerational one-woman show
Michelle Azar plays her own mother, father and grandfather in her latest one-woman show. “From Baghdad to Brooklyn” will make its New York debut Saturday at the United Solo Festival and follow Azar’s family heritage from mid-20th century Iraq to present-day New York and Los Angeles. While Azar wrote, acts and sings in the play, […]
Student leads workshop on special effects, Halloween makeup
Ava Corales sported chromatic purple lipstick, a floral dress and a gaping flesh wound on her right cheek at Saturday’s special effects makeup workshop. The third-year psychology student instructed a group of around 10 students gathered in a De Neve Plaza meeting room on how to create special effects makeup, including prosthetic wounds and fake […]
Dance Break: Chinese Cultural Dance Club fuses diverse traditions with modern dance
Daily Bruin columnist Christi Carras’ limited dance background consists of bingeing episodes of “So You Think You Can Dance,” grapevining her way through high school show choir and stumbling through rehearsals at a daycare-like dance studio until the age of 8. As a personal experiment, she attended workshops and lessons for 10 campus dance groups […]
Alumna, ‘BoJack Horseman’ producer grows as entertainer through podcast
Lisa Hanawalt’s shared podcast “Baby Geniuses” is a blend of random internet searches, guest appearances and casual conversation. The UCLA alumna works as a production designer and producer for the Netflix show “BoJack Horseman,” but when she’s not drawing cartoons or working on the show, she co-hosts the podcast “Baby Geniuses.” Hanawalt, along with co-host […]