Timna Naim wears masks during dance performances not to hide but to celebrate self-identity. A fourth-year world arts and cultures/dancestudent, Naim has combined dance and ceramics as a vehicle for expressing their self-identity as an Israeli-American genderqueer gay male-bodied individual, they said. Naim tries to generate conversations about individual identitiesby combining visual arts like clay […]
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Entertainment lawyer explores dynamic industry in music industry class
Dodd 161 is less like a UCLA classroom and more like a performance hall on Tuesday nights. But instead of being mesmerized by the voices of today’s top musicians, students are immersed in Dina LaPolt’s lectures about the music industry. She is a powerhouse and an inspiration, said her student Thomas Ertzeid Gulseth. After LaPolt’s […]
Kerckhoff Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibit brings inkblot test into 3-D
Hypnotic shapes and neon outlines will move their way through a three-dimensional space against a stark white backdrop. The images are reminiscent of the inky splotches of a Rorschach test – a psychology assessment commonly known as the inkblot test – which evoke different images personal to the individual examining them. The interactive art exhibit […]
Dorm Dining: Whipping up a vanilla cheesecake using an unlikely oven
Life on the Hill doesn’t exactly allow ample opportunity for experimentation with cooking, leading to a routine diet at the dining halls. Over the next 10 weeks, columnist Andrew Warner sets out to break the culinary monotony of dorm life, armed with a rice cooker and a few pantry staples. The name “rice cooker” is […]
LA music venues offer variety and respite from routine student life
Nothing breaks up the monotony of classes, work and endless reading assignments quite like an uninhibited night out. With winter quarter just beginning, local concerts offer an escape from impending weeks of studying and procrastinating. Daily Bruin A&E reviews concert locales around Los Angeles to help students choose a music venue. Hollywood Palladium 6215 Sunset […]
Q&A: Benjamin Scheuer talks candid emotions of one-man musical ‘The Lion’
Two-year-old Benjamin Scheuer received a banjo that was constructed by his father using a cookie tin, rubber bands and a red necktie – his first exposure to music. The story of Scheuer’s late father introducing him to music is the inspiration behind the first number in Scheuer’s autobiographical musical, “The Lion.” New Yorker Scheuer premiered […]
Missed reviews of 2016: ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Moana,’ ‘Joanne’
Daily Bruin A&E spent the year reviewing films and albums to help students decide which art is worth their time and money. By the end of 2016, A&E had foregone opportunities to share thoughts on some of the year’s most popular and promising projects. These are three missed reviews of 2016. Television: “Stranger Things” Netflix […]