In the winter of 1977, Kenneth Reinhard and David Rosenak lounged in the back of a pick-up truck, sipping beers as they interviewed punk band the Germs. By the end of the decade, Reinhard said the music group would be known as one of the biggest punk music bands of their time. Reinhard and Rosenak’s […]
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‘An Evening of Magic’ to fuse magicians’ personalities with performance
Alan Chien remembers being astonished by magic. Out on the schoolyard in 2007, he stood among a crowd of excited elementary school students. He witnessed one of his classmates transform four different playing cards into the same card: the king of spades. Chien asked the classmate how he performed the card trick, but he refused […]
Student’s love of baking blooms into sourdough bread business
At the start of the day, Margaret LaGaly feeds her sourdough starter using flour ground from the wheat she plucked from her backyard. This is the start of the daylong cooking process. She waits for the dough to rise and places it in her home oven to bake. “I love the simplicity of the 24-hour […]
Inspired by mother, student models career around independence
CoryAnne Roberts was sitting in her seventh grade religion class when her friend came across pictures of her mom on Tumblr. Her friend’s discovery sparked a frenzied Internet search that led classmates and her teacher to hover around the laptop to view an old video of her mother on YouTube. In the video, her mother […]
UCLA student, one-time ringtone maker finds new calling in rap music
Before putting his thoughts to hip-hop verses, Stefan Dismond was convinced his calling was making ringtones. The second-year cognitive science student, who used to make alternative music and ringtones, decided to switch to rapping just last year. Dismond said he initially used his laptop keys as a digital keyboard to produce electronic patterns that turned […]
Alumna fashions Myabetic case to destigmatize diabetes
Kyrra Richards hid her secret in a stark, black nylon pouch. The bleak container was filled with lancet needles, syringes and insulin pumps: evidence of the Type 1 diabetes she tried to conceal from friends, agents and casting directors. The UCLA alumna, who has no family history of the disease, said she was ashamed to […]
Film and TV hairstylist Silvia Baker brings skill to theater classes
Silvia Baker sat in a dark wooden studio filled with mannequin heads wearing wigs and masks placed on countertops. Among the makeup brushes, hairpieces and a Frankenstein head figure, the film and television hairstylist fluffs a blonde wig that was part of her Halloween costume as Harley Quinn from “Batman.” For her job, she works […]