This post was updated Feb. 13 at 7:57 p.m. Paul Whitaker is lighting the roses red. The alumnus served as the lighting designer for the upcoming production of “Alice in Wonderland” by the Tony Award-winning Children’s Theatre Company. Read more...
Photo: Paul Whitaker smiles for his headshot. The alumnus is the lighting designer for the Children’s Theatre Company’s upcoming production of “Alice in Wonderland,” which opens Tuesday. (Courtesy of Children’s Theatre Company)
This post was updated on Feb. 11 at 8:07 p.m. With character-driven stories told across various times and places, Joan Silber is redefining the novel. Award-winning author Silber gave a talk at the Hammer Museum on Thursday night as part of the institution’s Some Favorite Writers series. Read more...
Photo: Sitting in front of a pink backdrop, Joan Silber (left) faces Mona Simpson (right) on stage. The former was featured in the Hammer Museum’s Some Favorite Writers series on Thursday. (Michael Gallagher/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated on Feb. 11 at 10:25 p.m. The search for buried treasure is over – Declan McKenna’s latest record is worth its weight in gold. Read more...
Photo: In a field, Declan McKenna holds out a metal detector with a blue sky and two cows in the background. The indie-rock artist released his third album, “What Happened to the Beach?” on Friday. (Courtesy of Tomplicated Records)
Sunaina Keonaona Kale is putting reggae music in relation. Originally from Irvine, Kale is Kanaka Maoli, or Native Hawaiian, and holds a doctorate in ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara. Read more...
Photo: Sunaina Keonaona Kale, a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Davis, presents a slide reading “Reggae Relations: Black and Indigenous Confluences in Hawaiʻi.” Organized by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, the event took place Wednesday afternoon. (Darlene Sanzon/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 11 at 8:02 p.m. Alex Aljouni is hitting close to home in her short film “Bukra.” Aljouni, a Syrian-born filmmaker and fourth-year film student, chose to center her student thesis short film around the war in Syria and those displaced by the conflict. Read more...
Photo: Laith Nakli (left) and Lamitta Saloum star as Ghaleb and Amal in “Bukra.” Fourth-year film student Alex Aljouni created the short film for her student thesis project. (Courtesy of Alex Aljouni)
This post was updated Feb. 8 at 7:59 p.m. Food is better when you share it with others – in Ryan Tonthat’s case, he is sharing it with the world. Read more...
Photo: Ryan Tonthat is pictured alongside his dogs. The alumnus runs the Instagram account @foodandpooch. (Courtesy of Ryan Tonthat)
This post was updated Feb. 6 at 8:22 p.m. Embodying their distinct experiences, these artists are the melodies of the globe. Taking place last night at the Crypto.com Arena, the 66th Annual Grammy Awards saw a range of historic moments, including the award show’s first performance in the Afrobeats genre and the introduction of the Best African Music Performance category – whose nominees comprise a total of two countries. Read more...
Photo: Host Trevor Noah introduces a group performance of “Both Sides Now” while standing next to Joni Mitchell and Brandi Carlile at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. The performance, which aired live last night, also included eight-time nominee Allison Russell. (Courtesy of Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
