Thursday, March 5

Laughter is the Cure hosts comedy show to raise funds for UCLA children’s hospital

This post was updated Feb. 26 at 8:13 p.m. Laughter is medicine, and not all doctors wear white coats. Laughter is the Cure, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting hospitalized children through live stand-up comedy, held its latest production Saturday at the Lyric Hyperion, a theater in Silver Lake. Read more...

Photo: Morgan Jay stands on stage playing a guitar. On Saturday, the comedian headlined a Laughter is the Cure comedy show, a production that planned to donate all proceeds to children residing in UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)


Concert review: Gorillaz is yet to peak, brings new sound, unreleased music to Hollywood Palladium

This post was updated Feb. 24 at 9:40 p.m. Gorillaz’s recent sound took listeners to new heights – the highest mountain. On Sunday, the animated British band Gorillaz performed the entirety of their upcoming album at the Hollywood Palladium. Read more...

Photo: Pictured are Damon Albarn and IDLES member Joe Talbot against an image of Russel Hobbs. The two performed the single “The God of Lying,” which leans into the band’s earlier sound. (Courtesy of Pooneh Ghana)


‘Hip-hop is everything to fashion:’ Hip Hop Congress hosts fashion show

This post was updated March 2 at 1:23 p.m. Hip-hop never needed the runway. The runway needed hip-hop. Hip Hop Congress at UCLA transformed the Ackerman Grand Ballroom into a catwalk Feb. Read more...

Photo: From left to right, Audrey Ohwobete, Divine Ford and Mehetabel Frimpong pose on stage at Hip Hop Congress’s fashion show Feb. 19. The show was one way the club aimed to promote inclusion and diversity, said event coordinator Daniel Ikhimiukor. (Courtesy of Diego Lecomte)


UCLA’s Lily Sturges releases new single, champions women in music production

This post was updated Feb. 24 at 9:09 p.m. From the studio to the stage, Lily Sturges is on a mission to prove women are the future of music. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is first-year music industry student Lily Sturges posing in front of a tree. Sturges released her first single since starting at UCLA, “Want You Back,” with the student-led record label Cherry Pop Records. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)


Line Dancing Club builds community, fosters connection one step at a time

This post was updated Feb. 24 at 9:20 p.m. UCLA’s pioneer Line Dancing club builds community to the beat of its own drum. Offering bimonthly meetings that are drop-in, the Line Dancing club draws a diversity of experience levels, said Ava Raymer, club co-founder and fourth-year chemical engineering student. Read more...

Photo: Attendees dance in UCLA Parking Structure 7 at a Line Dancing club meeting. Fio Fabiano said the club encourages members to find themselves through a noncompetitive form of dance. (Pranav Akella/Daily Bruin)


Concert review: Del Water Gap’s vocal, emotional range both intimate and loud at The Wiltern

This post was updated Feb. 22 at 7:34 p.m. Fans will be “Chasing The Chimera” of a concert that could top Del Water Gap’s charming performance. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is the album cover for Del Water Gap’s “Chasing The Chimera.” The solo music project performed in Los Angeles on Feb. 17 at The Wiltern as part of his world tour, named after his latest album release. (Courtesy of Del Water Gap under exclusive license to Mom+Pop)


Katie Kitamura talks new novel at Hammer Museum ‘Some Favorite Writers’ event

This post was updated Feb. 22 at 7:22 p.m. Katie Kitamura explored the tension between authorial intent and interpretation in her book talk Thursday. Kitamura – the award-winning author of “Intimacies” and “A Separation” – read an excerpt from her newest novel “Audition” at the Hammer Museum as a part of UCLA professor Mona Simpson’s “Some Favorite Writers” series. Read more...

Photo: Katie Kitamura speaks on stage at the Hammer Museum. Kitamura d an excerpt from her newest novel, “Audition,” as a part of UCLA professor Mona Simpson’s “Some Favorite Writers” series. (Elle Smith/Daily Bruin)