Hooligan Theatre Company is asking its cast, crew and audience for courage this year, on and off the stage. Courage is the theme of its upcoming theater season, in part because of the themes explored in this season’s shows. Read more...
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This post was updated Sept. 24 at 9:00 p.m. The only thing worse than falling in love with your best friend is confessing those feelings the night before they move across the country. Read more...
Photo: Producer Jenine Pastores, writer and director Kevin J. Nguyen, alumnus Ivan Mok and producer Vu Hoang (left to right) all worked together to create “Blue Suit,” a short film set in the San Gabriel Valley and centered on the representation of the LGBTQ community within the Asian American one. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
The cues and contexts of human interaction are stripped away online and on social media where different backgrounds, environments and points in time crash together, according to the theory of “context collapse.” The UCLA Department of Design Media Arts 2020 MFA class’ fall group show, “Context Collapse,” explores how that idea comes to play in art – the idea that multiple works coming from vastly different perspectives viewed together can create a new context of understanding. Read more...
Photo: Design media arts graduate student Erin Cooney is making a piece for the “Context Collapse” exhibition. The piece, she said, will include a body made out of clothing filled with plastic debris to represent immigration and climate crisis. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
Diantha Ngo is continuing a revived-trend piece with her handmade scrunchies. The second-year bioengineering student founded her own startup brand, selling her creations to those buying into the ’80s trend. Read more...
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Everyone who falls asleep must first enter a state of hypnosis. Every person experiences hypnosis, and stage hypnotist Brian Imbus, who has performed at True Bruin Welcome Week for the past 10 years, will return on its final Sunday for two evening performances to demonstrate hypnosis routines on students. Read more...
Photo: Stage hypnotist Brian Imbus will perform at True Bruin Welcome Week. Throughout his show, he said he uses a variety of techniques to put one in a hypnotic state, such as asking them to imagine a beach or the feeling of sand between their toes. (Courtesy of Brian Imbus)
This post was updated Sept. 24 at 10:52 p.m. There’s no need for an alarm clock at the Gibbon Conservation Center. At sunrise every morning, Pepper the gibbon usually begins singing, and many of the 38 other gibbons join together in harmony. Read more...
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Movies often include a wide variety of music, but classical music isn’t highlighted as often on the silver screen. “Prelude,” however, puts classical music center stage as the film follows a covertly violent romantic relationship. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Extension student Akasha Coral (left) and second-year music composition student Jahan Raymond (right) collaborated to create “Prelude,” a short film that primarily relies on Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C-sharp Minor to emphasize the narrative. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
