The queens of podcasts are anything but a drag. Drag queen-hosted podcasts and YouTube series have quietly – and now loudly – taken over the internet. Read more...
Photo: (Yuri Mansukhani/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Music
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April 17, 8:04 pm
Q&A: Tinlicker’s Micha Heyboer talks Coachella 2025 performance of ‘I Started A Fire’
Burning bright, Tinlicker’s newest track is heating up the Coachella Valley. “I Started A Fire,” which also features vocals by Hero Baldwin, follows the electronic and dance music duo’s 2024 album “Cold Enough For Snow.” Composed of members Jordi van Achthoven and Micha Heyboer, Tinlicker played the track at the first weekend of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are Jordi van Achthoven (left) and Micha Heyboer (right) from the duo Tinlicker, with Hero Baldwin in the center, leaning against a red wall. The band performed at the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last weekend and will perform again for the festival’s second weekend. (Courtesy of Mees Borst)
Arts, Lifestyle
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April 17, 8:00 pm
Q&A: Poet Marylyn Tan weaves flesh and feminism, queerness and ritual into work
Through witchcraft, digital language and bodies, Marylyn Tan weaves poetry. Tan is the author of “Gaze Back,” a poetry collection described as a grimoire for queerness, feminism and witchcraft. Read more...
Photo: Photographed is Marylyn Tan posing for a headshot with a dreamy overlay filter. The poet gave a reading at UCLA on April 14. She later sat down with the Daily Bruin for a Q&A.(Courtesy of Phyllicia Wang)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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April 17, 7:47 pm
UCLA alumnus explores culture, writer’s block in ‘The Last Play by Rickérby Hinds’
UCLA alumnus and playwright Rickérby Hinds penned what he says will be his very last play. “The Last Play by Rickérby Hinds” will see its world premiere at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on April 26th. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Rickérby Hinds sporting a black jacket and zip-up while looking at the camera. The UCLA alumnus and playwright will debut his latest play “The Last Play by Rickérby Hinds” at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on April 26. (Courtesy of CNP)
Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle
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April 16, 7:26 pm
Restaurant preview: Multiple new eateries ready to blossom for LA residents this spring
As the foliage awakens this spring, so do some of the tastiest restaurants in Los Angeles. From elevated comfort foods to culturally rich eats, foodies will find the spice in these openings. Read more...
Photo: (Shimi Goldberger/Daily Bruin staff)
Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle
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April 16, 7:12 pm
Video game preview: April showers rain in new releases, continuations this spring
With the fresh flowers beginning to bud, this season’s crop of video games is starting to bloom. As the grass becomes greener and the sun shines more exuberantly, this season of renewal offers an array of spiraling possibilities within the landscape of entertainment. Read more...
Photo: (Monserrat Rodriguez/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Film & TV
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April 16, 12:38 pm
Caroline Sierk’s ‘To Be’ uncovers what it means to be a filmmaker, actor in LA
A one-of-a-kind friendship and a motivating mantra are the inspiration behind Caroline Sierk’s directorial debut. After the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television decided she was not to be a part of its department when she first applied in 2024, third-year political science student Sierk took it upon herself to make her own short film, titled “To Be.” Set in a romanticized 1965 Los Angeles, the movie follows college student Jack Adler, who chooses to look beyond his world of academics as he goes off into the city of stars and meets a fellow dreamer, Diana. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the cast of the student short film “To Be” sitting in a booth at Canter’s Deli. The short film focuses on themes of belonging and desire. (Courtesy of Adrian Alvarez)