Sunday, April 5

Newly formed Unravel addresses fashion sustainability on campus

Grace Reynolds created Unravel at UCLA with the goal of unraveling misconceptions about fashion production. The fourth-year economics and global studies student organized the club at the beginning of spring quarter, branching off from a sustainable clothing campaign in E3, an environmental sustainability club on campus. Read more...

Photo: Members of the sustainable fashion club Unravel participated in a clothing swap at their last club meeting. Members swapped shirts, pants and other garments. (Jenna Smith/Daily Bruin)


Faculty composers to showcase musical pieces inspired by poems, nature

Faculty composers will present their original works at a concert Tuesday, showcasing a myriad of inspirations from birchwood trees to poetry. The works of members of UCLA’s composition faculty will be played in Schoenberg Hall. Read more...

Photo: Faculty members Peter Golub, Kay Rhie and David Lefkowitz (left to right) will perform their original compositions Tuesday in Schoenberg Hall. Golub said faculty concerts allow composition students to see their teachers as practitioners.(Isra Ameen/Daily Bruin)


Bookmarked: Distant Lands disappoints with cramped aisles, lackluster selection

Los Angeles is home to a multitude of specialized bookstores, from those oriented toward horror and mystery to others with more practical focuses, like cookbooks. Follow columnist Clea Wurster as she explores the many niche literary interests the city accommodates. Read more...

Photo: The travel bookstore Distant Lands offered a myriad of travel related materials such as city guides, cultural bios and backpacks. However, the cluttered set up of the store made browsing difficult. (Clea Wurster/Daily Bruin)


Designathon encourages collaboration of students with diverse experience, perspectives

Students designed apps to facilitate recycling on campus and vibrant graphics depicting the circle of life at Designathon on Saturday. Designathon, hosted by Bruin Entrepreneurs and UCLA’s Creative Lab, was a daylong event that provided educational resources for students interested in design, such as interactive workshops, panels featuring design industry professionals and a growth-themed competition for student designers. Read more...

Photo: Participants in UCLA’s first Designathon finalized their projects, which included apps and graphics, in the last portion of the competition segment of the event. One app focused on facilitating recycling on campus while one of the graphics featured the circle of life. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)


Interactive show merges reading, theater experience using Virginia Woolf texts

The literary hub of Powell Library and performance space of Royce Hall will come together for an immersive, staged reading experience. The Saratoga International Theater Institute Company’s “the theater is a blank page,” which will run from April 29 to May 12, entwines literature and theater in three hours. Read more...

Photo: Lighting and set designer Brian H. Scott poses with some of the set materials from “the theater is a blank page.” During the performance, actors will lead audience members through various sets. One installation features five Saratoga International Theater Institute Company cast members simultaneously reading one of Virginia Woolf’s novels out loud. (Anna Moreno-Takegami/Daily Bruin)


Restaurant review: Halo Top Scoop Shop

Halo Top Creamery’s new scoop shop proves that healthier ice cream can still be colorful, inventive and most importantly, delicious. Halo Top Creamery opened its newest scoop shop, the second of two storefronts, at the Westfield Century City mall on Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: The new Halo Top Creamery ice cream shop in the Westfield Century City mall offers several types of vessels for ice cream consumption, including a waffle puff and an ice cream taco. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)


Video: Dance Marathon 2018

Participants in this year’s Dance Marathon took over Pauley Pavilion from April 28 to 29. Students stood on their feet for 26 hours in order to raise awareness and funds to help fight pediatric HIV and AIDS. Read more...