The soundtrack of the musical “Hamilton” blared from the speakers as students streamed into De Neve Commons Lecture Auditorium, eagerly awaiting The New York Times’ Get With The Times, a conversation between New York Times reporter Yamiche Alcindor and “Hamilton” star Leslie Odom Jr. Read more...
Photo: Leslie Odom Jr., who played Aaron Burr in the award-winning musical “Hamilton,” spoke and sang at De Neve Commons Lecture Auditorium on Wednesday night. (Katherine Zhou/Daily Bruin)
Actress Jamie Hughes called upon a recent clash with her mother to inform her latest stage role. The altercation laid the foundation for her character’s tense relationship with her son. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television will perform Aaron Posner’s “Stupid F#@king Bird,” a play about young artists struggling against an older generation of performers on Friday. The show will feature seven of the original play’s 14 characters. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated on April 21 at 4 p.m. Jennifer Bolande spent hours taking pictures for an art piece that she says viewers cannot properly capture in photos. Read more...
Photo: UCLA art professor and professional artist Jennifer Bolande designed six photographic billboards along Gene Autry Trail for the desert art exhibition, “Desert X” in the Coachella Valley. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
Wedged in between Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, UCLA students have no shortage of places to shop for clothes. However, high price tags can limit shopping options for money-conscious students on a college budget. Read more...
Photo: Columnist Linda Xu models the shirt she purchased at Wasteland, a thrift shop located on Melrose Avenue. (Photo by Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin, photo illustration by LeAnn Woo/Graphics director)
Students should avoid cultural appropriation – stealing what is considered the beautiful aspects of another culture without respect for the tradition from which it originates. It ignores the racism and xenophobia the creators of the items face. Read more...
Photo: (Harish Balasubramani/Illustrations director)
In “On the Rise,” the Daily Bruin profiles up-and-coming musicians in Los Angeles. Though our subjects do not necessarily have direct connections with UCLA, they are artists who have brought their sounds to Los Angeles and have taken advantage of opportunities within the city’s thriving music scene. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles singer-songwriter Angelica Garcia’s music is influenced by the jazz and classical genres to which she was exposed to while attending Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
Cassidy Herro tried on three different outfits while getting ready for class, but rejected them all in favor of a deep-blue floral dress with a ruffled, off-the-shoulder sleeve. Read more...
Photo: Third-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student Annie Gao was drawn to the bright yellow color of an off-the-shoulder dress at Forever 21. She decided to buy the dress, despite her typical preference of shorts and T-shirts. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)
