Friday, April 3

Actors step into and out of multiple characters in play ‘The 39 Steps’

Four actors cycled through imaginary and real hats inside a classroom in the Luskin School of Public Affairs building, changing their appearance and demeanor on a dime. Read more...

Photo: Four students, Ben Ellerbrock, Danielle Kay, Jeremy Elder and Matt Curtain, play 32 different characters in ACT III Theatre Ensemble’s upcoming performance of “The 39 Steps.” (Esmeralda Lopez/Daily Bruin)


Fashion Friday Fall Week 7

Autumn in Los Angeles is wrapping up. The temperatures still reach mid-day summer highs, but colder nights call for jackets and long sleeves. UCLA students show off their fall style and personal accessories, from colorful hairstyles to individualized shoe choices. Read more...

Photo: (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)


Movie review: Arrival

Amy Adams’ performance in “Arrival” is out of this world, but the film’s antiquated gender ideals are less than alien. In the new military space thriller “Arrival,” Adams delivers a stunning portrayal of Louise Banks, a linguist employed by the military to translate alien language. Read more...


Second Take: Recent space films shouldn’t lose sight of human emotion

Cinema recently revived its search for success across the final frontier. In the next two months, an influx of movies either in or about outer space will be released, including the military-thriller “Arrival,” the Christmas-slated melodrama “Passengers” and the teen romance “The Space Between Us,” in which a boy from Mars falls in love with his Earth-bound pen-pal. Read more...

Photo: (April Ding/Daily Bruin)



Doctoral student makes compositional debut paying homage to film noir

Geoffrey Pope hopes his latest composition will transport listeners into a classic Hollywood film scene full of femme fatales, smoky jazz clubs and fedoras. Pope, a doctor of musical arts student, will debut his original composition “Overture Noir” at the UCLA Philharmonia’s Thursday concert in Schoenberg Hall. Read more...

Photo: Doctor of musical arts student Geoffrey Pope will lead the UCLA Philharmonia in performing his original composition “Overture Noir” in concert, along with the orchestral pieces “Suite” by Bernard Herrmann and “Liebestod” by Richard Wagner. (Erin Gong/Daily Bruin)


Bar Necessities: Blind Barber

Westwood’s bars, or lack thereof, can easily grow old for thirsty college students in search of a taproom suited to their tastes. Daily Bruin senior staffers Erin Nyren and William Thorne embark on a bar-sampling journey to uncover the best watering holes in Los Angeles. Read more...

Photo: Columnist Erin Nyren enjoyed honey with Larceny and a Sweeney Ted cocktail at Blind Barber, a bar hidden behind a barber shop in Culver City. (Erin Nyren/Daily Bruin senior staff)