Norwegian DJ and music producer Matoma will open Bruin Bash 2016, with the rest of the lineup to be released in the coming days. The UCLA Cultural Affairs Commission and UCLA Campus Events Commission, which co-host the annual show, updated the Bruin Bash website Tuesday to reveal that Matoma will open the back-to-school concert in Pauley Pavilion on Sept. Read more...
Photo: Norwegian DJ Matoma will open the back-to-school concert Bruin Bash on Sept. 19. (@MatomaOfficial via Twitter)
A wounded German officer in the vast Arab desert says to himself repeatedly in German, “There is no pain,” as he takes out a splinter stuck in his thigh. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Synergetic)
Los Angeles was not a dance-friendly town 21 years ago when Victoria Marks began teaching at UCLA. She said the entertainment industry’s enormous wealth hindered aspiring dance artists from affording rehearsal space in a city known for its involvement in movies. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Myrrhia Rodriguez (left) and Los Angeles performer Ali Kheradyar (right) are this year’s artists in residence for the Hothouse Residency. The program provides free dance studio space five days a week at UCLA during the summer. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
Editor’s note: This post was updated on Jan. 18, 2021, to change the featured photograph. While the Daily Bruin employs a rigorous no-retractions policy, 2020-21 Editor in Chief Melissa Morris has granted an exception to policy in this single case. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year political science student Marie Samuel has gained 15,000 Instagram followers and uses social media for her job as ambassador of SoulCycle fitness. (Courtesy of Marie Samuel.)
Now in its twelfth year, FYF Fest has become a staple in the Los Angeles music festival circuit. Weekend headliners Tame Impala, Kendrick Lamar, Grace Jones and LCD Soundsystem delivered mesmerizing shows that shook Exposition Park to its foundations. Read more...
Photo: FYF headliner and Saturday’s closing act Kendrick Lamar rapped into the night with hit songs “Collard Greens,” “These Walls” and “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe.” (Nina Crosby/Daily Bruin contributor)
A small coffeehouse in Berlin housed the fortuitous meeting of two strangers, a German man and a Canadian woman. Although the two were reluctant about each other at first, spending 48 hours together allowed them to overcome barriers crafted by their own assumptions about their cultures and romantic statuses. Read more...
Photo: Film professor Becky Smith wrote and directed the film “August in Berlin” about two strangers meeting in a coffee shop. She filmed the movie over a span of eight days in Berlin, Germany. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
The fusion of synthesizer sounds and violin harmonies in space opera “Star Wars” inspired Joe Trapanese to score for films like the ones he loved as a kid. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Joe Trapanese is a Hollywood film composer whose previous projects include the “Divergent” series and “Straight Outta Compton.” He will perform with the The Echo Society as its musical conductor. (Courtesy of Tim Navis)
