Monday, April 6

Behind the Counter: Employees of Ralphs produce department discuss their busy schedules

Jake Warden hustled fresh bunches of ripened bananas onto empty shelves, pausing to wipe sweat from his brow. He tossed the empty cardboard box onto a stack near his cart, which was piled high with boxes. Read more...

Photo: Rudy Carrillo works as a produce clerk and assistant to the produce manager at Westwood Ralphs. The employees help customers with their requests and fill gaps among the fruits and vegetables. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)



Q&A: Graphic artist David Wexler on media, design and Strangeloop

The following sentence is false. The previous sentence is true. This self-referential paradox that cognitive scientist and philosopher Douglas Hofstadter describes as a “strange loop,” a phenomenon that occurs when one moves through real or imagined levels, but unexpectedly arrives where he or she started. Read more...

Photo: Graphic designer David Wexler, who creates set designs for artists such as Flying Lotus, Erykah Badu and Skrillex, will give a talk as part of Design | Media Arts’ lecture series Thursday. (Courtesy of Theo Themison)


Reels, Notes & Takes: Week 4

There’s no better place to keep a finger on the pulse of arts and entertainment happenings than Los Angeles. The A&E world is alive – it’s always buzzing, sometimes ready to implode with a hint of a surprise album or a celebrity’s controversial statement. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Universal Pictures)




Movie Review: ‘The 5th Wave’

Watching “The 5th Wave” felt like when my dad made prepackaged macaroni and cheese a few years ago. By all reason the dish should have been easy to prepare: the ingredients were included and so were the instructions, but he still managed to set the kitchen on fire. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Columbia Pictures)