Saturday, April 18



Film fraternity Delta Kappa Alpha re-established at UCLA

When you stroll down Bruin Walk, you may see an LGBT fraternity, some business fraternities and a few social fraternities. Now among them is Delta Kappa Alpha, a co-ed professional cinema fraternity that has been re-established at UCLA after disbanding in the 1970s. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Delta Kappa Alpha was recently re-established for students who are interested in getting involved with making films, writing films or performing cinema-based community service.


HOOLIGAN Theatre Company takes stage with ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ musical comedy

Director Harris Tucker wanted raw excitement and energy from the cast in its “fun run” rehearsal. His cast countered by delivering its already comedic lines in Scottish accents and Christopher Walken impersonations. Read more...

Photo: HOOLIGAN Theatre Company will perform its new production “The Drowsy Chaperone” this weekend. The musical comedy is about a character who watches a 1920s musical also called “The Drowsy Chaperone.”


Q&A: Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford talks about appeal of electro

This article is a longer version of the Q&A that ran in print. English duo Simian Mobile Disco, composed of James Ford and Jas Shaw, will take the stage this Saturday and April 20, bringing their trademark brand of electronic beats along with them. Read more...

Photo: English electronic music duo Simian Mobile Disco will perform at this year’s Coachella Festival. Daily Bruin spoke with member James Ford about the group’s beginnings and latest album.


Bruin in harmony with composer instinct

Before a performance, second-year ethnomusicology student Harmony Chua said she feels like she is sitting alone in an empty room. But the moment she is onstage, sitting before her piano ready to play a composition that she has written, she becomes a bird in the spotlight, ready to take flight and experience the thrill. Read more...

Photo: Second-year ethnomusicology student Harmony Chua will perform a suite she composed, “Belief,” as part of the Fowler Out Loud series. Chua will be joined by second-year ethnomusicology student and guitarist Chili Corder and second-year pre-cognitive science student and drummer Colin McDaniel.


UCLA student performs stage combat techniques in live shows

On stage the armored comic book characters come to life, incorporating elements of gymnastics, acrobatics and martial arts. Read more...

Photo: Second-year English student Yuuki Yamagiwa combines her acting and dancing skills to perform stage combat in “Fujiyama Ichiban,” a live stage show that brings the Japanese comic book’s superhero characters to life. Yamagiwa joined the cast last summer and performs as a character named Sakura.