A crowd of 13 spectators huddled around a painting, Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s “And We Begin to Let Go,” hung on the dimly lit wall of the Hammer gallery. Read more...
Photo: Hammer Museum student educators and UCLA students Audrey Brown (left), Martin Spasov (center) and Weiwen Balter (right) lead “conversations” between two artworks in the Art in Conversation program on Sundays. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In anticipation of the UCLA-USC football matchup Thanksgiving weekend, Daily Bruin A&E features members of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band. Today’s installment profiles Michelle Glymph, an alumna and ex-Golden Girl, or featured baton twirler. Read more...
Photo: Michelle Glymph, a 2015 UCLA graduate, performed a baton-twirling routine during halftime of football games throughout her four years. Baton twirling is a family affair for Glymph, whose mother . (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
On Nov. 20 and Nov. 21, the CFan Chinese Theatre Group performed “The Pillowman” at the Northwest Campus Auditorium. Originally written by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, “The Pillowman” tells the twisted tale of a fictional writer interrogated for the gruesome details of his stories and their striking similarities to a number of local child murders. Read more...
Photo: (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
Two women begin to dance. One sways her arms above her head while the second turns sideways in her chair, twirling her wrists in tight circles. Read more...
Photo: UCLA maintenance workers, athletes, students and professors will perform in artist-in-residence Ann Carlson’s “The Symphonic Body,” a movement-based piece. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin)
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...
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Room A32 of the Humanities Building is filled with busy Bruins scribbling lecture notes during the day. By night, the chairs and tables are moved to the classroom’s outer edges and a keyboardist installs herself near the professor’s wooden lectern. Read more...
Photo: Act III Theatre Ensemble is putting on a modern rendition of William Shakespeare’s play “Loves’s Labour’s Lost.” The play, directed by fourth-year theater student Abigail Faber, will premiere Friday. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)
Harmonized voices echoed through the north end of Parking Structure 2 on a cold Thursday night. The building’s fluorescent lights became spotlights while the actors danced on the chilled concrete. Read more...
Photo: The cast of HOOLIGAN’s “Rent” consulted with UCLA student group AIDS Ambassadors to learn more about the illness and to make the actors’ portrayals of the characters with the disease more accurate. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)
