Sunday, May 18

Students share prose, poetry at Writer’s Den Open Mic Night

Students share prose, poetry at Writer’s Den Open Mic Night "Open Mic Night 3". "Students share prose, poetry at Writer’s Den Open Mic Night"

For all those who want to share their poetry or prose, The Writer’s Den Open Mic Night  on April 9th was a great opportunity. Whether or not part of The Writer’s Den, this was a chance for all Bruins to show their talents on the mic. Read more...

Photo: (Jesse Wang/Daily Bruin)



Broad cafe transforms into arcade, features student-made video games

This week, Broad Art Center’s Untitled Café will add joysticks and digital games to its menu to create the Untitled Arcade. With the addition of the arcade machines that UCLA Game Lab has installed, students have the opportunity to play video games that fellow undergraduates and graduates have designed in the past year. Read more...

Photo: Presented for the second year by the UCLA Game Lab, the Untitled Arcade exhibit will showcase a rotating variety of multiplayer and single player digital games in the Untitled Café. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


UCLA graduate student cultivates identity through mushroom art

In the corner of a UCLA graduate studio, mushrooms grow on a pair of jeans, a toy lizard and a knit pullover. For his exhibition, Design | Media Arts graduate student Peter Lu said he decided on a more traditional and tangible approach instead of using media technology: planting mushrooms on everyday things. Read more...

Photo: Design | Media Arts graduate student Peter Lu planted mushrooms on everyday objects as part of his solo exhibition titled “Amanita,” which will be on display Tuesday and Wednesday in the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)


Alumna celebrates first coming-of-age novel based on UCLA experiences

Katie Neipris said Saturday evening was dreamlike. It was the night of the UCLA alumna’s book launch party, marking the release of her new novel, “The Inconvenient Process of Falling.” Kerckhoff Grand Salon was filled with balloons as Neipris’ family and friends celebrated her first book with a photo booth, food and book signing with Neipris. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Katie Neipris shares her inspiration and hopes for her new coming-of-age novel with her fans at her book launch in Kerckhoff Grand Salon. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)


Unsung Heroes: Black Bolt, Inhumans gain prominence in comics, film with rebranding

Marvel Comics has seen an increase in mainstream popularity with the recent release of several box office hits, such as “The Avengers.” Since its inception in 1939, the comic book company has created thousands of characters. Read more...

Photo: Since the character’s inception in 1965, Black Bolt has made appearances in Marvel comics alongside his Inhuman counterparts. With plans for an “Inhumans” movie coming in 2019, Black Bolt will see his first appearance in film. (Marvel Comics)




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