Lyndsey Silveira was holding a bag of garbage when the image struck her. The Nordic god Odin had taken the shape of a grizzly recycling guy in her mind. Read more...
Photo: (Jesse Wang/Daily Bruin)
Theater & Fine Arts
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April 8, 12:13 am
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)
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April 7, 12:00 am
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)
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April 6, 3:22 pm
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)
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April 6, 12:01 am
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)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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April 6, 12:00 am
Graduate students showcase works in second of MFA Exhibition series
A space expedition, a ceramic city, a superhero reinvention and a scene from the Israel-Palestine conflict comprise the second exhibition in the graduate students’ series, MFA Exhibition No. Read more...
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April 3, 12:07 am
Spring Theater Preview 2015
Spring’s ample theater schedule offers an avenue for students to entertain themselves after being freed from the clutches of winter quarter. From the theater department to Hooligan Theatre Company to the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood, this quarter promises a busy theater season both on and off campus. Read more...
Photo: (UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television)