Sunday, June 21

Q&A: Alumna talks receiving fellowship, hopes for her project

Riding her bike around Los Angeles while wearing a mask, UCLA Design | Media Arts alumna Pinar Yoldas became fascinated with air pollution. On April 9, Yoldas was named as one of the recipients of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for her proposal, “Distilling the Sky.” With an architectural structure, Yoldas said she hopes to compress polluted air particles into a kind of ink for this generation’s stories. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Design | Media Arts alumna Pinar Yoldas has a background in both arts and sciences. Her proposal, “Distilling the Sky,” aims to compress polluted particles into a kind of ink for this generation’s stories. (Matt Cummins/Daily Bruin)


Unsung Heroes: Rachel Grey stands out in ‘X-men’ series as independent character

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 her first appearance in the comic book series “Uncanny X-Men” in 1981, Rachel Grey has become a prominent member of the 2013 launch of the all-female “X-Men.” (Courtesy of Marvel Comics)



Hooligan to perform comedic rock musical ‘The Wedding Singer’

This weekend, crimped side-swept hair and pastel leggings will no longer be relics of a forgotten past. Hooligan Theatre Company’s “The Wedding Singer” transports audiences to the ’80s, an era defined by the big and bold. Read more...

Photo: Hooligan Theatre Company will put on “The Wedding Singer,” a new-age rock musical set in the 1980s based off of the 1998 movie of the same name starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, Friday through Sunday at the Freud Playhouse. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)


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)



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