Sunday, June 21

UCLA theater brings Polish play ‘Trash Story’ to life in US debut

Inside the silent walls of Auschwitz, with her head bent over the World War II archive documents, a young woman discovers the mysterious fate of her family. Read more...

Photo: ANGIE WANG/daily bruin senior staff The UCLA theater department will put on the U.S. premiere of “Trash Story,” directed by UCLA professor Monica Payne, at MacGowan Hall Friday. Originally written by Polish playwright Magda Fertacz, the play is a contemporary drama about the impact of war on women. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)




Balloon & Panel: Colors in comics establish themes, alter perception

Comic books are everywhere – Marvel and DC Comics are mining decades of story lines for a huge slate of movies and television shows. But comics are more than a source to be mined for superhero blockbusters. Read more...

Photo: Mike Mignola’s comic “Hellboy,” which tells the story of a half-demon secret agent, was colored by Dave Stewart, who uses shadows to cover the page with rich, deep black colors. (Courtesy of Mike Mignola and Dave Stewart)


Art Exhibit Review: ‘Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974-1989’

“Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974-1989” Charles Gaines UCLA Hammer Museum 4.0 paws From a distance, mounted frames appear to contain simple sketches of walnut trees. However, upon closer inspection, the shapes of the limbs and branches reveal themselves to be comprised of tiny hand-written numbers filling the blocks of a grid. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Brian Forrest)


Graduate student exhibits virtual reality project ‘Isla Lacerta’

In the world of “Isla Lacerta,” lizards can data mine and explorers can journey through caves. Design | Media Arts graduate student Theo Triantafyllidis’ solo exhibition, “Isla Lacerta” will be on display Tuesday and Wednesday in the Experimental Digital Arts room of Broad Art Center. Read more...

Photo: Theo Triantafyllidis, a Design | Media Arts graduate student, will conduct his first solo exhibition, which incorporates artwork and virtual reality. The artwork features the virtual world of Isla Lacerate, inspired by conspiracy theories, dinosaur archeology and virtual exhibitions. (Mary Kate Turner/Daily Bruin)


LCC Theatre Company presents winter show, debuts newest members

A homeless drunkard and a stockbroker meet and reveal secrets of their pasts to eventually follow a path of self-acceptance. This is one of three student-written and produced scenes that the UCLA theater group Lapu, the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company will present in its winter show, “The Future, the Present, and the Rest is History…,” funded by the Undergraduate Students Association Council. Read more...

Photo: Lapu, the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company will perform its winter show, “The Future, the Present, and the Rest is History…,” starring first-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student Julianna Remo (left) and fourth-year history student Nathan Guzik (right). (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)



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