Wednesday, February 4

AUD lecture series to open with Disney architecture, innovation

With its sixth theme park being constructed in Shanghai, Disney works toward developing theme parks all over the world. The second year of UCLA’s Architecture and Urban Design IDEAS Lecture Series is taking off with “Walt Disney Imagineering: The Future of Theme Parks” on Tuesday at the IDEAS satellite campus in Playa Vista. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Architecture and Urban Design IDEAS Lecture Series returns for its second year with Walt Disney Imagineering’s David Durham speaking on “Walt Disney Imagineering: The Future of Theme Parks.” Durham will lecture on the development of Disney theme parks around the world. (IDEAS)


arTistic Attention: TA Alessandra Amin meshes passions of art, teaching into her lessons

It’s easy to become disenchanted by weekly discussions, typically made mandatory by participation grades. But here in A&E;, we want to help UCLA students realize that teaching assistants are not only students themselves. Read more...

Photo: Hoping to become an art history professor, Alessandra Amin is a teaching assistant for classes such as Modern Art and Introduction to Arts of Africa. In her spare time, Amin writes comics that satirize art history. (Evaneet Sidhu/Daily Bruin)



Design | Media Arts students hold showcase ‘Half & Half’ to feature works

Christian Gimber's interactive installation is an orchestration of computer programming and physical sensors that give people a chance to try juggling a ball in the middle of a room that doesn't exist. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Design | Media Arts undergraduate showcase will run through Jan. 29 at the New Wight Gallery in the Broad Art Center. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)


Creator-owned comic series show individuality, provide fresh ideas

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: Image Comics recently introduced its newest comics, such as “8House,” a fantasy series featuring a rotating group of artists and writers. (Courtesy of Emma Rios and Hwei Lim/Image Comics)



Second Take: ‘Serial’ captivates viewers with engaging storytelling, inconclusive end

“Come on, either you think I did it or you don’t … People come expecting a monster, and when they don’t find that, they come expecting a victim … And the reality of it is, I’m just a normal person.” These are the words of Adnan Syed in the penultimate episode of “Serial,” the highly engrossing podcast series that excavates a first-degree murder case from 1999. Read more...

Photo: “Serial,” a podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, follows the 1999 first-degree murder case of Hae Min Lee throughout its 12 episodes. (Serial)



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