Wednesday, February 4

TFT undergrad students to present ‘The Laramie Project’

Standing on the wooden platforms in The Little Theater, Brette O’Brien, a third-year theater student, runs through the library of characters she has accumulated. She mentally flips between Catherine Connelly, Zackie Salmon, Alison Mears, Juror No. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s undergraduate department will present its latest production, “The Laramie Project,” from Tuesday through Saturday at The Little Theater. The play, written by Moisés Kaufman, examines the reactions of residents in Laramie, Wyo., to the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard. (Kelsey Kong/Daily Bruin)


Act III Theatre Ensemble to open first sketch comedy

Just a few days before opening night, the Act III Theatre Ensemble rehearses in a Humanities building classroom. The actors’ voices and laughter echo off the blank walls that will soon become the walls of an auditorium, when they move from the classroom to the stage in Schoenberg Hall. Read more...

Photo: Members of Act III, second-year world arts and cultures student Danielle Kay (left), third-year theater student Jeff Pielago (center) and first-year theater student Justin O’Brien (right), rehearse in the Humanities building for “The Complete History of America (Abridged)” – the company’s first straight comedy play. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)



Passion for dance motivates UCLA students to form Happy Feet

It started in Ackerman Student Union, in the textbook buyback center. Last fall, fourth-year world arts and cultures/dance student Kevin Belisario met his coworker, fourth-year sociology student Mike Wamungu, at their job at the student union. Read more...

Photo: Happy Feet, a dance group founded by fourth-year world arts and culture/dance student Kevin Belisario (foreground) and fourth-year sociology student Mike Wamungu, aims to emphasize pure movement and footwork through its dances. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Hox Zodiac dinner to discuss similarities between humans and animals

Twelve figures will sit around a dinner table and play a game of chance. As the cards are played, the genetic game proceeds to inform each player about his or her connection to each other and the animals around them. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Art | Sci Center will host its first Hox Zodiac dinner Thursday night at the California NanoSystems Institute. The event aims to facilitate discussion between artists and scientists by featuring a 12-person dinner table in which attendants are organized in accordance with their zodiac sign. (Courtesy of Victoria Vesna)


UCLA student makes his mark as tattoo artist

Juan Garces on his experience as a tattoo artist (from Daily Bruin Radio’s Long Story Short) "LSS 12/1/14 tattoo artist ". "Juan Garces on his experience as a tattoo artist (from Daily Bruin Radio’s Long Story Short)"

Juan Garces used to think tattoos were taboo. Now, he has tattooed more than 150 students. Garces, a fifth-year Spanish and community and culture student, has been tattooing students at UCLA since he transferred here three years ago. Read more...

Photo: Fifth-year Spanish and community and culture student Juan Garces has tattooed more than 150 UCLA students over three years. Garces said tattooing gave him the opportunity to reconnect with his love of art by allowing him to practice drawing and sketching in a creative manner. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)


‘Through Positive Eyes’ advocacy project to commemorate World AIDS Day

When Professor David Gere began showing students a book, “A Broken Landscape,” he was met with a visible reaction, seen in their tears and heard in their responses. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Sex Squad, an organization under UCLA Art and Global Health Center, will perform skits and poetry as part of World AIDS Day 2014. The event centers on professor David Gere’s and photographer Gideon Mendel’s project, “Through Positive Eyes.” (Courtesy of Kristin Killacky/UCLA Art & Global Health Center)



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