Thursday, December 18

‘Holographic’ exhibit reflects artistic voices of graduating students

While strolling through the Murphy Sculpture Garden, fourth-year Design | Media Arts student Kristyn Solie encountered a homeless man who insisted that she take one of the many books of poetry he was carrying with him, but she refused. Read more...

Photo: “Holographic,” the Design | Media Arts senior exhibition, gave fourth-year Design | Media Arts student Rakeem Cunningham the chance to explore filmography. Cunningham’s four-part video series, titled “Me,” illustrates different elements of the artist’s life in the past year. (Courtesy of Rakeem Cunningham)



Shakespeare Company at UCLA modernizes ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

While the belligerent relationship between the characters Beatrice and Benedick has been played out on stages across the centuries, the Shakespeare Company at UCLA’s “Much Ado About Nothing” revives the classic feud in an era known for bouffant hair, rock music and liberation. Read more...

Photo: The Shakespeare Company at UCLA, a student-run independent theater group, will transport William Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” to 1960s England in the company’s newest production, running from May 30 to June 1. The company’s adaptation separates characters into the Mods and the Rockers, two subcultures divided by their lifestyles. (Shakespeare Company at UCLA)


New troupe debuts ‘Crimes of the Heart’

Seven UCLA theater students are taking a risk with site-specific theater and no professional advisement and hoping it pays off. Presenting a site-specific production of “Crimes of the Heart” at 449 Landfair Ave. Read more...

Photo: “Crimes of the Heart,” directed by third-year theater student Gaston Perez, tells the story of three sisters, bonded by their misfortunes. The play is the first production from The Treehouse Theater Company. (Kelsey Kong/Daily Bruin)


Q&A: UCLA alumnus Erich Lane describes Sci-Fest experience, acting

Within the intimate atmosphere of the black box in the ACME Comedy Theatre, tales of alien invasions, post-apocalyptic worlds and chilling tales of supernatural beings unfold. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Dean Davis) UCLA alumnus Erich Lane stars in “Al-i-en The Family,” a play featured in the first annual Los Angeles Sci-Fest, a series of live, one-act theatrical performances centered around science fiction themes.


UCLA Freud Playhouse to show ‘Guys and Dolls’

As the dark of evening settles across a bright skyline, suddenly dice roll, showgirls sparkle and the underground world of crime, promiscuity and shady deals comes to life. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television brings the classic musical comedy “Guys and Dolls,” a play focused around a high-profile dice game, to the Freud Playhouse. The play is set in 1946 New York, where gambling and promiscuous behavior are frequent. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)


Artist’s exhibit seeks to bring attention to plight of bees

Bees flew into Wini Johnson Brewer’s studio one night, circled a light bulb, died and fell to the ground. Brewer said this dramatic experience sparked her interest in the threatened bee population. Read more...

Photo: A collection of artist Wini Johnson Brewer’s bee-themed paintings is being shown in the Kerckhoff Art Gallery until May 30 as part of her exhibit “The Telling of the Bees.” Brewer said her art reflects her ideas on the confusion directed toward bees and their plight, similar to the confused state that humanity is in. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)



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