Saturday, May 17

Undergraduate theater students share inspiration behind new one-act productions

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television will present two one-act undergraduate productions Thursday through Saturday at Theater 1330 in Macgowan Hall. The 30-minute acts, titled “Moon River” and “4.48 Psychosis,” are directed by students Ebony Priddie and Mira Saccoccio Winick, respectively. Read more...

Photo: Irvin Mason Jr., a third-year theater student, plays a character named Astronaut in “Moon River,” one of two plays in the undergraduate one-act showcase. His character represents themes like black incarceration and male sexuality. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)


Coastalong to engage wider community as it cycles, recycles for its 7th year

Students can power a popcorn maker and a concert’s speakers with bikes at Coastalong Festival. The 100% bike- and solar-powered concert and sustainability fair will move into its seventh year Saturday at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. Read more...

Photo: Coastalong Festival is a bike- and solar-powered concert and sustainability fair that will take place Saturday at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. Organizers of the event said they hope to engage students and showcase sustainable organizations like locally sources food vendors. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)


Art to Heart: Intersection of art and math generates visually complex representations of nature

Art, the universal language, can transcend space and time to reach a diverse audience. We hear this all the time, but do we truly feel the weight of these words? Read more...

Photo: This true 3D fractal was created with Mandelbulb 3D software. Fractals – figures in which smaller parts exist at various scales within a larger piece – are closely related to geometric artworks that show self-similarity, like mandalas. (Courtesy of Keith Anderson/Fractaled Visions)


‘They Promised Her the Moon’ tells story of female pilot’s fight against sexism

During mandatory preflight screenings in 1961, 13 women outperformed their male counterparts. But still, they never made it to space. “They Promised Her the Moon,” a play running April 6 through May 12 at The Old Globe theater in San Diego, focuses on historical sexism in the aerospace industry and one woman in particular – trailblazing pilot Jerrie Cobb. Read more...

Photo: (Nicole Nobre/Daily Bruin)


Musical ‘A Journey of Angels’ brings Armenian genocide survivor’s story to stage

A developing musical will share the story of one girl who survived the Armenian genocide. Titled “A Journey of Angels,” the production focuses on 14-year-old Flora, who is deported to the Syrian desert during the Armenian genocide. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Kay Mouradian wrote the book “My Mother’s Voice” on which an upcoming musical is based. The story is based on her mother, who lived through the Armenian genocide. (Courtesy of Kay Mouradian)


Middle Eastern instruments vocalize underlying themes in UCLA Hillel play

This post was updated May 14 at 4:45 p.m. The saz – a Middle Eastern instrument with a long, ornamented neck – gives voice to a lizard in a one-woman play. Read more...

Photo: Stacie Chaiken wrote and will perform in “The DIG” which will be presented Tuesday in Glorya Kaufman Hall. The one-woman play follows genetic archaeologist Sally Jenkins as she travels to Israel to solve the mystery behind a 4,000-year-old tomb. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)


Professor’s new exhibition explores homelessness, inequality in America

This post was updated May 4 at 11:21 a.m. Home is a central concept of the American Dream, but Rodney McMillian said it continues to be inaccessible to many. Read more...

Photo: Professor Rodney McMillian’s abstract art exhibit, “In This Land,” will be on display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art until June 9. McMillian said the piece is meant to engage with the political and social ideologies that constitute American culture and the concept of home. (Courtesy of Rodney McMillian and Vielmetter Los Angeles)



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