Monday, December 15

Camp Flog Gnaw 2025: Day 2 closes out festival with fan favorites, animated performances across stages

Fans made sure to pour all their energy into Camp Flog Gnaw’s final night. Following an anticipated first day, Dodger Stadium continued buzzing with festivalgoers’ excitement. Read more...

Photo: Pictured are upscale white letters spelling the word “Gnaw” in front of the stage of the same name. Day two of Camp Flog Gnaw 2025 brought soulful performances and a few surprises. (Darlene Sanzon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Camp Flog Gnaw 2025: Day 1 opens with electric performances, cinematic comebacks after festival delays

Camp Flog Gnaw’s spirit is stronger than ever. Camp Flog Gnaw returned to Dodger Stadium on Saturday for its 11th year. After being rescheduled due to weather concerns, Tyler, The Creator’s annual music festival faced some last-minute modifications but managed to shine bright with a new but iconic lineup. Read more...

Photo: PARTYOF2 performing at Camp stage on Saturday. After being rescheduled, Camp Flog Gnaw returned to Dodger Stadium for its 11th rendition, with an updated lineup. (Courtesy of Hayden Stills, AEG Presents IT)


Movie review: ‘Wicked: For Good’ enchants with elevated magic, emotion as spellbinding sequel

Warning: mild spoilers ahead. One year after shattering records and glass ceilings, “Wicked: For Good” flies even higher than its predecessor. Director Jon M. Chu’s highly anticipated sequel landed in theaters Nov. Read more...

Photo: Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) pose together with golden horns and floral arrangements in the background. Following the “intermission” between films, “Wicked: For Good” finds Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) in hiding from the Wizard’s Guard after being falsely labeled the Wicked Witch of the West, leaving her best friend Glinda to step in. (Courtesy of Universal Pictures)


HOOLIGAN Theatre Company performs ‘Carrie: The Musical’ Dec. 6, 7

HOOLIGAN Theatre Company is out for pig’s blood in its production of “Carrie: The Musical.” In the stage adaptation of author Stephen King’s debut novel “Carrie,” Protagonist Carrie White, a seventeen-year-old girl facing religious abuse, discovers her telekinetic abilities and – after being doused in pig’s blood at her senior prom – murders her fellow classmates. Read more...

Photo: Members of the cast of HOOLIGAN Theater Company’s fall production, “Carrie: The Musical,” are pictured in a classroom with a chalkboard in the background. Adapted from Stephen King’s iconic novel and its 1976 movie adaptation, the show follows Carrie White who is bullied at school by her classmates. (Courtesy of HOOLIGAN Theatre Company)


Album review: Summer Walker’s ‘Finally Over It’ ends trilogy of albums in lackluster manner

This post was updated Nov. 19 at 3:35 p.m. Summer Walker is closing a chapter of her career with another confessional album. The R&B singer-songwriter’s third LP, “Finally Over It,” released Nov. Read more...

Photo: The album cover for Summer Walker’s new album shows the artist in a wedding dress with the title “Finally Over It” on the upper part of the LP’s art. Released Nov. 14, the record marks the final chapter of Walker’s music trilogy, which includes her 2019 debut album “Over It.” (Courtesy of LVRN/Interscope Records)


Q&A: Artist GUNNAR flips listeners ‘Upside Down’ as tour draws a hometown close

This post was updated Nov. 16 at 8:07 p.m. Ahead of a hometown performance, GUNNAR marks his first tour as a headliner. The 24-year-old musician from Newport Beach, California, is approaching the end of his “Upside Down Tour” in promotion of his album “SUNFADED.” GUNNAR has previously opened for artists such as Maroon 5 and Gwen Stefani. Read more...

Photo: Pictured against a copper-colored background is GUNNAR. The Newport Beach native is closing his first headlining tour, the “Upside Down Tour,” in promotion for his second studio album, “SUNFADED.” (Courtesy of The Young Astronauts)


Opera UCLA revives haunting classic to new ears with ‘The Turn of the Screw’

This post was updated Nov. 21 at 4:35 p.m. Opera UCLA’s latest production plays to haunt the narrative. Over 70 years since its Venice premiere, Benjamin Britten’s chamber opera “The Turn of the Screw” will take new life in UCLA’s Freud Playhouse for three performances Nov. Read more...

Photo: Two cast members wearing white dresses sit on the floor. Opera UCLA’s new production, “The Turn of the Screw,” will feature three performances at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse starting Nov. 20. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)