Wednesday, August 19

In the news:

pLAces: Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Hidden beneath a Los Angeles overpass, Bob Baker’s Marionette Theater continues its fifty year legacy of bringing marionettes to life. Veteran puppeteers Eric De La Cruz and Alex Evans discuss their involvement in the historic theater as they carefully pull the strings of an aged art form.


Video: Billiard Bruins

In a hidden corner of Ackerman Union, unexpected friends come together to play and share a love for the game of pool. Students and staff members play pool and build camaraderie on the last standing pool table in Ackerman.  More »

Video: Alumna Jessi Malay rocks postgrad life

UCLA class of 2012 alumna Jessi Malay has taken her passion for singing and dancing and turned it into a career. Utilizing the skills she has learned during her four years at UCLA, she has added entrepreneur to her repertoire. More »

Video: Lamp Village sparks art

Nonprofit organization Lamp Village helps people with severe mental illness move from the streets to homes, offering services to anyone who walks through their doors. Lamp also provides a communal art studio for members to paint and express themselves through art. More »

Video: Giving trash a clean slate

Students in Professor Maite Zubiaurre’s Honors 44 course, “Society of Excess: On Waste, Consumer Culture, and Environment,” complete their final project: transforming UCLA trash into a “work of art.”  Professor Maite and one of her students, Danielle Stratton, discuss how reevaluating trash could effect how you reevaluate other people. More »


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