Arts & Entertainment
Exit from the everyday
Departing Design | Media Arts graduate students display individual styles in aptly titled “Exit Strategies” exhibit
In a world where people are constantly trying to escape the quotidian lifestyle, 11 graduate students in Design | Media Arts have found a way out: art.
Soundbite: Death Cab for Cutie
Think back to high school English classes. Remember all those essays you had to write – the ones that analyzed the most minute details of a piece of prose?
Artwork should speak for itself
Information can add to appeal, but art should catch viewer’s interest without explanation
I’ve come to a little bit of an internal crossroads.
The Gears of War
Inspired by military medicine, UCLA alum exposes wounded soldiers’ harrowing experiences
Three years ago, Academy Award-winning director and UCLA alumnus Terry Sanders spent some time working on his latest documentary “Fighting For Life” in a place called Mortaritaville. But this was no lighthearted spoof on Jimmy Buffett’s lazy paradise, Margaritaville.
Weekend Review: "Flora, the Red Menace”
April showers bring May flowers. But this May is bringing distinctly different flora.
Gamer's Galaxy: "Mario Kart Wii"
If driving with the sleek, wireless motion-sensor wheel isn’t enough to get you hooked on Nintendo’s latest installment of “Mario Kart” for the Wii gaming console, racing neck-and-neck with Miss Piggy from Finland and Sr. Jesus from Japan should be.
Music’s function: to make you think
Current consumption of media deprives listeners of the context opera and theater once provided
For as long as people have been making music, they have found a function for it.
Looking to be Seen
On an international scale
Ethnomusicology department’s spring festival celebrates musical diversity
Strike the Spring Sing stage, but UCLA traditions remain.
From Lot 4 to Royce Hall
Student dance group Samahang Modern to perform at Saturday’s Pilipino Culture Night
When one hears the term “after-school activity,” one doesn’t typically think of long practices in an abandoned parking lot, memorizing complicated, lengthy routines, or performing in front of crowds numbering in the thousands.
Start your mom’s day right with pancakes
With Mother’s Day around the corner, you’re probably freaking out right now about what you can do to make your mom feel appreciated.
Screen Scene: "What Happens in Vegas”
“What Happens in Vegas” is an unoriginal and poorly executed combination of chick-flick favorites.
Looking to be Seen
Recruiters look to get students in spotlight
Reality shows look to UCLA campus to find possible candidates for television programming
Think you could be the next geek on “Beauty and the Geek”? Or the next contestant on “The Amazing Race”? You may not need to look much farther than our very own Bruin Plaza to land spots on hit reality shows: Casting directors and recruiters target UCLA students.
Explosive talent
HOOLIGAN Theater Company’s performance of “tick, tick ... BOOM!” shows the reality of following dreams
The motto of college students seems to be “follow your dreams,” but those dreams don’t come easy.
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