Friday, June 27

JazzReggae Fest centers community with in-person return of 35th annual jubilee

The JazzReggae Festival is making its musical comeback. Held on Memorial Day every year since 1986 the 35th annual JazzReggae Festival will return to an in-person format after two years, said third-year sociology student and event co-director Briajah Payton. Read more...

Photo: Set in front of a green background, an illustration of a trumpet with lavender growing out of it floats above a saxophone wrapped in red flowers. After taking on a virtual format last year, the JazzReggae Festival will be back in bloom May 30 at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. (Tara Desai/Daily Bruin)



Costume designer Kym Barrett guides graduate students in ‘Us’-inspired project

This post was updated June 1 at 8:54 p.m. Kym Barrett is offering aspiring costume designers the “red pill.” Barrett, the costume and set designer for films such as “The Matrix” and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is mentoring students as the designer-in-residence this month at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Read more...

Photo: Costume designer Kym Barrett (left) is the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s designer in residence for this month. Barrett has worked on films such as “Romeo + Juliet,” “The Matrix” and “Us.” (Courtesy of Kym Barrett)


Q&A: ‘Stranger Things’ cast discusses how new season is turning things Upside Down

This post was updated May 30 at 8:27 p.m. Hawkins is only getting stranger from here. Premiering Friday, the first volume of the fourth season of “Stranger Things” picks up several months after the third season’s Battle of Starcourt – this time with the supernatural force-fighting entourage split between California and Indiana. Read more...

Photo: Newcomer Eduardo Franco joins returners Charlie Heaton, Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Schnapp and Finn Wolfhard in the first volume of season four of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” (Courtesy of Netflix)


FAST at UCLA Runway 2022

Fashion and Student Trends at UCLA’s 2022 runway show is sharing the stitches and stories of students. On May 27, the annual event will take place at Pauley Pavilion and will be the organization’s first in-person show since 2019 and biggest production to date. Read more...


Concert review: Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s sonic, visual variety engages audience in long set

With colors galore, Rainbow Kitten Surprise delivered a visual and vocal feast. The alternative indie rock group emerged onstage at the House of Blues Anaheim on Tuesday night with rainbow lights glowing above and below. Read more...

Photo: Rainbow Kitten Surprise members play their respective instruments spread across a teal and indigo-lit stage. On Tuesday, the group brought elaborate visuals and alt-rock instrumentals to the House of Blues Anaheim. (Vivian Xu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Alumnus’s show celebrates Auntie Sewing Squad’s work to ease effects of COVID-19

Kristina Wong is sewing change into the world. The alumnus wrote and acted in “Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord,” the solo show for which she is the first Asian American woman to be named a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Read more...

Photo: Created in 2020, Kristina Wong’s one-woman play “Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord” reflects Wong’s experience throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy of Joan Marcus)