Monday, June 23

Pop-up review: Latrine reigns supreme at interactive event based on Amazon’s ‘Fairfax’

This post was updated Nov. 4 at 12:08 p.m. Attention all Hypebeasts – the Latrine store just dropped its latest collection. Amazon Prime’s latest animated television series centering on the social media and image-obsessed next generation, “Fairfax,” is opening a pop-up pulled straight from the screen. Read more...

Photo: Pulled straight from Amazon Prime’s new show “Fairfax,” The Latrine pop-up features a statue out front of a hype beast beekeeper in full decked out in branded gear. The space melds pop culture with the show’s plot line, centered around (Natalie Brown/Daily Bruin)


UCLA theater returns to in-person performance with eclectic mix of one-act plays

Three undergraduate students are taking one-act plays in entirely new directions. From Thursday to Saturday, the UCLA theater department will be presenting three student-directed and produced one-act plays at Macgowan Hall. Read more...

Photo: Undergraduate theater students (from left to right) Wanye’ Yoakum, Jake Goldfarb and Kristy Maanavi will be presenting their self-directed and produced acts in the theater department’s first show of the season, “Undergraduate One Acts.” (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)


UCLA student embraces AAPI heritage through tattoo artistry

Ashli-Ann Ha is piercing the skin of the tattoo industry, dot by dot. The fourth-year geography and sociology student started out by inking Bruin Plate bananas in 2019, but Ha said she has since honed the vibrant designs she creates using the stick-and-poke technique, a nonelectric method of tattooing that is executed using only a needle and ink. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year geography and sociology student Ashli-Ann Ha tattoos clients using the hand-poke method, which aids in creating their characteristic simple, whimsical style. (Photo by Kristin Pischel, Photo Illustration by Katie Frei)



UCLA student draws inspiration from musical background, youth to release new single

Charlie Havenick’s eclectic musical landscape has been instrumental to her creative process. The fourth-year comparative literature student and multi-instrumentalist songwriter released her single “Queen Anne” on Oct. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year comparative literature student Charlie Havenick released their second single “Queen Anne” in October. The release follows her experience performing live. (Courtesy of Jon Del Real)



Art exhibit review: ‘There’s No Place Like No Place’ encodes language in colorful symbols

No color is left unused in alumnus Lindsay August-Salazar’s latest paintings. Shown in the exhibit “There’s No Place Like No Place” at Lowell Ryan Projects in Mid-City, six large abstract paintings hang in the sunlight-drenched downstairs gallery. Read more...

Photo: Alumnus and artist Lindsay August-Salazar’s exhibit “There’s No Place Like No Place” opened at Lowell Ryan Projects on Saturday. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin senior staff)