This post was updated Feb. 23 at 10:42 p.m. Nehemiah Cisneros’ art is popping with engaging aesthetics. As a graduate student in fine arts, he said he is influenced by undervalued art forms such as tattoo art, graffiti and pop surrealism. Read more...
Photo: Graduate fine arts student Nehemiah Cisneros creates pieces of art influenced by his Los Angeles childhood and exposure to the Lowbrow Art movement. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 1 at 7:50 p.m. Anisha Chandra highlights the bright side of life through vegan cooking. The third-year human biology and society student shares plant-based recipes through her blog and Instagram account, which she said she created the summer after she graduated high school. Read more...
Photo: Third-year human biology and society student Anisha Chandra is connecting cooking back to her culture. Through her food blog, she explores vegan takes on traditional Indian dishes and said she hopes to redefine society’s Eurocentric view of wellness. (Megan Cai/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 21 at 9:52 p.m. The Hammer Museum’s new exhibitions reach into the future and trace the past. Two new shows, “Lifes” and “Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation,” debuted this month at the Hammer. Read more...
Photo: “Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation” opened Wednesday and will run until May 15. (Kyle Kotanchek/Daily Bruin)
Taunting the next generation of young adults, Leatherface is back with only murder on his mind. Releasing Friday on Netflix, “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” returns with a modern take on the original 1974 movie. Read more...
Photo: (From left to right) Elsie Fisher, Sarah Yarkin, Nell Hudson and Jacob Latimore play Lila, Melody, Ruth and Dante, respectively, in Netflix’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” sequel. (Courtesy of Netflix/Yana Blajeva)
Through drama, dance and drums, The Nikkei Student Union is celebrating the spirit of Japanese American identity. For its 36th annual Cultural Night, NSU is hosting an in-person production Saturday, featuring various performance styles. Read more...
Photo: Students in the Nikkei Student Union will host their 36th annual Cultural Night on Saturday at Royce Hall. One of the several performances will include dancers from Odori, NSU’s traditional Japanese dance group. (Sarah Teng/Daily Bruin)
Brianna Barrett is swapping bodies and shaking up expectations in “Still Harvey Still.” Opening Thursday, the theater graduate student’s full-length play focuses on two former childhood best friends, Harvey Still (Luca Filiz), a musician dealing with addiction, and cancer patient Evan (Ian Cardamone). Read more...
Photo: Focusing on themes of grief and loss through comedy, the play “Still Harvey Still” will open on Feb. 17. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Editor’s note: The following article contains mentions of sexual assault that may be disturbing to some readers. Filmmaking serves as a medicine for healing in “Love, Laugh, Doom, Tears.” The documentary-style film was written and directed by graduate film student Nhung Nguyen, who said her film was born from a very personal space after she was sexually assaulted in May 2020. Read more...
Photo: Graduate film student Nhung Nguyen created the documentary “Love, Laugh, Doom, Tears,” which focuses on Nguyen’s own experience dating as a Vietnamese American woman. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
