Tuesday, June 9

Student cohesively blends genres to make fluid self-produced music

The sounds of many instruments come together to create Thomas Crowley’s live spectacle – but he takes the stage alone. The third-year economics student said his music style drifts between R&B, hip-hop, electric and pop on each track. Read more...

Photo: Third-year economics student Thomas Crowley will perform at the Fowler Museum on Wednesday. He said his style ranges from R&B, hip-hop, electric and pop, which he said provides him with opportunities to be open to collaborating with a number of other artists. (Courtesy of Nate Watters)


Student film reflects on friendship, love and loss in story of owner and pet

Man’s best friend is telling the story in Alex Araki’s short film. Araki, a third-year English student, has been writing her film “The Best Summer Ever” for a little over a year. Read more...

Photo: Third-year English student Alex Araki has been writing the script for her short film, “The Best Summer Ever,” for a year. Araki said she hopes for audiences to resonate with the film, which is shown through a dog’s perspective. (Courtesy of Emily Wang)


Professor explores different cultures through traditional music in Fiat Lux seminar

Lily Chen-Hafteck believes music can create harmonious feelings in people of all cultural backgrounds. The professor of music education explores how music is a form of cultural expression in her Fiat Lux seminar, Music 19: “Celebrating Cultural Diversity of Immigrants through Music.” Chen-Hafteck said the course aims to deepen appreciation for the United States’ multicultural society by teaching students about the relationship between music and cultural empathy. Read more...

Photo: Lily Chen-Hafteck, professor of music education, explores how music from different cultures brings people together in her Fiat Lux seminar, Music 19: “Celebrating Cultural Diversity of Immigrants through Music.” (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA student authors book covering themes of mental health and identity

Hannah Lin Kernal’s spooky short story about Halloween sparked a passion for her debut novel, “We Pretend They’re Fireworks.” The third-year English student published her young adult dystopian novel about mental health – and its intersections of identity and ethnicity – in December. Read more...

Photo: Third-year English student Hannah Lin Kernal’s novel, “We Pretend They’re Fireworks,” is a young adult book exploring the intersections of mental health, identity and ethnicity. (Tess Horowitz/Daily Bruin)


Movie review: ‘The Gentlemen’ is a raucous and riveting return for Guy Ritchie

Guy Ritchie is back in the director’s chair for another wild and hilariously British gangster movie. Ritchie’s last five feature films – including “Aladdin,” “Sherlock Holmes” and “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” – have all been based on multimillion-dollar source material and produced by major studios, but “The Gentlemen” is his journey back into the indie world where he started his career. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Christopher Raphael)



Comedy event featuring Asian American performers to benefit blood cancer patients

A night of stand-up comedy from Asian American artists is proving laughter to be the best medicine for cancer patients, one laugh at a time. The Asian American Donor Program will present the 2020 Laugh for Lives Event on March 13 at the Marines’ Memorial Theatre in San Francisco to help save the lives of those with leukemia, lymphoma and other blood diseases. Read more...

Photo: The Laugh For Lives event has featured comedians such as alumna Ali Wong who come together to make a show with profits going toward aiding patients with blood cancer. (Courtesy of Karmen Yap)