Wednesday, June 10

Q&A: Comedian discusses journey with character work, channeling personalities

Frankie Quinones can switch from one personality to another within one costume change and a few minutes. The comedian – who has appeared on Funny or Die, Comedy Central and HBO – will be performing his one-man variety show at The Wiltern on Friday. Read more...

Photo: Comedian Frankie Quinones will be performing his one-man variety show at The Wiltern, incorporating several original characters such as Creeper, a Cholo and fitness guru, and Juanita Carmelita, a suburban Latina drama queen. (Courtesy of Frankie Quinones)


‘Sisters in Law’ dramatizes relationship between first women justices

Dramatists wouldn’t dare write characters as disparate and lively as Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the same play, said Jonathan Shapiro. The two trailblazing Supreme Court justices are almost cliche in their contrasts in real life – O’Connor is a Christian Republican from Arizona, known for being outgoing and athletic, while Ginsburg is a shy, introverted New York-born Jewish Democrat. Read more...

Photo: (Andrea Grigsby/Daily Bruin)


Bruin Bash garners mixed reactions, safety concerns after DaBaby’s performance

Singer-songwriter Masego brought jazz to a Bruin Bash performance that was anything but smooth. The annual welcome-back concert was held in Pauley Pavilion on Monday, featuring openers CØLEMAN and Masego, followed by DaBaby as the opening act. Read more...

Photo: Performers CØLEMAN and Masego opened for DaBaby at this year’s Bruin Bash at Pauley Pavilion. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)




Short film to feature realistic representation of Asian American LGBTQ narratives

This post was updated Sept. 24 at 9:00 p.m. The only thing worse than falling in love with your best friend is confessing those feelings the night before they move across the country. Read more...

Photo: Producer Jenine Pastores, writer and director Kevin J. Nguyen, alumnus Ivan Mok and producer Vu Hoang (left to right) all worked together to create “Blue Suit,” a short film set in the San Gabriel Valley and centered on the representation of the LGBTQ community within the Asian American one. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)


Design media arts MFA exhibition to experiment with context via multiple mediums

The cues and contexts of human interaction are stripped away online and on social media where different backgrounds, environments and points in time crash together, according to the theory of “context collapse.” The UCLA Department of Design Media Arts 2020 MFA class’ fall group show, “Context Collapse,” explores how that idea comes to play in art – the idea that multiple works coming from vastly different perspectives viewed together can create a new context of understanding. Read more...

Photo: Design media arts graduate student Erin Cooney is making a piece for the “Context Collapse” exhibition. The piece, she said, will include a body made out of clothing filled with plastic debris to represent immigration and climate crisis. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)