Tuesday, February 17

‘Hiro’s Table’ documents establishment of authentic Japanese restaurant in LA

“Hiro’s Table” follows a family coping with loss, success and the relentlessly fast-paced Los Angeles restaurant scene. UCLA alumna Lynn Hamrick directed, wrote and produced the documentary, which depicts master chef Hiroji Obayashi and his wife Yasuyo Obayashi over the course of 16 years as they pioneer a new restaurant model in LA: an authentic Japanese farm-to-table eatery called Hirozen Gourmet. Read more...

Photo: “Hiro’s Table,” a documentary film by alumna Lynn Hamrick, chronicles 16 years in the life of Hiroji Obayashi and his wife Yasuyo Obayashi as they pioneered the farm-to-table Japanese food scene in Los Angeles. (Courtesy of Lynn Hamrick)


Ally Gong shares passion for Korean beauty trends on self-made YouTube channel

Ally Gong visited Seoul, South Korea, to study marketing and management, and returned to UCLA with a newfound interest in makeup and skin care. The fourth-year economics student’s YouTube channel, which has over 9,000 subscribers, is based around her interests in beauty, fashion and travel. Read more...

Photo: Ally Gong, a fourth-year economics student, uses her YouTube channel to explore Korean makeup and skincare trends. She currently has more than 9,000 subscribers to her channel. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)


Annual celebration of Iranian cinema analyzes socio-cultural issues through film

A number of new films will show Westwood audiences the latest in Persian cinematic trends. The UCLA Film & Television Archive began its annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema on Saturday with a screening of “Tehran: City of Love,” followed by a Q&A with writer and director Ali Jaberansari. Read more...

Photo: Ali Jaberansari wrote and directed “Tehran: City of Love,” one of the films that was screened as a part of the Celebration of Iranian Cinema. The series will run through May 11 and aims to highlight the latest trends in Persian film. (Courtesy of UCLA Film and Television Archive)


Student uses microscopes to get closer look at potential for music creation

Ivana Dama is innovating what can constitute a musical instrument, using a microscope and human brain tissue in her latest performance. The third-year design media arts student gave a presentation of her audiovisual project in an improvisational performance at Studio 106 L.A. Read more...

Photo: Third-year design media arts student Ivana Dama’s audiovisual project consists of a microscope and slides serving as musical instruments. She triggers specific sounds by changing the parameters of the microscope’s camera and layering the output with other sound effects to create music. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)


Middle Eastern instruments vocalize underlying themes in UCLA Hillel play

This post was updated May 14 at 4:45 p.m. The saz – a Middle Eastern instrument with a long, ornamented neck – gives voice to a lizard in a one-woman play. Read more...

Photo: Stacie Chaiken wrote and will perform in “The DIG” which will be presented Tuesday in Glorya Kaufman Hall. The one-woman play follows genetic archaeologist Sally Jenkins as she travels to Israel to solve the mystery behind a 4,000-year-old tomb. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)



Professor’s new exhibition explores homelessness, inequality in America

This post was updated May 4 at 11:21 a.m. Home is a central concept of the American Dream, but Rodney McMillian said it continues to be inaccessible to many. Read more...

Photo: Professor Rodney McMillian’s abstract art exhibit, “In This Land,” will be on display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art until June 9. McMillian said the piece is meant to engage with the political and social ideologies that constitute American culture and the concept of home. (Courtesy of Rodney McMillian and Vielmetter Los Angeles)