Friday, June 19

Q&A: Hunter Hayes aims to sing different tune among country genre, releases new single

Heartbreak isn’t a bad thing – it gets people closer to where they’re going, Hunter Hayes said. Whether it’s his music career or love life, the country music star said “Heartbreak” is more than just the title of his latest single. Read more...

Photo: Country music star Hunter Hayes released his first single, “Heartbreak,” following a three-year break from releasing music. He will perform at The Fonda Theatre on Saturday. (Courtesy of Brenton Giesey)



Dance duo makes social discourse accessible through movement

Jon Boogz and Lil Buck established Movement Art Is in 2016 with just one mission – to inspire change through dance. The dance group uses movement artistry to voice its concerns about social issues like mass incarceration and racial injustice, Boogz said. Read more...

Photo: Jon Boogz and Lil Buck will perform “Love Heals All Wounds” in Royce Hall on Thursday. The duo founded Movement Art Is, a group that uses movement to comment on social issues, such as racial injustice. (Courtesy of Ney Coelho)


Artist explores many emotional dimensions of childbirth through collage project

This post was updated on May 23 at 12:59 p.m. Over two thousand childbirth photographs covered the walls of New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 2018. Read more...

Photo: To avoid misconceptions surrounding childbirth, Carmen Winant said she used intimate photos of women at various points in the birthing process in her collage work “My Birth.” Winant said she wanted to convey the women’s shocking yet beautiful emotions through the her installation. (Courtesy of Luke Stettner)


Karma is a satanist magician avenging middle school slights, in grad student’s play

Sometimes, a multimillionaire satanist magician can be the answer to one’s prayers. The concept might not be realistic, but Jeffrey Limoncelli used it as a means to explore past sins and revenge. Read more...

Photo: Theater students Oscar Revelins and Frank Demma play a cold caller and a satanic magician whose fates become intertwined in “The Answer to Your Prayers,” an upcoming play. (Sim Beauchamp/Daily Bruin)


Art to Heart: Digital media artists’ synesthetic storytelling enlivens and humanizes history

This post was updated on May 23 at 1:31 p.m. Art, the universal language, can transcend space and time to reach a diverse audience. We hear this all the time, but do we truly feel the weight of these words? Read more...

Photo: Ina Conradi, an Art|Sci Center resident and associate professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, created “Elysian Fields,” a short digital media film meant to honor her late father for his military service. The film features fighter planes and a depiction of the afterlife. (Courtesy of Ina Conradi)


Cafe review: Donation-based coffee shop Upside Down provides fresh, welcoming environment

Editor’s note: This article was updated retroactively to remove the name of a source out of concern for their privacy. This post was updated March 1 at 3:41 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Isaac Brickner is the director of Upside Down, a donation-based cafe in Westwood. Brickner is a missionary with Jews For Jesus, a nonprofit which owns and operates the coffee shop, which had its soft opening March 25. (Tess Horowitz/Daily Bruin)