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Arts

Arts, Lifestyle

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February 27, 9:55 pm

Owner of TLT Food speaks on success of restaurant, goals for UCLA community

Daniel Shemtob is the definition of the millennial persona amplified. Aside from his round glasses and neon green TLT attire, the first thing I noticed about him was his tattoo; “I am the future” read legibly across his right forearm. Read more...

Photo: Daniel Shemtob is the owner of TLT Food, a restaurant with a location in Westwood Village. On Feb. 20, TLT celebrated their new business plan, which includes drop-off and setup catering options for the UCLA community. The TLT team is looking to cater to UCLA events including sports games and Spring Sing, hoping to serve affordable food made from scratch. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Arts, Lifestyle

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February 26, 9:57 pm

Students sell vintage clothing pieces with meaning through social media shops

While browsing through a vintage shop, Artemis Mansur found an embroidered vest. She checked the tag, learned that it was handmade in Vietnam in the 1950s, and decided it was so special that she had to buy it, she said. Read more...

Photo: Maddy Pease, a fourth-year design media arts student, and Artemis Mansur, a second-year communication and psychology student, founded an online clothing shop called Cherry Pickings Vintage in January. Pease and Mansur sell vintage clothing, which they sometimes collect as they travel for leisure. Their clothes range in origin from Paris to San Francisco. (Photo by Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin, Graphic by Ryan Kuang/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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February 26, 9:42 pm

Kitchen setting in play serves to replicate tension during post-World War II

Fried fish and post-World War II cultures will collide onstage to brew trouble in Macgowan Hall this weekend. UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television’s production of “The Kitchen” will run from Friday to Saturday and from March 5 to 9. Read more...

Photo: Graduate students Su Castillo (left) and Ernest Gardner Jr. (right) worked on the production “The Kitchen.” Castillo acts in the show while Gardner constructed the set that portrays a 1958 London restaurant. (Courtesy of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television)

Arts, Music

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February 26, 9:42 pm

Author’s book explores evolution of Bollywood dance into more diverse art form

Bollywood dance has shifted from the classical elite to the everyday citizen, said Dr. Pallabi Chakravorty. Within her book, “This is How We Dance Now!,” she analyzes the change in the instruction in dance, as well as the social classes that participate in the activity today. Read more...

Photo: Dr. Pallabi Chakravorty gave a book talk Monday hosted by the UCLA Department of World Arts and Culture/Dance. The book, “This is How We Dance Now!,” is about the changing culture surrounding Bollywood dance. (Courtesy of Doctor Pallabi Chakravorty)

Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle

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February 25, 10:21 pm

Budding Los Angeles: Agnetix’s innovative lights illuminate role of technology in cannabis cultivation

Thirty years ago, buying cannabis was difficult, expensive and illegal. Buying cannabis in 2019 is somewhere between picking up a prescription from a pharmacy and buying beer from a liquor store. Read more...

Photo: Agnetix is a company that engineers indoor, water-cooled LED lights utilized in indoor growing operations and presented at cannabis networking events. Strong lighting is one of the essential aspects in creating quality cannabis plants, as well as ideal ratios of water and nutrients. (Courtesy of Cristina Rodrigues)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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February 25, 10:17 pm

Alumna’s architecture integrates aesthetics with practical design

Architect Alice Fung doesn’t just design buildings; she tries to make life better for others through her work. The UCLA alumna is a practicing architect at Fung+Blatt Architects, a firm she founded with her husband, Michael Blatt. Read more...

Photo: Alumna Alice Fung gave a lecture Monday on her experience as an architect. Her designs aim to facilitate functionality and easy living, as well as appeal to clients’ aesthetic preferences. (Courtesy of Alice Fung)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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February 25, 10:17 pm

MOCA curates annual student art exhibit featuring diverse subjects and styles

Personal reflection and contemporary conversation inspired 19 art students to give a physical form to societal debates. Bennett Simpson, the senior curator at The Museum of Contemporary Art, chose works from a pool of nearly 100 applicants for the UCLA Department of Art’s annual undergraduate exhibition. Read more...

Photo: Jack Garell, a second-year art student, sat next to a photo of himself wrapped in a plastic poncho and sitting on a couch. His piece is part of a series entitled “Plastic People,” which he said comments on the everyday use of plastic. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)


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