Saturday, February 21

Jazz director discusses work on Grammy-nominated album ‘Let Love Rule’

Daniel Seeff is going for a Grammy for the second year in a row. Seeff, the program director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, contributed to albums that have been nominated for Grammys alongside Beyoncé, Rihanna and Bruno Mars for two years in a row. Read more...

Photo: Daniel Seeff, who has previously contributed to Anderson. Paak’s Grammy-nominated album, “Malibu,” cowrote and contributed instrumentals to R&B musician Ledisi’s song “Shot Down.” The song is part of the album “Let Love Rule,” which is nominated for Best R&B Album at the 60th annual Grammy Awards. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)





Restaurant review: Chocolate Chair

Crunchy cereal puffs go in, but smoke comes out. Chocolate Chair’s signature Dragon Breath dish uses liquid nitrogen to create the illusion that its patrons are exhaling smoke. Read more...

Photo: The restaurant Chocolate Chair’s signature dessert Dragon Breath lacks in flavor but creates a pleasant visual effect thanks to the addition of liquid nitrogen, which creates a smoky effect. (Grace Pu/Daily Bruin)


Past bleeds into present in Hillel at UCLA’s newest art exhibits

Past and present intertwine in Robert Weingarten’s artwork, which layers photos of the burning World Trade Center and the One World Trade Center. The photograph is a part of Weingarten’s exhibit, “Pentimento,” which will open Thursday for Hillel at UCLA’s Winter 2018 Art Opening along with Corrie Siegel’s “The Space Between Symbols.” The show is part of the organization’s annual art gallery, which showcases nine new art exhibits every year. Read more...

Photo: Hillel at UCLA’s Winter 2018 Art Opening features photographs from Robert Weingarten’s photo series “Pentimento” that layer Weingarten’s own contemporary photos with older, historical images of the same location. The exhibition also features paper cuttings from Corrie Siegel’s “The Space Between Symbols.” (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)