Liz Buda’s grandfather survived the concentration camps of Dachau, Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Kaufering, only to face the difficult conditions of the black market in a postwar displaced persons camp. Read more...
Photo: (Left to right) Channing Dungey, Liz Buda, Neil Landau and Tony Goldwyn pose at the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards, where MFA screenwriting student Buda won first place for the script of her pilot episode of “Zero Hour.” (Courtesy of Todd Cheney)
“Lady Bird” is a film almost all college students can relate to. Set in 2002, the film follows rebellious student Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), who desires to leave her Sacramento home and continue her education in college despite her parents’ wishes. Read more...
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Daily Bruin columnist Christi Carras’ limited dance background consists of bingeing episodes of “So You Think You Can Dance,” grapevining her way through high school show choir and stumbling through rehearsals at a daycare-like dance studio until the age of 8. Read more...
Photo: ICARUS Contemporary Dance Company’s audition routine consisted of jazz choreography to a catchy Britney Spears tune. The routine involved lots of skyward leaps, kicks and trials of flexibility. (Photo by Chengcheng Zhang/Daily Bruin, photo illustration by Kristie-Valerie Hoand/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA’s Irish Music Ensemble, led by adjunct assistant professor Aaron Bittel in the ethnomusicology department, provides students with the opportunity to come together, play Irish music and share memories and traditions associated with the Irish tunes. Read more...
When she was still in elementary school, Tamia Romo wrote her first poem: an ode to her mother. “My mom actually writes poetry, so I was introduced through her, and it’s always been something I’ve done to analyze the world around me,” said the second-year political science student. Read more...
Photo: Tamia Romo, a second-year political science student, said her poetry is inspired by her mother and universal topics such as racism and sexism. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
OK Go is best known for dancing on treadmills and in zero gravity in its music videos. The music videos were the focus of its latest live performance at Royce Hall on Saturday. Read more...
Photo: OK Go’s concert at Royce Hall on Saturday night featured a Guitar Hero-like app that audience members downloaded and then played along with a rainbow screen onstage. The group performed old favorites such as its song “Here It Goes Again.” (Raunak Devjani/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Eataly L.A. has been called a “Disneyland for Italian-food lovers,” and while the new multistory eatery lacks roller coasters and rides, the description is oddly apt. Read more...
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