First Aid Kit has put a bandage on a slowly dying genre of music – folk-rock. The Swedish duo, composed of sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg, released “Ruins,” its fourth studio album, Friday. Read more...
Photo: (Columbia Records)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 18, 10:38 pm
Student’s international basketball career inspires life as an artist
Coleman Collins transitioned from shooting baskets to shooting film. Prior to coming to UCLA, the graduate art student pursued a professional basketball career spanning over a decade, taking him to countries including Germany, Ukraine and Bahrain. Read more...
Photo: Graduate art student Coleman Collins played basketball professionally in countries such as Ukraine, Germany and Bahrain for over a decade. Now, he’s studying art at UCLA and said his experiences abroad help inspire his artwork. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Music
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January 18, 10:37 pm
Q&A: Piano professor shares how Soviet Union background influences her music
Inna Faliks’ Soviet Union household only had three rooms for seven people and no telephone – but it did have music. Growing up, Faliks’ parents encouraged a creative childhood that included reading books and cultivating interest in music. Read more...
Photo: Inna Faliks, a concert pianist and UCLA professor of piano, will perform the protest composition “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” at the Jacaranda Concert Series on Saturday. Frederic Rzewski composed the piece in the 1970s during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile. (Photo by Mackenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin, Photo Illustration by Ludi Zhu)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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January 18, 10:34 pm
Movie review: ’12 Strong’
“12 Strong” drops more literal bombs than emotional ones in an overtly explosive new feature starring Chris Hemsworth. Based on a book by Doug Stanton, “12 Strong” details a gritty, but true, war story about the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of David James)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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January 17, 10:46 pm
Playing the Villain: Institutional villains in film explain main character’s motives
A movie is only as good as its villain, and a good villain is much more than a monster with maniacal laughter or a sinister-looking entity surrounded by henchmen. Read more...
Photo: (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)
Arts, Lifestyle
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January 17, 10:46 pm
Student collaborates with major fashion brands before turning 18
Connor Brashier’s first experience with photography was playing with his father’s spare cameras. Now the 18-year-old’s work includes traveling to Costa Rica, Miami and Tulum, Mexico, shooting catalogs and lookbooks for brands such as PacSun. Read more...
Photo: First-year economics student Connor Brashier has worked professionally with numerous clothing brands, artists and influencers, including Pura Vida Bracelets, Madison Beer and Jay Alvarrez. Although his job consists of professional campaigns and commercials, his favorite videos capture cherished moments from his own experiences, which include surfing and wakeboarding. (Daniel Miller/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 17, 10:37 pm
Design media arts students display artwork inspired by prefix
Three letters and a hyphen inspired a 27-artist exhibit. Undergraduate design media arts students will display their artistic interpretations of the prefix “dis-” at the New Wight Gallery on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Matea Friend, a fifth-year design media arts student, explores how time affects identity in their video installation titled “Tempus Fugit.” Friend asked subjects, ranging in age from five to 75 years old, to define universal concepts like beauty and failure. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)