2017 was deemed by many the year of women in Hollywood – the #MeToo campaign helped oust dozens of sexual predators from their jobs and the three highest grossing films were led by female heroines. Read more...
Photo: (Claire Sun/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle
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January 16, 6:26 am
Stress Less: Painting can help students brush up on how to relax from school life
Alissa Evans’ experience with stress stems primarily from her inability to definitively choose a major, a recently received D that taints her otherwise mediocre GPA and her complete and utter confusion regarding the abstract concept commonly referred to as her “future.” In the midst of a mid-college crisis, the Daily Bruin columnist decided to try a different stress-relieving activity every other week of winter quarter and chronicled her quest for mental homeostasis in Stress Less. Read more...
Photo: Alissa Evans, a second-year cognitive science student, tried painting as a way to reduce stress. She painted a mountain landscape at night and a sunset on canvas and canvas paper respectively. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 16, 6:23 am
Art students depict change by bringing LA seasons into Powell rotunda
Students in search of some sunlit studying need not look any further than the campus library’s rotunda. The Art History Undergraduate Student Association created an art exhibition in Powell Library focusing on different incarnations of the four seasons, revealing each artists’ personal relation to seasonal change. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year art and art history student Ricky Amadour created an abstract acrylic painting entitled “Poolboy,” which features broad strokes of purple paint in an effort to evoke a feeling of springtime without explicitly depicting any images associated with the season. (Manpreet Grewal/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Lifestyle, Video
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January 15, 11:10 pm
Video: Painting the stress away
Alissa Evans, a second-year cognitive science student, explores stress-relieving techniques in her column “Stress Less.” This week, she explores how painting can be used to combat stress. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 12, 8:19 pm
‘Aladdin’ hits the mark in its performance of the classic Disney film
Sing-along song titles, moving sets and a flying magic carpet – what more could you wish for? “Aladdin” at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre ignited the stage with an energy-packed spectacle. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Deen van Meer Cylla von Tiedermann)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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January 11, 10:58 pm
Movie review: ‘The Commuter’
“The Commuter” feels like a familiar face you would see every day on a bus ride home. Starring Liam Neeson, the film marks the actor’s fourth collaboration with director Jaume Collet-Serra, and echoes their last transit-based thriller, “Non-Stop.” In both films, Neeson’s character receives instructions via his cell phone that threaten the safety of other passengers in a race against time. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Jay Maidment)
Arts, Music
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January 11, 10:50 pm
Dance allows student to embrace identity, find support from community
The concrete floors and booming music of parking lot dance practices are major sources of stress relief for Justine Banal. The fourth-year Asian American studies student, who has danced competitively since high school, said her rehearsals are a therapeutic outlet for her depression. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year Asian American studies student Justine Banal has been dancing hip-hop since she was in eighth grade. Banal, who struggles with depression, said rehearsals can be a therapeutic outlet of expression and that dance serves as a means for her to maintain her mental health, as it provides her relief from the stresses of everyday life. (Edward Figueroa/Daily Bruin)