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May 16, 11:00 pm

On the Rise: Peridot

In “On the Rise,” the Daily Bruin profiles up-and-coming musicians in Los Angeles. Though our subjects do not necessarily have direct connections with UCLA, they are artists who have brought their sounds to Los Angeles and have taken advantage of opportunities within the city’s thriving music scene. Read more...

Photo: The pop-folk band Peridot is comprised of Hillary Reynolds, Trevor Jarvis and Marton Bisits (left to right). The band released its seven-song EP in 2016. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music

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May 15, 10:45 pm

Student turns closet into studio to record EP about reality of love

Rico Lomarda emerged from his apartment’s closet with a guitar in hand, having finished working on his songs for six hours straight. The musician’s closet doubles as his studio – the place where he finished recording and producing his four-song debut EP “Love or Something.” Lomarda, a third-year biochemistry student, performs under the stage name Rico Loma and released his EP “Love or Something” in January. Read more...

Photo: Third-year biochemistry student Rico Lomarda recorded his first EP in the walk-in closet of his Westwood apartment. He released the EP titled “Love or Something” in January with the student-run record label Landing 8 Records, which he helped start during his freshman year. His influences. including singers Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran, are reflected in the EP’s first upbeat and groovy song “Breathe,” he said. (Chelsea Zhang/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Lifestyle

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May 15, 10:04 pm

Club cooks up kosher cuisine for Shabbat dinners

Thursday evenings are meal prep nights for Elisa Gurevich. Last week, the co-director of Chabad House at UCLA set a large stainless-steel bowl filled with bread dough onto a long wooden table in her family’s Westwood townhouse. Read more...

Photo: The students braided balls of dough into loaves of challah bread to prepare for the Jewish day of rest. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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May 15, 10:03 pm

Theater review: “Actually”

Consent or rape: A play in Westwood implies it isn’t so black and white. “Actually,” a two-person play at the Geffen Playhouse, realistically depicts modern hookup culture and the difficulties of defining consent; it shows two sides of an often ambiguous situation. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Chris Whitaker)

Arts, Film & TV

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May 14, 7:38 pm

UCLA film society allows students to bring original screenplays to life

Students from any major or background – regardless of experience – can sit in the director’s chair and bring their screenplays to life. Each quarter, The Film and Photography Society at UCLA accepts submissions of screenplays from students, both members and nonmembers. Read more...

Photo: The Film and Photography Society at UCLA accepts submissions of screenplays to produce and has decided to work with three screenplays written by UCLA undergraduates: “The Drag,” “Spineless” and “Pygmalion, or the Conundrum of Howard Wade.” (Mischa Rajendiran/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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May 14, 6:41 pm

Second Take: ’13 Reasons Why’ sequel may fall short despite public demand

Some of my favorite television series have been analogous to a shooting star – unexpected, attention-grabbing and one-of-a-kind. “13 Reasons Why,” a recent release on Netflix but a long-time favorite of mine since reading the book of the same name 10 years ago, is one such shooting star of a show. Read more...

Photo: The Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” features 13 episodes based on the novel of the same name. A week ago, Netflix announced a second season, which will presumably answer the cliffhangers of the first season and deviate from the source material. (Beth Dubber/Netflix)


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