Thursday, June 25

Student drag show at Hedrick Hall seeks to question gender binary

Cooper Reynolds will emcee Hedrick Hall’s first drag show as Lorelei, his blonde drag queen persona. Reynolds, the show’s host and executive producer, and other members of UCLA’s Hedrick Hall resident government council have been planning the Hedrick Hall Drag Show since the beginning of the quarter. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Hedrick Hall resident government council is hosting the Hedrick Hall Drag Show on Wednesday in the Fireside Lounge. The event will feature six two-minute performances by five UCLA students and one Los Angeles drag performer. The six drag performers will demonstrate their talents before a panel of judges including the Hedrick Hall resident directors and the faculty-in-residence. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)



Lecturer’s classes, presentation explore limits of virtual reality

A Nikon 360-degree camera stood on a tripod, unattended, in the middle of Bruin Plaza. Anisa Bashiri and three of her classmates observed students passing the camera without a second glance. Read more...

Photo: Visiting Israeli artist Daniel Landau (left) will use props, such as a rubber hand, as part of his upcoming virtual reality study called “Time-Body Study.” Landau teaches the class “Topics in Video and Animation: Art and Science of Virtual Reality” in the Design | Media Arts department this quarter. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)


Concert to honor musical, teaching legacy of flutist Sheridon Stokes

Flutist Sheridon Stokes has performed in every Annual Woodwind Faculty Concert since 1972, except for in 2008. That year, he was performing for the Academy Awards instead. Read more...

Photo: Senior lecturer Sheridon Stokes began teaching at UCLA in 1972 and will retire this year after 45 years. On Monday, students and faculty performing in the Annual Woodwind Faculty Concert will honor his career as a film flutist. (Esmeralda Lopez/Daily Bruin)


Video: UCLA alum brings ‘Moana’ ocean to life

Holding a Ph.D. in mathematics from UCLA, Alexey Stomakhin now spends his days working at Walt Disney Animation Studios as a senior software engineer. His research helped bring to life the water from this year’s Oscar-nominated animation feature “Moana”. Read more...

Photo: (Justine Sto. Tomas/Daily Bruin)


Album review: ‘FUTURE,’ ‘HNDRXX’

Atlanta rapper Future surprised everyone by releasing two albums in two weeks. After releasing his self-titled project “FUTURE” on Feb. 17, Future announced a second album would soon follow. Read more...

Photo: (A1 Recordings, Freebandz and Epic Records)


Oscars 2017: Unwinding reels of memory to storyboard scenes in ‘Zootopia’

The walls of Melnitz Hall, lined with Hollywood movie posters, foreshadow the potential of students at UCLA. After studying within the entertainment capital of the United States, some Bruin filmmakers go on to contribute to award-winning films. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Josie Trinidad was co-head of storyboard for the movie “Zootopia,” which is nominated for best animated feature film at the 89th Academy Awards. (Courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures)