A motionless paper bird sat perched on the edge of a desk. But on the computer screen behind the figure, filmmaker Alexander Romanovsky animated the bird to flap its wings and fly. Read more...
Photo: Second-year Design | Media Arts student Alexander Romanovsky worked on a stop-motion animation project for Flamingosis’ music video “All Natural,” making a Post-it note come alive into a flying bird. (Justine Sto. Tomas/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sunlight gleamed over bottles of boutique wine, sharply contrasting the dark wood of the shelves. Throughout the wine room, customers sat on high stools around small tables chatting. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Michael Consbruck owns V Wine Room. The restaurant hosted an event Sunday called “Scary Delicious: Wine + Bug Pairing” that served wine and edible bugs to its customers, including chocolate-covered crickets. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
Tyler Rice turned a late night craving for tacos into a surreal experience. The graduate animation student screened her original animated short “Taco Terror” at NewFilmmakers Los Angeles on Saturday. Read more...
Photo: Tyler Rice released her animated short at NewFilmmakers Los Angeles. The four-minute short details the story of two men who get the munchies from marijuana, order tacos and experience paranormal activity. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)
Colin O’Brien-Lux believes art should be democratic, involving the participation of both artist and viewer. O’Brien-Lux, a theater alumnus, performs as an electronic and experimental music artist under the name Goosehappen, a pseudonym he chose for the fluid way the words sound when spoken aloud. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Colin O’Brien-Lux makes electronic and experimental music under the name Goosehappen. He completed several new singles in October, and his debut album, out December, will be titled “My Dove is a Whale.” (Courtesy of Colin O’Brien-Lux)
Westwood’s bars, or lack thereof, can easily grow old for thirsty college students in search of a taproom suited to their tastes. Daily Bruin senior staffers Erin Nyren and William Thorne embark on a bar-sampling journey to uncover the best watering holes in Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: (Jesse Wang/Daily Bruin)
For this week’s opening installment of Click De-Bait, A&E editors Lindsay Weinberg, Emily McCormick, Nate Nickolai and Christi Carras come together for a discussion on the click-bait titles of the arts and entertainment world. Read more...
Pinches Tacos opened its seventh location in Westwood on Wednesday and gave away free tacos from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Customers filled the inside of the pink restaurant, which displayed skeletons wearing hats, graffiti art and painted brick patches. Read more...
Photo: (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
