Thursday, February 26

Arts

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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May 16, 12:00 am

Show Review: ‘In & Of Itself’

Nothing is as it seems and hardly anyone is who they say they are. The man sitting next to me is a wizard, the woman in the front row is an exotic dancer and Derek DelGaudio is the daring “roulettista.” “In & Of Itself,” which opened last Friday at the Geffen Playhouse, is magician DelGaudio’s latest illusion-based performance and is very difficult to critique without giving too much away. Read more...

Photo: Magician Derek DelGaudio performs a series of tales in “In & Of Itself,” which opened Friday at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood. (Courtesy of Geffen Playhouse)

Arts, Film & TV

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May 12, 11:42 pm

Q&A: Actress Ryan Newman on plan to attend UCLA in fall and continue acting

Actress Ryan Newman will take on the life of a Bruin after 10 years of acting. Newman has appeared in Disney Channel and Nickelodeon shows, including “Hannah Montana,” “Good Luck Charlie” and “Zeke and Luther.” She also starred in films like “Monster House,” and currently has a recurring role as Allison on Nickelodeon’s “The Thundermans.” In March, Newman accepted her offer of admission to UCLA, where she will be studying psychology while simultaneously pursuing her acting career. Read more...

Photo: Actress Ryan Newman accepted her offer of admission to UCLA in March. The Disney Channel and Nickelodeon actress plans to study psychology as a Bruin. (Courtesy of Syfy)

Arts, Music

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May 12, 11:40 pm

Hip-hop musical confronts gang violence and racism

Brandon Rainey attended three funerals last summer. Two of his former students and a brother of one of his students had been shot and killed during the 100 days and 100 nights of violence declared by two feuding gangs in South Los Angeles in late summer of 2015. Read more...

Photo: “A Tale of Two M.A.A.D. Citiez” was playwright Brandon Rainey’s response to gang violence-related tragedies that occurred in the summer of 2015. The play will be put on by the UCLA Afrikan Arts Ensemble on Sunday in the Northwest Auditorium. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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May 12, 12:00 am

Student filmmakers collaborate with James Franco for “Mississippi Requiem”

About 15 groups of four UCLA student directors, producers, writers and cinematographers gathered for an interview with James Franco in Melnitz Hall in September. After a casual half-hour chat with the director, producer and Academy Award-nominated actor, only four teams were selected for the next step. Read more...

Photo: Arkesh Ajay, a graduate student in production directing, was chosen by James Franco to direct “Dry September,” one of a collection of four short films adapted from stories by William Faulkner. (Bailey Greene/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Arts Columns, Music

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May 11, 12:00 am

Love | Hate: Is Paramore a relic of the last decade or is the band still relevant?

On Thursday, Hayley Williams, lead singer of Paramore, posted photos on Twitter of her and her bandmates in a recording studio, teasing fans with the potential release of a fifth album. Read more...

Photo: Hayley Williams, the lead singer of the punk band Paramore, released photos on her Twitter on May 5 of the band recording their fifth album. (Creative Commons Photo by Sven-Sebastian Sajak via Wikimedia)


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