The antique lobby of the Escape Hotel was dimly lit, smoky and adorned with candles and a Ouija board – eerie enough to put the haunted Overlook Hotel of “The Shining” to shame. Read more...
Photo: The Escape Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard gives teams of players one hour to complete a series of puzzles and navigate their way through themed mazes. (Escape Hotel)
An enormous plastic dome covered a directional mic and a set of headphones by the watershed in the middle of Del Rey Lagoon Park on Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Art | Sci Collective members, including Mick Lorusso, organized exhibits this summer demonstrating the importance of water sustainability in Los Angeles. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
The art for this post was updated April 2, 2022 at 1:57 p.m. Jasmine Eusebio’s job in television production is a game of Tetris. Her work involves sorting schedules and tasks, she said, fitting them together in neat blocks. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Jasmine Eusebio was a production manager at HOOLIGAN Theatre Company before interning at Nickelodeon Studios. Now she is a production assistant at DreamWorks Animation. (Courtesy of Jasmine Eusebio)
Stephen Kooshian brought the cool glass of beer to his lips while sitting in the noisy Manhattan Beach bar. The Sierra Nevada Pale Ale washed over his tastebuds, and Kooshian was shocked beer could taste so fresh. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Stephen Kooshian brewed his first batch of craft beer in his apartment while he as a UCLA student in 2008. He turned his love of beer into a business and launched Pacific Plate Brewing Company in 2011. (Courtesy of Stephen Kooshian)
Rocky Avalos is a fourth-year art student who specializes in costume design and makeup for UCLA student films. Daily Bruin Video talked to her on the set of a short film to learn about her unique character outfits and shocking special effects makeup. Read more...
The small Spanish town of Teruel turns into a 13th-century medieval city every February. For three days, its people wear medieval clothes and celebrate two lovers for a festival called Las Bodas de Isabel de Segura. Read more...
Photo: Lori Needleman took classes at UCLA before becoming a blogger and photographer, now based in Spain. (Courtesy of Lori Needleman)
Filmmaker Carlo Olivares Paganoni invited his mother and her friends from Mexico to cook for his short film, treating the cast and crew to home-cooked chicken chilaquiles, molletes, tacos, flan and arroz con leche. Read more...
Photo: Disney XD writer and producer Carlo Olivares Paganoni began his film career as a screenwriting student through UCLA Extension in 2008. (Courtesy of Cacá Santoro)
