Shanice Aaron unwraps a cardboard care package from her mother brimming with healthy snacks, sparkling cosmetics and a pair of sky-high heels. The contents are not just gifts, but preparation materials to help transform Aaron into a pageant queen. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA piano performance student Shanice Aaron recently transferred to college in New York City. However, she decided to compete in the Miss California USA pageant Dec. 5-6. (Courtesy of Jacopogiaco Puzzi)
A masked figure cloaked head to toe in white stepped onto the streets of Lagos, Nigeria. People chatting with fellow shoppers and haggling for merchandise looked up at the figure and moved aside in reverence, understanding the significance of the costume belonging to the exclusively male ancestor ritual of egungun. Read more...
Photo: Brendan Fernandes created this sculpture of a plastic deer wearing a plastic mask to examine the lack of authenticity in the portrayal of African culture. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Ella Ambulo quit her day job as a traffic manager five years ago to sell hanging geometric planters at flea markets in Los Angeles. Ambulo, the creator and artist of Urban Geometry, pairs air plants with handmade geometric brass pieces, inspired by the concept of a himmeli, a type of ornament originally from Finland. Read more...
Photo: Artists & Fleas, a flea market in the downtown Los Angeles Arts District, hosts vendors that sell goods such as ceramics, books and woodwork. Melissa Shipley, an attendee at the market, said the market has become a community for artists and vendors. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
The world of mainstream music is constantly transforming as new artists, styles and trends are embraced with each passing year. In spite of these changes, some musicians have maintained their popularity across decades, reinventing their sounds and careers. Read more...
Photo: British band Blur has adapted with the times, changing its style from grunge rock to now include Chinese and Korean sounds. “The Magic Whip” is the band’s latest album and was recorded in just five days. (Courtesy of Linda Brownlee)
In the UCLA New Wight Gallery, a spectator picks up one end of a 40-foot-long red, noodle-shaped pillow. As she moves the noodle, sensors embedded in the fabric pick up twitches and vibrations. Read more...
Photo: Second-year Design | Media Arts student Isabella Kefgen walked through the “Rare Meme” exhibition carrying a large red noodle-shaped pillow. Theo Triantafyllidis, a Design | Media Arts graduate student, created the piece to represent an overload of information in social media. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers, that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...
Photo: UCLA ethnomusicology graduate student Tyler Yamin plays the instruments of a gamelan ensemble, including the trompong (above) and kendang. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Flip on a news channel and you’re likely see to characters with perfectly coiffed hair making fantastical claims directly to camera. But how far does this connection between political figures and entertainment go? Read more...
Photo: The director of the 2009 film “In the Loop,” Armando Iannucci, created a biting satire of the jaw-dropping ineptitude of government. (IFC Films)
