While a glut of longevity advice exists on the Internet, perhaps one of the most effective ways for a person to live to 100 is to let all events, whether fortunate or misfortunate, glide off one’s shoulder. Read more...
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Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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May 5, 12:08 am
UCLA Nashaa wins first place at Bollywood America dance competition
The past few years, co-captain Sunny Shah said UCLA Nashaa – the Bollywood-fusion dance team – seemed to be having a dry spell. After winning second place at Bollywood America in 2010, the team hadn’t placed at the national competition for three years. Read more...
Photo: Bollywood-fusion dance team UCLA Naasha and its female and male leads won first place at Bollywood America in Phoenix, Ariz., on April 25. The team performed its routine “Jab We Met,” based on a traditional Bollywood film. (Matt Cummings/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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May 5, 12:05 am
Graduate student’s exhibit creates ‘symphony’ of art, tech
Terms like “right-brained” and “left-brained” fall short when used to define Design | Media Arts graduate student Neil Mendoza. As part of the Design | Media Arts department, Mendoza said he uses his background in technology to create innovative art pieces that seek to give new meaning to notions of form and space. Read more...
Photo: Design | Media Arts graduate student Neil Mendoza combines technology and art in his exhibition “The Electric Knife Orchestra.” (Kelsey Kong/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Video
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May 4, 12:21 am
Hammer Museum hosts People’s United Nations conference
Hammer Museum hosts the pUN conference this Sunday as part of Mexican artist Pedro Reyes’ exhibition. Watch this video for an interview with Betty Briceno, Reyes’ studio manager. Read more...
Photo: (Melody Ho/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Music
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May 4, 12:17 am
Album Review: ‘Wilder Mind’
Mumford and Sons have ditched the banjos. It’s a bold move and a drastic departure from its former sound, a transition that may be polarizing to the band’s devoted fans. Read more...
Photo: Island Records
Arts, Film & TV
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May 4, 12:16 am
Film and Television Archive project to restore Latin American movies
Alejandra Espasande was shown the Cuban film “Casta de Roble” after her grandfather died. Though her grandfather had worked on the drama, Espasande said she had never seen it before because many of these pre-revolutionary Cuban films were inaccessible to the public. Read more...
Photo: (Jesse Wang/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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May 4, 12:14 am
Alumna’s Spilt Arts offers creative outlet for underserved youth
A 16-year-old juvenile hall inmate wrote her first poem, “My Lifestyle,” in a creative writing class taught by UCLA alumna Christina Han. “My lifestyle is a living hell. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Christina Han teaches creative writing, art and photography at the Central Juvenile Hall in Boyle Heights. Han also founded the nonprofit company and online art magazine, Spilt Arts, in 2013. Along with organizations, such as Project KnuckleHead, Han and Spilt Arts work to showcase the artistic talents of youth from underserved locations. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)