Graduate students Mitsuko Brooks and Michael Salvatore prepare their art for the biannual Graduate Open Studios event this Saturday. Within studio 19, Brooks displays trash she finds after coating it in resin and placing it on wooden pedestals. Read more...
Photo: (Noor Gill/Daily Bruin)
As three Korean guys drive towards the beach, one leans out of the window with a look of childish excitement across his face. In the short film “Banana Trip,” the trio set out to try and impress some American girls while on holiday in Florida. Read more...
Photo: “Banana Trip,” written and directed by Florida State University student Hyungjik Lee, won best comedy on Thursday at the Campus Events Commission’s Shorttakes Student Film Festival. (Courtesy of Hyungjik Lee)
For Daniela Arguello, inspiration for her short film “Time” came from an unexpected place. “It was just as if a brick fell from the sky and hit me in the head, and I was like ‘Wow, I want to do this,'” said Arguello, a first-year film student. Read more...
Photo: First-year film student Daniela Arguello wrote and directed the eight-minute science fiction film, “Time,” which won Best Drama at the Shorttakes Student Film Festival. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
After I didn’t know what to expect from 2011’s release of The Vaccine’s first studio album, “What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?,” I formed high expectations that were prematurely disappointed by the band’s 2012 sophomore album, “Come Of Age.” With “English Graffiti,” The Vaccines paint a bright future for itself but left me with mixed feelings. Read more...
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Marvel Comics has seen an increase in mainstream popularity with the recent release of several box-office hits such as “The Avengers.” Since its inception in 1939, the comic book company has created thousands of characters. Read more...
Photo: The story of Isaiah Bradley, known as the Black Captain America, depicts the racist climate in the United States during World War II. (MARVEL)
Crossing a brightly decorated bridge from one peninsula to another, enthusiastic music fans were quick to high five each other as they walked in opposite directions to watch their next electronic music performance. Read more...
Photo: This year’s Lightning in a Bottle festival took place over Memorial Day weekend in Bradley. (Max McGee/Daily Bruin)
Snakehips, an electronic music duo from London, will play at UCLA Wednesday as part of the Undergraduate Students Association Council Campus Events Commission’s free concert series. Read more...
Photo: USAC CEC’s concert series will bring the London-based electronic music duo Snakehips to Ackerman Grand Ballroom on Wednesday. (Courtesy of RCA Records)
