The fashion industry is one that constantly evolves and pushes different boundaries every day. On the personal level, the world of fashion is also open to interpretation, giving individuals a chance to reflect their personal style. Read more...
Photo: To complement her heart-shaped face, third-year anthropology student Rio James prefers to wear wide-framed sunglasses like her heart-shaped aviator sunglasses.(Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It’s 1944 in Los Angeles. A couple dressed in glittery evening wear strolls into the glamorous Carnesale Club, where they are greeted by four detectives in the midst of an investigation: catching the killer of a Hollywood legend. Read more...
Photo: Written and produced by third-year theater student Leland Frankel and fourth-year theater student Sarit Rathbone, “Murder in the Key of G” is the first completely student-run murder mystery program put on by the On-Campus Housing Council. The production will take place Friday in Carnesale Commons. (Courtesy of M.J. Watz)
Taped above Nick Johnson’s desk is the Kurt Vonnegut quote: “When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.” Johnson said this quote embodies what it feels like to face writer’s block, a situation he tries to teach his playwriting students to overcome. Read more...
Photo: Playwriting graduate student Nick Johnson has written more than 10 full-length plays and 20 short plays outside of his studies. Before becoming a teaching assistant, Johnson worked at an environmental organization in New Zealand.(Courtesy of Nick Johnson)
A year and a half ago, alumna Chelsea Moore's sorority sister caught a cold. All Moore wanted to do was send her a personalized gift, but she couldn't because she was too busy at work. Read more...
Photo: Hoping to provide a convenient way to send people personalized gifts, UCLA alumni Chelsea Moore and Jennifer Olivero and Moore’s former co-worker Sabena Suri founded their gift-giving company called BOXFOX, which launched in November. BOXFOX is currently selling special boxes for Valentine’s Day. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin)
More than 150 years ago, “I Due Figaro” by Saverio Mercadante vanished from the opera scene. On Friday, Opera UCLA will perform the West Coast premiere of the Italian opera in collaboration with the School of Theater, Film and Television’s theater department and the Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...
Aside from his 42-year-long teaching career at UCLA, Sheridon Stokes published two books on flute technique and has recorded studio music for “Mission Impossible,” “Star Trek” and “Family Guy.” Before he performs in the orchestra for the Academy Awards on Feb. Read more...
Photo: UCLA senior lecturer and author Sheridon Stokes, who helped record music for “Mission Impossible” and “Family Guy,” will perform alongside students and professors at the UCLA Woodwind Faculty in “It’s a Woodwind World IX” Thursday in the Jan Popper Theater. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
NoViolet Bulawayo describes Zimbabwe through the lucid eyes of 10-year-old Darling, who hungrily scours wealthy streets looking for guavas in the novel “We Need New Names.” Unapologetic and direct, Darling eventually leaves her conflict-torn home for Detroit, where she faces wintry suburbia and the disorienting immigrant experience. Read more...
Photo: Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo will give a lecture on Thursday as part of the Fowler Museum’s Outspoken series, reading excerpts from her novel “We Need New Names.” (Courtesy of Greg Sandoval)
