Tuesday, June 30

Students share prose, poetry at Writer’s Den Open Mic Night

Students share prose, poetry at Writer’s Den Open Mic Night "Open Mic Night 3". "Students share prose, poetry at Writer’s Den Open Mic Night"

For all those who want to share their poetry or prose, The Writer’s Den Open Mic Night  on April 9th was a great opportunity. Whether or not part of The Writer’s Den, this was a chance for all Bruins to show their talents on the mic. Read more...

Photo: (Jesse Wang/Daily Bruin)


UCLA alumna, filmmaker fuses documentary with narrative in ‘Below Dreams’

On a 37-hour bus ride from New York to New Orleans, Garrett Bradley held interviews with fellow passengers around her age. The conversations she had during that drive eventually culminated in her first feature film, “Below Dreams.” The UCLA alumna said she began these interviews on the Greyhound buses while on a break from school, and that at the time, she didn’t know what she was going to do with the material she acquired or that she would eventually transcribe the recordings and turn them into a film script. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Garrett Bradley used interviews she had with passengers on Greyhound buses as the material for her film “Below Dreams.” The film will be screened in select L.A. theaters from Friday to Wednesday. (Courtesy of Milena Pastreich)


Trucking Around: The Lobsta Truck brings New England favorites, seafood to West Coast

Food trucks are a vital part of the L.A. culinary scene, with many accumulating hordes of followers who aggressively pursue them around the city. The sheer magnitude of trucks can make dining choices difficult, but columnist Alisha Kapur has narrowed down 10 to try and review. Read more...

Photo: The Lobsta Truck offers the New England classic lobster roll for $13 as well as other seafood favorites like crab rolls, clam chowder and lobster bisque. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Mother and daughter sell handmade crochet tops on Free and For Sale page

Last summer, Sophia Hu went to the music festival Made in America and was looking for something to wear. Hu stumbled upon a crochet top online, but she thought that it was a little pricey. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year bioengineering student Sophia Hu started selling handmade crochet tops made by her mother, Ying Liu, this year on the UCLA Facebook group “Free & For Sale.” Each top costs about $20-$25, and she has sold about 10-12 so far. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)


Album Review: ‘What For?’

Chazwick Bundick’s music has never belonged to one genre and has always been difficult to describe. Under his moniker, Toro Y Moi, he is commonly associated with the chillwave movement. Read more...

Photo: (Carpark)


Broad cafe transforms into arcade, features student-made video games

This week, Broad Art Center’s Untitled Café will add joysticks and digital games to its menu to create the Untitled Arcade. With the addition of the arcade machines that UCLA Game Lab has installed, students have the opportunity to play video games that fellow undergraduates and graduates have designed in the past year. Read more...

Photo: Presented for the second year by the UCLA Game Lab, the Untitled Arcade exhibit will showcase a rotating variety of multiplayer and single player digital games in the Untitled Café. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)