There are more than 500 square miles of city surrounding UCLA’s campus, which takes up a minuscule fraction of that mileage. For such a big place, Los Angeles at times seems impossible to navigate. Read more...
Photo: The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City includes strange scientific discoveries and intricate artwork. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)
Melody Miller wants to teach children about a subject matter that she can’t show them. It’s a subject that Miller said she has to hide behind imagery and vignettes – one that the children she reaches out to don’t often understand exists in their world. Read more...
Photo: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumna Melody Miller is fundraising for her documentary “California’s Forgotten Children” on Kickstarter. In the film, Miller interviews multiple survivors of child sex trafficking, activists and government officials. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
Daily Bruin’s very own Arts & Entertainment podcast, Paws, Play, Rewind! returns for episode 18 with the latest and greatest in pop culture and campus happenings.This week, radio director Stephen Phan is joined by A&E senior staffer Sebastian Torrelio on the big movies of the winter season as well as Oscar predictions.Then, A&E editor Brendan Hornbostel and A&E columnist Ishan Rampuria discuss the rise and influence of British performers on the L.A. Read more...
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Striking red on pale blue, the crying man depicted in graduate painting and drawing student Frank J. Stockton’s “Just Super” is one of the many provocative pieces of artwork produced by graduating MFA students as part of their first exhibit. Read more...
Human ancestors looked to birds in times of migration, followed their calls when hunting and even used them to send messages. Yet, as humans have evolved and modernized, we have become increasingly disconnected from birds and removed them from our urban environments. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Art | Sci Center will open its exhibit, “Secret Life of Birds,” Thursday at the California NanoSystems Institute. The exhibit was organized by Design | Media Arts professor Victoria Vesna (left), physics professor Takashi Ikegami (center) at the University of Tokyo and ecology and evolutionary biology professor Charles Taylor (right). (Courtesy of Blanka Buic)
As the highest-paid DJ of 2013 and 2014 according to Forbes magazine, Calvin Harris is no stranger to concocting catchy dance beats and surefire radio hits, some of which include 2011’s “Feel So Close” and “We Found Love” with Rihanna. Read more...
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UCLA alumna Jesse Draper has played Barbies with Mattel CEO Robert Eckert, high-fived retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and rode Segways with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Read more...
Photo: After graduating from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, alumna Jessie Draper created “The Valley Girl Show,” recently syndicated for a television deal with Fox. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
