Thursday, July 2

Q&A: Alum, screenwriting professor talks U.S. debut of ‘100 Days’

Splitting his time between teaching in Boston and Los Angeles throughout the year, UCLA alumnus and screenwriting professor Weiko Lin still finds the time to serve a plethora of filmmaking aspirations. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus and screenwriting professor Weiko Lin will screen his feature film, “100 Days,” at the Laemmle Playhouse 7 in Pasadena for its American debut. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Across the Pond: Rustie’s ‘Green Language’ speaks to trap fans

There’s something about the British Isles that consistently produces musical greatness; it is inherent to the country, its people and its culture. Popular culture has been defined by bands and artists from the UK; they have consistently created new genres and musical subcultures – from the Beatles’ psychedelic rock in the ’60s all the way through to the explosion of dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Read more...

Photo: Scottish DJ Rustie has taken the American-born genre of trap music and made it his own through forceful drops and subtle, layered instrumentation. (Warp)


TFT undergrad students to present ‘The Laramie Project’

Standing on the wooden platforms in The Little Theater, Brette O’Brien, a third-year theater student, runs through the library of characters she has accumulated. She mentally flips between Catherine Connelly, Zackie Salmon, Alison Mears, Juror No. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s undergraduate department will present its latest production, “The Laramie Project,” from Tuesday through Saturday at The Little Theater. The play, written by Moisés Kaufman, examines the reactions of residents in Laramie, Wyo., to the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard. (Kelsey Kong/Daily Bruin)


Sights and Sounds: United Korean Voice

The Arirang Concert Project is organized by UCLA student group United Korean Voice. Its goal is to raise international awareness about Korea. The project was represented through a rendition of instrumental performances on Bruin Plaza on Thursday. Read more...

Photo: (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)



Act III Theatre Ensemble to open first sketch comedy

Just a few days before opening night, the Act III Theatre Ensemble rehearses in a Humanities building classroom. The actors’ voices and laughter echo off the blank walls that will soon become the walls of an auditorium, when they move from the classroom to the stage in Schoenberg Hall. Read more...

Photo: Members of Act III, second-year world arts and cultures student Danielle Kay (left), third-year theater student Jeff Pielago (center) and first-year theater student Justin O’Brien (right), rehearse in the Humanities building for “The Complete History of America (Abridged)” – the company’s first straight comedy play. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)