Saturday, March 7

Bruin Food Truck Night welcomes students with a taste of LA

On the first day of class this quarter, many students chose to spend the day’s twilight hours socializing and snacking on munchies from some of Los Angeles’ most popular food trucks, all within a short walk from campus. Read more...

Photo: Third-year economics and political science student Eric Lim (left) and fourth-year business economics student David Kang (right), the external finance advisor and executive producer of the Korean Culture Night production team, respectively, organized Bruin Food Truck Night Thursday at the food truck lot on Gayley and Le Conte Avenues. (Eileen Li/Daily Bruin)


Fall Movie Preview

David Fincher’s “Gone Girl,” which opens in theaters Friday, including Westwood’s Regency Village Theatre, is the first major award contender of the fall season. Fincher’s dramatic retelling of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel ushers in a time of cinematic prosperity and pop culture bliss – at least, for the next three months or so. Read more...


Album Review: ‘Hesitant Alien’

Over its nine-year career, My Chemical Romance cemented itself as the pied piper of sorts for the more angst-driven members of Generation Y. It’s no surprise then that when news of singer Gerard Way’s intentions to record a solo album hit the Twittersphere, his former militant-like fan base, the MCRmy, began rallying behind him like a scene out of “Gladiator.“ Now, take every expectation that you might have of Way, put them in a little box and bury it in the backyard. Read more...

Photo: (Warner Bros. Records)


Concert Review: The Felice Brothers

Judging a band such as the Felice Brothers off the group’s appearance can be misleading. Lead singer and guitarist Ian Felice, dressed in an oversized T-shirt with long hair dripping over his face, and bassist Josh “Christmas Clapton” Rawson, with eye glasses and a slim build, look like they belong in a ’90s grunge band. Read more...

Photo: New York-based group the Felice Brothers performed its brand of folksy rock ‘n’ roll at the Roxy Theatre Wednesday night. (Courtesy of Butch Hogan)



Exhibition weaves art, science together with silk

Points of fluorescent light peek out from a mass of tiny cocoons, the result of many cycles of ravenous feeding and part of an exhibit dedicated to a seemingly benign substance – silk. Read more...

Photo: “Series: Inhabitants of the Land of Silk” is an exhibit presented by the UCLA Art|Sci Center and the UCLA International Genetically Engineered Machine. The collaborative exhibit aims to tell the threaded stories of silk both within the art studio as well as in the lab. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Arts in the Union festival offers Bruins taste of local talent

Students flocked Tuesday to Ackerman Grand Ballroom, Kerckhoff Coffee House and Kerckhoff Grand Salon for the fourth annual Arts in the Union festival, presented by the Student Committee for the Arts at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: The annual Arts in the Union concert was held Tuesday night at Ackerman Grand Ballroom, Kerckhoff Grand Salon and Kerckhoff Coffee House. Presented by Student Committee for the Arts at UCLA, the festival was headlined by student band The Wes Coast (pictured). (Courtesy of D.J. Gallegos)