Tuesday, September 8

Laughter is the Cure hosts comedy show to raise funds for UCLA children’s hospital

This post was updated Feb. 26 at 8:13 p.m. Laughter is medicine, and not all doctors wear white coats. Laughter is the Cure, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting hospitalized children through live stand-up comedy, held its latest production Saturday at the Lyric Hyperion, a theater in Silver Lake. Read more...

Photo: Morgan Jay stands on stage playing a guitar. On Saturday, the comedian headlined a Laughter is the Cure comedy show, a production that planned to donate all proceeds to children residing in UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)


‘Hip-hop is everything to fashion:’ Hip Hop Congress hosts fashion show

This post was updated March 2 at 1:23 p.m. Hip-hop never needed the runway. The runway needed hip-hop. Hip Hop Congress at UCLA transformed the Ackerman Grand Ballroom into a catwalk Feb. Read more...

Photo: From left to right, Audrey Ohwobete, Divine Ford and Mehetabel Frimpong pose on stage at Hip Hop Congress’s fashion show Feb. 19. The show was one way the club aimed to promote inclusion and diversity, said event coordinator Daniel Ikhimiukor. (Courtesy of Diego Lecomte)


Katie Kitamura talks new novel at Hammer Museum ‘Some Favorite Writers’ event

This post was updated Feb. 22 at 7:22 p.m. Katie Kitamura explored the tension between authorial intent and interpretation in her book talk Thursday. Kitamura – the award-winning author of “Intimacies” and “A Separation” – read an excerpt from her newest novel “Audition” at the Hammer Museum as a part of UCLA professor Mona Simpson’s “Some Favorite Writers” series. Read more...

Photo: Katie Kitamura speaks on stage at the Hammer Museum. Kitamura d an excerpt from her newest novel, “Audition,” as a part of UCLA professor Mona Simpson’s “Some Favorite Writers” series. (Elle Smith/Daily Bruin)





Flavors of Westwood: ‘Slop bowls’ reflect college students’ desire for customizable, fast-paced food

This post was updated Feb. 6 at 1:26 a.m. Come lunchtime, Westwood’s fast-casual bowl spots buzz with Bruins, reflecting the traction of what have been dubbed “slop bowls.” The phenomenon of “slop bowls” is ubiquitous in the dining atmosphere, with restaurants like Gogobop, Falafel Inc and CAVA all around Westwood. Read more...

Photo: The interior of CAVA in Westwood is pictured. Second-year human biology and society student Alana Roe said the main appeal of slop bowl restaurants like Cava is the ability to customize a bowl to one’s liking. (Courtesy of Cava Grill)



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