Thursday, June 26

A look at the variety of concert venues LA has to offer

The Fonda Theatre: The heavy sound of music bounces off the mural-covered walls of The Fonda Theatre. Walking to the venue, the stars of the Hollywood Walk of Fame cover the ground. Read more...

Photo: With its mural-covered walls and dim chandelier lighting, The Fonda Theatre is the perfect place to watch a show in an intimate setting. The venue is close to campus and offers numerous performances from obscure artists at a price point cheaper than typical arena shows. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Summer class on Cardi B explores re-okurrr-ing issues of respectability politics

Only a student in guest lecturer Christian Green’s class could get away with writing “Okurrr” in one of their papers. Green, an alumnus of the African American Studies department, is using Cardi B as his muse for his course, “Cardi B and Respectability Politics: Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Sexuality.” The class, he said, analyzes U.S. Read more...

Photo: Guest lecturer Christian Green’s summer class “Cardi B and Respectability Politics: Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Sexuality” analyzes U.S. history and the role of black women in American society. (Courtesy of Charles Jones)


Concert review: Fitz and the Tantrums, Young the Giant are complementary in colorful performance

This post was updated August 13 at 12:19 p.m. Young the Giant and Fitz and the Tantrums, both Los Angeles-based bands, brought it home for their show at The Forum. Read more...

Photo: Sameer Gadhia, lead vocalist of Young the Giant, donned a bright yellow overcoat for the band’s Los Angeles performance at The Forum. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)





Student’s sound sculptures explore intersection of technology and art

Dillon Bastan was instructed to draw for an art class – but instead he made his own invention. Such projects are typical for the incoming fourth-year design media arts student, who said he uses his knowledge of programming and circuitry to make art with sound. Read more...

Photo: Incoming fourth-year design media arts student Dillon Bastan creates art that typically incorporates music from synthesizers and sounds from the spaces around him, such as gadgets creating repetitive noises or a metal can being kicked by audience members. He said his work appears simple, as he does not add extra embellishments, instead focusing on the sounds he creates. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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