Monday, May 4


Grad students perform mash of social commentary

Fluid beating drums, a man on stilts, a remote Ghanaian village and a testosterone-induced rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.” With three media, two different dancing styles and a melding of expressions, a night of performance can become a strongly humorous journey of reflection. Read more...


Rewarding work

Frank Gehry, I.M. Pei, Michael Graves, … UCLA? In the past, winning Architecture Magazine’s prestigious Progressive Architecture Award has often been associated with outstanding achievement on an individual artistic level. Read more...


Out with 2004 in with 2005

Last year around this time, dB Magazine published its first-ever year-in-review/guide to the new year. The memorable cover depicted two belly buttons, an innie and an outie, as a metaphor for the two states of being a pop culture icon can occupy as the arbitrary calendar rolls over another arbitrary year. Read more...


Experimental art brings harmony to Hammer

With the dramatic blow of radiating, hypnotic drawings, hungry souls will not go hungry. Vibrant, splintered lollipop shades radiate outward from a central vertical stripe and strike with a meditative power. Read more...


A Fresh Start

Classes in costume design, playwriting and Thai Chi are not a part of the average freshman’s experience. But they are part of the “freshman experience,” a term coined to define the required curriculum for UCLA undergraduate theater students. Read more...


Screen scene

“The Assassination of Richard Nixon” Directed by Niels Mueller ThinkFilm Everyone wants a piece of the American dream. In 1974, perhaps that dream involved a loving family and a Cadillac El Dorado. Read more...