This post was updated April 13 at 7:38 p.m. From the music studio to the UCLA classroom, Erik Madrid shapes both fresh tracks and young minds. Read more...
Photo: Erik Madrid is pictured front of a monitor and mixing equipment. The UCLA alumnus and lecturer was recently nominated for two Grammys for his work on Ledisi’s 2025 album “The Crown.” (Courtesy of Erik Madrid)
This post was updated March 1 at 8:08 p.m. The lights come up in a Westwood apartment, and 11 Bruins solemnly rise around the cornucopia, but there is no Katniss in sight – and no script. Read more...
Photo: Members of UCLA’s only exclusively long-form improv troupe, Rapid Fire, gather in a circle. The club consists of nearly a dozen improvisers who perform free 45-minute shows in Westwood apartments along with collaborative shows featuring other college comedy groups. (Aiden Martinez/Daily Bruin)
Editor’s note: This review contains descriptions of abuse and a miscarriage that some readers may find disturbing. Warning: Spoilers ahead. Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” does not adapt Emily Brontë’s classic novel, but dissects, discards and ultimately rebuilds it into something deeply human. Read more...
Photo: Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff (left) and Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw (right) stand together in dark outfits with solemn looks on their faces. Director Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” adapts Emily Brontë’s classic novel though ultimately rebuilds it into something distinct. (Courtesy of the New York Times)
This post was updated March 1 at 8:21 p.m. Dancers drifted through the Hammer Museum, carrying cones, canvas and found objects in a choreography of construction. Read more...
Photo: Photo of an “Unmade” performance shows Maya Billig in the background and Gurmukhi Bevli in green, among other performers. UCLA faculty Will Rawls’s performance-based art show is part of the Hammer’s biennial show “Made in L.A.” (Courtesy of Sara Golonka)
This post was updated Feb. 26 at 8:23 p.m. Super Bowl LX? More like Super Bowl AI. Of the 66 commercials that aired during this year’s Super Bowl, 15 of them featured artificial intelligence. Read more...
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This post was updated Feb. 26 at 8:28 p.m. “Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia” is a valentine, a dialectic and a seance, but it is not quite sure which one to believe in. Read more...
Photo: Marianna Gailus as Sylvia Plath (left) and Cillian O’Sullivan as Ted Hughes (right) pose intimately with their foreheads pressed together. Written by Beth Hyland, the award-winning production “Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia” debuted at the Geffen Playhouse Feb. 4. (Courtesy of Jeff Lorch)
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)
