Wednesday, July 2

Stagecoach 2022: Festivalgoers embrace the heat with Day 2 performance from Carrie Underwood

This post was updated May 1 at 10:58 p.m. With horse and carriage in tow, Stagecoach has made its return. Hosted each year the weekend after Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival comes to a close, Stagecoach Festival and its two stages are the West Coast’s hub for country music. Read more...

Photo: With arms and drink raised, an audience member sits on another’s shoulders to be above the crowd. Festivalgoers celebrated Stagecoach Festival’s halfway point and its hottest forecasted day with performances from Brothers Osborne and Carrie Underwood. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin)


Stagecoach 2022: Weekend commences with evening performances from Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett

This post was updated May 1 at 10:36 p.m. With horse and carriage in tow, Stagecoach has made its return. Hosted each year the weekend after Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival comes to a close, Stagecoach Festival and its two stages are the West Coast’s hub for country music. Read more...

Photo: Festival attendees crowd around the barricade in front of the stage on the first night of Stagecoach Festival. Held in Indio, California, the country music festival’s first night featured performances from Maren Morris and Thomas Rhett. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin)


LA Literary Lore: YALLWEST festival returns with diverse array of books after 2-year hiatus

From themed bookshops to beloved book festivals, the Los Angeles literary world has something to offer every reader. Storytelling has long served as a tool of community building, and there is a space for all communities within the diverse, evolving LA book scene. Read more...

Photo: Authors speak on stage for a panel at YALLWEST 2019, the festival’s last in-person installment before the COVID-19 pandemic. For the festival’s return this year, organizer Shane Pangburn said they are focusing on providing a place for all readers and stories. (Courtesy of Shane Pangburn)


UCLA Center for Chinese Studies hosts series on Taiwanese film, culture

Countries and artistic mediums are being brought into conversation through “Taiwan in Dialogue.” Hosted by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, the lecture series features dialogues with Taiwanese American directors Arvin Chen and Feng-I Fiona Roan. Read more...

Photo: Jack Yao (left) and Amber Kuo (right) play Kai and Susie in Arvin Chen’s “Au revoir Taipei.” (Courtesy of Beta Cinema)


Q&A: Country singer Ryan Hurd discusses genre, debut album ahead of Stagecoach Festival

This post was updated May 1 at 10:43 p.m. Ryan Hurd isn’t quieting down. Branching out from his work as a staff songwriter, the country music artist cemented his career as a solo musician with his October debut album “Pelago.” Hurd will perform at Stagecoach Festival on Friday and said the event presents a rare opportunity to connect with fans on the West Coast, as many of his concerts are concentrated in the Midwest and on the East Coast. Read more...

Photo: Country music singer and songwriter Ryan Hurd looks off camera while standing at the beach. Hurd will perform Friday on Stagecoach Festival’s Mane Stage. (Courtesy of Nicki Fletcher)


UCLA PEER Lab to host symposium amplifying voices in musicology research

Music isn’t just sound. Striving to create a more inclusive space in the language used to describe music, the UCLA Practice-Based Experimental Epistemology Research Lab, musicology professor Nina Eidsheim and Durham University music analysis assistant professor Daniel Walden have collaborated to host a virtual symposium occurring Friday and Saturday. Read more...

Photo: Musicology professor and founder of the UCLA Practice-Based Experimental Epistemology Research Lab, Nina Eidsheim, sits at a table with a computer. Eidsheim, the PEER Lab and Durham University music analysis assistant professor Daniel Walden will present free virtual symposium “Naming, Understanding, and Playing with Metaphors in Music” this weekend. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin senior staff)