“In the Heights” soars out of the screen to make real-life dreams come true. The film adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical premieres Thursday in theaters and on HBO Max, reviving both popular characters and storylines as well as introducing modern social commentary. Read more...
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Sophia Cobarrubia is denouncing the romanticization of suicide through short film. The fourth-year film and television student began crafting a narrative for her senior thesis project after noting the relationship between lovers and suicide in classical literature. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year film and television student Sophia Cobarrubia challenges the romanticization of suicide in her senior thesis project. Though the project faced setbacks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Cobarrubia said she was willing to delay production in order to do her film justice. (Kristin Jean Pischel/Daily Bruin)
One theater student used his love for storytelling to create live entertainment in a COVID-19-safe setting. Held in one of UCLA’s parking structures on Saturday nights, “Experiments in Drive-in Storytelling” is fourth-year theater student Frank Demma’s senior thesis project. Read more...
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Magie Le is making her way through senior year one stitch at a time. The fourth-year international development studies student said she began a creative side project to prevent herself from stressing too much about life after graduation. Read more...
Photo: With encouragement from the TikTok community, fourth-year international development studies student Magie Le built an embroidery crewneck business that focuses on animated characters, such as Azula from “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” (Esther Ma/Daily Bruin)
With bright colors and repurposed elements, Lauren Cramer is meshing materials to make Bead Salad. Founded at the end of last year, Cramer’s small jewelry business Bead Salad operates through an Instagram shop as well as a self-designed website. Read more...
Photo: Third-year design and media arts student Lauren Leung Cramer creates beaded jewelry from fish lures and found materials, focuses on trinkets that are secondhand. (Courtesy of Lauren Leung Cramer)
Rainbow Fruit is giving old clothes a colorful new life. With a passion for sustainable fashion, third-year communication student Jaime Hattori started her small business Rainbow Fruit in September. Read more...
Callie Nance is making yoga accessible one downward dog at a time. Looking for a way to unwind, the third-year public affairs student first dipped her toes into yoga when she was a high school sophomore. Read more...
Photo: Third-year public affairs student Callie Nance got her yoga license during the pandemic and aims to bring accessible lessons to the UCLA community. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin staff)
