The plot of “Pet Sematary” is almost as nonsensical as its spelling. An unclear timeline and inconsistent performances do not exactly help, either. Following the 1989 film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1983 novel, “Pet Sematary” takes yet another visual incarnation. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Kerry Hayes/Paramount Pictures)
Going as far back as the precolonial era, Guatemalan communities performed masked dances on important religious holidays. This tradition exists even today after the Spanish colonization of the Mayan people. Read more...
Photo: Jim and Jeanne Pieper’s collection of Guatemalan masks from the late 18th to the mid-20th century will be at the Fowler Museum from Sunday to October. The opening event Saturday will celebrate Guatemalan culture through performances and a preview of the collection. (Courtesy of Jim Pieper)
Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek are best known as the founding band members of The Doors. But many do not know that their friendship dates back to their time as UCLA film students. Read more...
Photo: Jim Morrison, one of the founding members of The Doors, met his bandmate Ray Manzarek while the two were UCLA film students. The UCLA Film & Television Archive is working to preserve their student films with The Jim Morrison & Ray Manzarek Preservation Project. (Courtesy of Frank Lisciandro)
In 2017, tens of thousands of people in the queer community were affected by HIV in the United States. This weekend, Taste The Rainbow, an LGBTQ dance group, will take the stage to dance for a cause that has troubled their community. Read more...
Photo: LGBTQ dance group Taste The Rainbow will perform Saturday at the 26-hour Dance Marathon to raise funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS. Members of the group hope to stand in solidarity with patients of the virus and express their sexualities freely without adhering to heteronormative standards within the sphere of dance. (Courtesy of Rico Davis)
Art, the universal language, can transcend space and time to reach a diverse audience. We hear this all the time, but do we truly feel the weight of these words? Read more...
Photo: Standing Woman (Heroic Woman) – a 1932 sculpture by Gaston Lachaise – stands in the walkway between Bunche Hall and the Broad Art Center. Columnist Lisa Aubry uses the sculpture to analyze the phenomenon of polarized attitudes toward art, and assert that all interpretations are valid. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
A portion of the audience will take the stage at the Freud Playhouse this weekend, partying behind glass panels. The panels are part of a structure meant to resemble journalist and novelist Joan Didion’s 1960s home. Read more...
Photo: “The White Album,” a multimedia performance of Joan Didion’s essay of the same title, will take place at the Freud Playhouse. It includes a regularly seated outer audience as well as an inner audience that will participate in the performance. (Courtesy of Lars Jan)
The upcoming Designathon will help students devise creative and applicable solutions to everyday problems. The second annual Designathon, hosted by Bruin Entrepreneurs, will be held Saturday in Carnesale Commons. Read more...
Photo: Lynn Tieu, a second-year business economics student, and Natasha Puthukudy, a second-year design media arts student, are helping plan Bruin Entrepreneurs’ second annual Designathon, which is taking place Saturday in Carnesale Commons. (Esther Li/Daily Bruin)
