Tuesday, April 28

Multisensory piano concert makes West Coast premiere on UCLA grounds

Jocelyn Ho’s latest piano performance is as much about the visuals as it is about the sound. Ho takes center stage as she caresses the piano keys in a fluid motion, her dress illuminating the dim auditorium with a spectrum of colors. Read more...

Photo: UCLA assistant professor Joceyln Ho’s spacer mesh dress is infused with fiber-optic strands, which emit hues of gold, white, blue, purple and red in response to Ho’s breathing and movements. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)


Dorm Dining: Rice cooker frittata not a yolk, get egg-cited for omelet alternative

Life on the Hill doesn’t exactly allow ample opportunity for experimentation with cooking, leading to a routine diet at the dining halls. Over the course of the quarter, columnist Andrew Warner sets out to break the culinary monotony of dorm life, armed with a rice cooker and a few pantry staples. Read more...

Photo: Frittatas generally take slightly longer to cook than an omelette because they are thicker and are cooked at a lower temperature. (Rachel Lee/Daily Bruin)


Boulevard Bites: Three ramen shops battle to be the best bowl on Sawtelle Boulevard

Finding a delicious restaurant in Los Angeles can be difficult among the city’s thousands of dining options. To help readers narrow down their search, the Daily Bruin will review restaurants located along main streets near UCLA each week. Read more...

Photo: Despite offering fewer ramen options than Tsujita and Tatsu, Daikokuya’s Tsukemen dish comes with more toppings, thinner noodles and a saltier broth. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)


Q&A: Alum, creator of series ‘When We Rise’ talks importance of LGBTQ history

The “we” in “When We Rise” is the most crucial part of the TV show’s title. It speaks to the idea that historically underrepresented groups are strongest when they join together and fight as a united coalition, said Dustin Lance Black, the show’s writer and creator. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus and Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black wrote and directed “When We Rise,” an ABC docu-drama miniseries that follows a group of real-life members of the LGBTQ community from the 1970s onwards. (Eike Schroter/ABC)


Student drag show at Hedrick Hall seeks to question gender binary

Cooper Reynolds will emcee Hedrick Hall’s first drag show as Lorelei, his blonde drag queen persona. Reynolds, the show’s host and executive producer, and other members of UCLA’s Hedrick Hall resident government council have been planning the Hedrick Hall Drag Show since the beginning of the quarter. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Hedrick Hall resident government council is hosting the Hedrick Hall Drag Show on Wednesday in the Fireside Lounge. The event will feature six two-minute performances by five UCLA students and one Los Angeles drag performer. The six drag performers will demonstrate their talents before a panel of judges including the Hedrick Hall resident directors and the faculty-in-residence. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)



Lecturer’s classes, presentation explore limits of virtual reality

A Nikon 360-degree camera stood on a tripod, unattended, in the middle of Bruin Plaza. Anisa Bashiri and three of her classmates observed students passing the camera without a second glance. Read more...

Photo: Visiting Israeli artist Daniel Landau (left) will use props, such as a rubber hand, as part of his upcoming virtual reality study called “Time-Body Study.” Landau teaches the class “Topics in Video and Animation: Art and Science of Virtual Reality” in the Design | Media Arts department this quarter. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)