This post was updated March 2 at 1:23 p.m. Hip-hop never needed the runway. The runway needed hip-hop. Hip Hop Congress at UCLA transformed the Ackerman Grand Ballroom into a catwalk Feb. Read more...
Photo: From left to right, Audrey Ohwobete, Divine Ford and Mehetabel Frimpong pose on stage at Hip Hop Congress’s fashion show Feb. 19. The show was one way the club aimed to promote inclusion and diversity, said event coordinator Daniel Ikhimiukor. (Courtesy of Diego Lecomte)
This post was updated Feb. 24 at 9:09 p.m. From the studio to the stage, Lily Sturges is on a mission to prove women are the future of music. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is first-year music industry student Lily Sturges posing in front of a tree. Sturges released her first single since starting at UCLA, “Want You Back,” with the student-led record label Cherry Pop Records. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 24 at 9:20 p.m. UCLA’s pioneer Line Dancing club builds community to the beat of its own drum. Offering bimonthly meetings that are drop-in, the Line Dancing club draws a diversity of experience levels, said Ava Raymer, club co-founder and fourth-year chemical engineering student. Read more...
Photo: Attendees dance in UCLA Parking Structure 7 at a Line Dancing club meeting. Fio Fabiano said the club encourages members to find themselves through a noncompetitive form of dance. (Pranav Akella/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 22 at 7:34 p.m. Fans will be “Chasing The Chimera” of a concert that could top Del Water Gap’s charming performance. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the album cover for Del Water Gap’s “Chasing The Chimera.” The solo music project performed in Los Angeles on Feb. 17 at The Wiltern as part of his world tour, named after his latest album release. (Courtesy of Del Water Gap under exclusive license to Mom+Pop)
This post was updated Feb. 22 at 7:22 p.m. Katie Kitamura explored the tension between authorial intent and interpretation in her book talk Thursday. Kitamura – the award-winning author of “Intimacies” and “A Separation” – read an excerpt from her newest novel “Audition” at the Hammer Museum as a part of UCLA professor Mona Simpson’s “Some Favorite Writers” series. Read more...
Photo: Katie Kitamura speaks on stage at the Hammer Museum. Kitamura d an excerpt from her newest novel, “Audition,” as a part of UCLA professor Mona Simpson’s “Some Favorite Writers” series. (Elle Smith/Daily Bruin)
Warning: Spoilers ahead. With “Richard III,” a villainous rise to power feels prescient and profoundly entertaining. A Noise Within in Pasadena is presenting an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III” through March 8. Read more...
Photo: The ensemble of “Richard III” gathers in a circle and gazes up at an individual in a crown standing on a ladder. A Noise Within in Pasadena is presenting an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play through March 8. (Courtesy of Craig Schwartz)
Gamers have the perfect escape for the cold this winter. As the air continues to stay chilly, it only becomes more enticing to curl up at home on the couch playing an exciting video game. Read more...
Photo: (Ingrid Leng/Daily Bruin staff)
