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Arts

Arts, Film & TV

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November 8, 4:48 pm

Second Take: ‘SNL’ portrayal of Hillary Clinton opens candidate up to millennials

The events of the 2016 election were so outlandish that they hardly needed satire. However, “Saturday Night Live” still delivered some incisively hilarious election coverage. Larry David frequently appeared on “SNL” as Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. Read more...

Photo: Kate McKinnon performed as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on “SNL” during the 2016 election cycle, including the “Hillary Clinton/Donald Trump Cold Open” sketch. (Courtesy of Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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November 7, 9:43 pm

Art exhibit celebrates history of Boyle Heights neighborhood

Alan Leve counted the bumper stickers for presidential candidates Franklin Roosevelt and Alfred Landon while he was a child growing up in Boyle Heights in the 1930s. Read more...

Photo: Donor Alan D. Leve described his childhood in Boyle Heights prior to the opening of the exhibition “From Brooklyn Avenue to Cesar Chavez: Jewish Histories in Multiethnic Boyle Heights,” which is open through Wednesday in Royce Hall 306. (Esmeralda Lopez/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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November 7, 9:37 pm

Art exhibit aims to showcase Falun Dafa in positive light

Taiwanese television stations in the 1990s broadcasted Falun Dafa persecutions in Tiananmen Square in China, where the meditation practice is shunned. First-grader Joyce Kuo, a practitioner of the meditation, was worried while watching the images on television in her home in Taiwan because she knew her family could receive negative attention. Read more...

Photo: Students in UCLA’s Falun Dafa club practice qigong meditation, which is banned in China. The club’s new exhibit, “The Art of Truthfulness,” plans to challenge negative stigmas surrounding the practice. (Burcu Turkay/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Lifestyle

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November 7, 9:34 pm

Alum transforms Top Leaf into L Kitchen with artistic, flavorful food

Mia Lin Pan didn’t know how to cook before she came to America. About four years after leaving China to attend UCLA, she opened her first restaurant, L Kitchen, which will have its grand opening in Westwood on Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Mia Lin Pan will open her own restaurant, L Kitchen, in Westwood on Wednesday after cooking for friends’ events and helping another restaurant develop its taste. (Erin Gong/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music

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November 6, 8:19 pm

Saxophonist Kamasi Washington credits musical success to UCLA roots

Saxophonist Kamasi Washington has played alongside rappers like Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar, but his early education lies in jazz. As a second-year student at UCLA, Washington played saxophone on Snoop Dogg’s tour. Read more...

Photo: 2004 ethnomusicology alumnus and jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington released his three-volume album “The Epic” in May. He has performed alongside Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar, and he most recently took the stage of the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday night. (Courtesy of Jason Sneed)

Arts, Arts Columns, Music

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November 6, 6:32 pm

Hear This Not That: Honeyblood’s album screams female energy, Slow Hollows’ bemoans lethargy

Music fans can find it hard to decide which albums to stream and which to skip, considering the surplus of new music released. Each week, A&E columnist Sean Lee will compare two newly released albums and recommend which one students should listen to. Read more...

Photo: Honeyblood’s Oct. 28 album “Babes Never Die” (right) brings female energy and powerful delivery, while Slow Hollows’ Friday release “Romantic” (left) is repetitive and sleep-inducing. (Danger Collective Records/FatCat Records)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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November 6, 5:48 pm

MFA students use sibling experiences to shape characters in ‘Three Sisters’

Acting students Lea Madda, Tara Turnbull and Maia Rychlik are used to taking on different identities. But for their latest acting roles, their own identities are key. Read more...

Photo: MFA students Maia Rychlik, Tara Turnbull and Lea Madda portray sisters Masha, Irina and Olga respectively in the UCLA Department of Theater’s production of “Three Sisters” by Anton Chekhov. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


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