Wednesday, April 29

Esteemed violin professor to perform with chamber orchestra at Royce Hall

Violin professor Movses Pogossian lives for the moments of silence at the end of a concert, the collective hush of thousands of people holding their breaths at the final bow of his string. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music violin professor Movses Pogossian will perform with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra on Sunday at UCLA Royce Hall. He will play Violin Concerto No. 2, “Four Serious Songs,” by Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)


TFT alum creates comedy web series based on time working as telemarketer

The scribbled notes in Adam Carr’s 6-by-4 inch blue moleskin journal read like a string of nonsense ramblings. His entries span from jokes about prank voicemails to memories of making calls while sipping wine from his coffee mug. Read more...

Photo: Alumni Adam Carr and Nathaniel Meek created a comedic web series based on working as telemarketers at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood. One television-worthy moment was when Carr found out his workplace crush was a sex addict and already dating another worker of the call room. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)


Alumnae take the stage in ‘Frozen’ production at California Adventure

Nine UCLA alumni joined the cast of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion,” performing as Elsa, Olaf, Hans, Kristoff or the ensemble. The live adaptation of the 2013 Disney animated film “Frozen” currently plays three times a day at Disney California Adventure after opening in May. Read more...

Photo: Katheryne Penny is one of three UCLA Theater, Film and Television alumni that perform in the ensemble of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion,” a new live entertainment show at Disney California Adventure. (Miriam Bribiesca and Harish Balasubramani/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Movie review: ‘Storks’

For many parents, the standby answers for the awkward question kids invariably ask “Where do babies come from?” is that storks deliver them. In Warner Bros.’ newest animated movie “Storks,” the birds are no longer able to deliver babies because profits have dwindled in the baby industry and running an online package delivery service is a much more lucrative business model. Read more...

Photo: Warner Bros. latest animated film “Storks” brings a modern animated update to the classic folklore of birds as baby deliverers. The family-friendly feature depicts the storks as comedic couriers for a new package delivery service. (Warner Bros.)




Q&A: Artist Aaron Koblin discusses technology, meaning of time in art

Aaron Koblin boarded a train so he could shine a laser onto the landscape, creating a work of art of colorful moving images as he traveled through the country. Read more...

Photo: Design | Media Arts alumnus Aaron Koblin first developed his art piece “Flight Patterns” while he was a graduate student at UCLA. Both “Flight Patterns” and his 2013 project “Light Echoes” use technology to create art. (Courtesy of Aaron Koblin)