Westwood’s bars, or lack thereof, can easily grow old for thirsty college students in search of a taproom suited to their tastes. Daily Bruin senior staffers Erin Nyren and William Thorne embark on a bar-sampling journey to uncover the best watering holes in Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Columnist Erin Nyren enjoyed a cold beer called a Xocoveza at The Daily Pint. The drink features a winter-spiced flavor with hints of toasted coconut and oak. (Erin Nyren/Daily Bruin senior staff)
“Too short,” “too skinny” and “too Latina” were words Viviana Lira heard from photographers that sought the stock characteristics of beautiful women for their shoots. Lira, a second-year art history student, found that few photographers wanted a look that wasn’t mainstream when she began her modeling career in high school. Read more...
Photo: Viviana Lira breaks from traditional model behavior by adopting stoic, unsmiling poses. When photographing models, Lira also strays from typical photoshoots by collaborating with models on the outfits that they wear and the shoot location. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A man wearing a tight corset, thigh-high fish nets and bold, red lipstick descends in a castle elevator. He exits the elevator and in a deep voice he sings, “I’m just a sweet transvestite from Transexual, Transylvania!” Dr. Read more...
Photo: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s do the Time Warp Again,” reimagines the first “Rocky Horror Picture Show” film with some novel casting choices, including actors of different races, gender identities and sexualities. Steve Wilkie/FOX
This post was updated Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. T.K. Lê lay sprawled out on her Koreatown apartment floor, drawing arrows and connecting blocks of text on a huge piece of parchment paper. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduate T.K. Lê explores her journey with identification and heritage with her newest science fiction performance piece about a grandmother, which she will perform in downtown Los Angeles. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)
The flight of stairs leading to Parking Structure 4 houses the faint echoes of several voices in harmony. A closer listen to the lyrics reveals both familiar songs from American Top 40 radio as well as music entirely in Tagalog. Read more...
Photo: Tinig Choral celebrates Filipino culture Filipino culture by performing Filipino music at events of Filipino organizations on campus and in Los Angeles. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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: On Friday, rapper The Game released his eighth studio album “1992” (left) while hip-hop artist Gucci Mane released his tenth studio album “Woptober” (right). (Entertainment One Music/Atlantic Records)
The popular vote totals for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary came within 1 percent of each other. And some scholars suggest one person may have helped push the nomination Obama’s way: Oprah Winfrey. Read more...
Photo: (Harish Balasubramani/Illustrations director)
