A group of boys wanders into a neon-lit arcade on a warm Friday night. Looking to blow off some steam, they approach a pinball machine. A few coins clink into the slot and the machine twinkles with flashing lights. Read more...
Photo: Actors Nick Lyskin (left), Jake Minton (middle) and Daniel Ross (right) played the group of friends in the arcade for Disco Shine’s debut music video for its track “Shy.” (Courtesy of Dakota Adney)
UCLA assistant professor and Music of India Ensemble co-director Abhiman Kaushal performs the Indian tabla. The rhythmic yet soothing drum tempo is utilized both on the Indian subcontinent and elsewhere. Read more...
Photo: (Mahsa Shekhsoltan and Michael Sherman/Daily Bruin)
Flip on a news channel and you’re likely to see characters with perfectly coiffed hair making fantastical claims directly to camera. But how far does this connection between political figures and entertainment go? Read more...
Photo: The 2002 documentary “Bowling for Columbine” details director Michael Moore’s efforts to investigate the causes of the massacre and the larger issue of gun violence in the U.S. (IFC Films)
A dancer in a black shirt moves slowly, silhouetted against a dim gray background and surrounded by performers in khaki trench coats. In an instant, the dancer is indistinguishable from the other performers – he is now draped in a khaki trench coat, cloaking his identity from the audience. Read more...
Photo: Kuan-Ling Tsai, a professional dancer from Taiwan, illustrates the concept of displacement. The piece was part of the dance showcase “My Dear and Displacement II,” choreographed by world arts and cultures/dance Professor Cheng-Chieh Yu and Taipei National University of the Arts dance Professor Hsiao-Mei Ho. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...
Photo: Abhiman Kaushal learned to love tabla as a 10-year-old boy in India after a tabla master took him on as an apprentice. Now, Kaushal teaches in the enthnomusicology department at UCLA and owns 14 sets of the drums. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Pixar character developer Matt Nolte discovered his future job in third grade. Gifted with a book on animation for Christmas, Nolte recognized the work of Bill Peet, the artist who illustrated the children’s books he checked out at the library. Read more...
Photo: Matt Nolte, a Pixar character developer, spoke at a Campus Events Commission event on campus Thursday about “The Good Dinosaur” and his work. (Disney)
The lights dim as student performers tune and run through scales on their instruments. With a final trill from a woodwind instrument, UCLA Philharmonia prepares to perform on the stage of Schoenberg. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Philharmonia will hold its first concert Thursday in Schoenberg Hall. The orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony and Honegger’s Third Symphony. (Kailey Rishovd/Daily Bruin)
