Saturday, May 2

Sounds of LA: Monogem

Every year, new artists emerge, ready to be Los Angeles’ next great musical discovery, making their rounds through small club tours across the city. Inspired by the hippie enclaves of Topanga, the backyard punk scene of East Los Angeles or the coastal grunge of Venice Beach, each act has its own distinct sound. Read more...

Photo: Jen Hirsch, half of the electro pop duo Monogem, was a contestant on the 11th season of “American Idol,” before forming the group in 2012. Monogem will perform Feb. 17 at the Bardot-Hollywood. (Courtesy of Bazille)



Student artists spotlighted in Hip Hop Appreciation Month events

February marks the start of the Cultural Affairs Commission Hip Hop Congress’ Hip Hop Appreciation Month, themed “Homegrown: Put My City On My Map.” Hip-hop related events span throughout the month, beginning with the Hip Hop Appreciation Kickoff, culminating with a Hip Hop Explosion concert on Feb. Read more...

Photo: Physics graduate student Eliot Bohr (left) and Michael Brown (right), also known as Eli and Mike Kush, will perform as The Bakerboys Monday night at Kerckhoff Coffee House for CAC’s Hip Hop Appreciation Month. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)


Movie Review: ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’

The last time a film as promisingly ludicrous as “Kingsman: The Secret Service” came out, it was also by the hand of director Matthew Vaughn. “Kick-Ass” was a gleefully unprofessional way to handle cinematic adaptations of comic books, and it was all the better for it. Read more...

Photo: (20th Century Fox)


Urban Confections: Vanilla Bake Shop takes the cake for Valentine’s Day

Los Angeles is home to numerous dessert shops that feature a range of treats from cupcakes to doughnuts to shakes. Urban Confections will select dessert restaurants whose only West Coast location is Los Angeles, highlighting students’ opportunities to taste the city’s distinctive flavors. Read more...

Photo: Vanilla Bake Shop features several variations of cake desserts, including blackberry passion fruit cupcakes. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


arTistic Attention: TA Tiffany Naiman supplements class with personal anecdotes

With the new series “arTistic Attention,” A&E; will feature the very people whose office hours we really should go to more and explore their arts & entertainment-geared interests to find out what really makes them tick. Read more...

Photo: Musicology graduate student and teaching assistant Tiffany Naiman is working on “Grrrl,” a documentary film that looks into the roles of non-white women in riot grrl, a feminist movement in the 1990s. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


WACSmash’D showcase brings awareness to student art, creativity

One student commemorates a World War II fighter pilot and his plane through a new, choreographed form, and later, another student gives Diwali – the Indian festival of lights – expression through movement. Read more...

Photo: The World Arts and Cultures and Undergraduate Society will put on the 15th annual “WACSmash’D” showcase in the Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater starting Friday. With the theme “in dedication to…,” students will personally dedicate their performances to something or someone in their lives. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)