Vietnamese Culture Night is exploring love languages. Orchestrated by the Vietnamese Student Union, the event adheres to February’s theme of love and will take the stage at Royce Hall on Monday night. Read more...
Photo: The Vietnamese Student Union is hosting its annual Vietnamese Culture Night tonight at Royce Hall. (Megan Cai/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 23 at 10:42 p.m. Nehemiah Cisneros’ art is popping with engaging aesthetics. As a graduate student in fine arts, he said he is influenced by undervalued art forms such as tattoo art, graffiti and pop surrealism. Read more...
Photo: Graduate fine arts student Nehemiah Cisneros creates pieces of art influenced by his Los Angeles childhood and exposure to the Lowbrow Art movement. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 21 at 9:52 p.m. The Hammer Museum’s new exhibitions reach into the future and trace the past. Two new shows, “Lifes” and “Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation,” debuted this month at the Hammer. Read more...
Photo: “Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation” opened Wednesday and will run until May 15. (Kyle Kotanchek/Daily Bruin)
Through drama, dance and drums, The Nikkei Student Union is celebrating the spirit of Japanese American identity. For its 36th annual Cultural Night, NSU is hosting an in-person production Saturday, featuring various performance styles. Read more...
Photo: Students in the Nikkei Student Union will host their 36th annual Cultural Night on Saturday at Royce Hall. One of the several performances will include dancers from Odori, NSU’s traditional Japanese dance group. (Sarah Teng/Daily Bruin)
Brianna Barrett is swapping bodies and shaking up expectations in “Still Harvey Still.” Opening Thursday, the theater graduate student’s full-length play focuses on two former childhood best friends, Harvey Still (Luca Filiz), a musician dealing with addiction, and cancer patient Evan (Ian Cardamone). Read more...
Photo: Focusing on themes of grief and loss through comedy, the play “Still Harvey Still” will open on Feb. 17. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 16 at 9:51 p.m. Project: S.H.A.W. is dancing its way into viewers’ hearts this month. Throughout February, the dance group founded by alumnus Jerric Shaw will be releasing new episodes of its Love Letter Series on its Instagram and YouTube pages in honor of Valentine’s Day, showcasing dancers from the project. Read more...
Photo: Founded by alumnus Jerric Shaw (center), dance group Project: S.H.A.W. is currently working on its February Love Letter Series, which features fourth-year dance and psychology student Bernice Wang (left) and alumnus Jade Chen (right). (Kyle Kotanchek/Daily Bruin)
A white nationalist, protests and a professor caught in the middle of it all – “Power of Sail” explores chaos in the world of academia. After opening Tuesday at the Geffen Playhouse, the play stars Bryan Cranston as Harvard professor Charles Nichols, who receives backlash after inviting a white nationalist to campus to speak at his annual symposium. Read more...
Photo: Brandon Scott (left) and Bryan Cranston (right) play Baxter Forrest and Charles Nichols in “Power of Sail” at Geffen Playhouse. The play tackles issues with free speech in an academia setting. (Courtesy of Jeff Lorch)
