A young girl strives for a better life outside her small town and it will take giving her all.
Premiering in select theaters Friday, alumna Nicole Riegel’s new film “Holler” revolves around graduating senior Ruth (Jessica Barden) who longs to escape her troublesome small-town life in Ohio and pursue higher education.

Gabriela Freid intends to prove home can be anything imaginable.
The fifth-year art student is currently developing a reimagining of Lucy R. Lippard’s exhibition “Curating by Numbers” to be showcased in September.

This post was updated May 23 at 7:03 p.m.
Olivia Rodrigo is sour with a sweet aftertaste.
After her record-breaking hit “drivers license” blasted through car radios around the nation, Rodrigo has officially released her debut album “SOUR” on Friday.

Devin Mallory will be showcasing his definition of love on stage.
The fourth-year dance student will be performing a dance solo to Ilene Woods’ “So This Is Love (Cinderella’s Song).” Mallory said his performance stems from a traumatic childhood experience with his father, leading him to incorporate clips from the finale of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” that depict the unstable relationship Will Smith has with his father.

The San Diego Opera is reviving the drive-in experience, bringing its arias and overtures to an outdoor stage.
The company’s latest comic opera, “The Barber of Seville,” is running from Apr.

Loneliness is a daunting feeling, and “The Mole Agent” perfectly depicts the emotions it comes with all inside a gloomy nursing home.
The latest documentary produced by UCLA alumna Marcela Santibañez features an elder private investigator, Sergio Chamy, exploring the living conditions of a nursing home resident – but it soon reconfigures into a film that gives heartfelt insight into life at a small yet tightly knit home in Chile.

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 5:12 p.m.
Valeria Garcia overcame the barriers of stepping into the professional world as a first-generation student, and now she is paving the way for others from her phone.