Bruce Springsteen took a pretty big step this week. He released "Wrecking Ball," a masterpiece of a rock album in which he sings about the troubles of our time more directly than he has before. Oh, and he did something else too. He adopted a generation: ours. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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March 11, 11:32 pm
B-Sides: _Bruce Springsteen’s new album speaks to current generation_
Arts
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March 8, 11:51 pm
Graduate students in the art department to show thesis projects in exhibition series
Sarah Dougherty was inspired by the idea of plants taking over the city of Los Angeles. Read more...
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courtesy of TIMO FAHLER
Graduate students in the department of art will show their thesis projects in the first of a series of four exhibitions. Graduate ceramics student Timo Fahler created the above work, “The precarious notion of one day at a time.”
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March 8, 11:49 pm
Saturday Night Live achieves high ratings but only with low blows to Lindsay Lohan
BY michael palumbo Last week, Lindsay Lohan hosted "Saturday Night Live," and the show received its second-highest ratings this season. Read more...
Arts, Music
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March 8, 7:30 am
Music students to share stage with their professors in 'It's a Woodwind World VI' concert
It isn't often that UCLA students get to share the stage with their professors here at UCLA. But when Alicia Mastromonaco was suddenly asked to step in for her professor, who had to tour with the San Francisco Symphony, she jumped at the opportunity to perform with her mentors. Read more...
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Tonight, UCLA music students will perform alongside their professors during the “It’s a Woodwind World VI” concert featuring chamber music by composers from different eras.
Arts, Arts Columns
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March 8, 1:53 am
Joy Sticks: _On-the-go gaming takes off in popularity as players embrace its low difficulty, accessibility_
Game players come in every shape and size, and in today's world of smartphones and Facebook gaming, it's getting harder to find someone that doesn't play games, even casually. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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March 8, 1:49 am
Sigma Pi Sigma to screen 'The Glass House' to raise funds for group helping disadvantaged Iranian women
The lives of four Iranian young women, who are defined by drug addiction, sexual abuse and neglect, and their paths toward empowerment are highlighted in the documentary "The Glass House." Read more...
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In an effort to raise money for the Omid Foundations, UCLA’s Sigma Pi Sigma sorority will be hosting a screening tonight of the documentary “The Glass House.”
Credit: Fictionville Studio and the Omid Foundations
Arts, Music
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March 8, 1:46 am
Signature A Cappella singers to showcase their harmonies in group's winter concert
When third-year art history student Katie Booth was perusing the activities fair this fall, she was greeted by a student who simply asked her, "Do you like to sing?" and gave her a flier. Her interest in music and desire to meet new people as a transfer student led Booth to audition and become a member of Signature A Cappella. Read more...
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Members of Signature A Cappella, shown here rehearsing in Kerckhoff Hall, will hold the first of its two annual concerts tonight in Ackerman Union.