At 4 years old, most kids are learning to tie their shoes. Gaayatri Kaundinya, on the other hand, was beginning her training as a vocalist for Indian classical music. Ever since then, Kaundinya, a second-year ethnomusicology student, has dedicated hours daily to her training. Read more...
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Second-year business economics student Shiva Ramamurthi will be playing the violin Saturday at UCLA’s Avartan Music Festival, a two-part festival featuring Indian classical music.
The Grammy Awards ceremony is special because its goal is so ambitious: In one night, the single event recognizes the best in every type of genre in music. In addition, the performances reflect how the show attempts to blend different styles and artists, sometimes successfully, other times not so much. Read more...
Petey, the scrawny gray dog in "Thin Ice," appears meek and harmless, yet when protagonist Mickey holds out his hand, Petey suddenly bursts into vicious barking. Deceptive Petey serves as an allegory for the whole film: It is misleadingly calm at first, only to bare its claws without warning. Read more...
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Being a few inches tall has never before been such a tall order. In the Japanese animated film "The Secret World of Arrietty," Arrietty and her family have to find a way to surmount the problems associated with their size, while still remaining hidden from the humans living above them. Read more...
Rape, incest and the phallus of Sir Winston Churchill "“ three things which, combined, will take up about three minutes of stage time. Read more...
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Jerry Della Salla, John Walcutt and Ciaran Joyce star in Joe Orton’s unfinished first draft of the play “What the Butler Saw” at the Odyssey Theatre. The play is directed by UCLA graduate student in theater, Alan Patrick Kenny.
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Although it was before my time, I've heard of the phrase "around the watercooler" before. I thought the idea that people would all watch the same television show and then gather around at work the next morning to discuss it to be a fascinating quirk of society. Read more...
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Flash back to the '80s, when hip-hop artists were producing music from equipment in their garages and selling mixtapes from the backs of their trunks to close friends, acquaintances and anyone who passed by. Read more...
