Tonight, the UCLA Hip-Hop Congress will be presenting a free movie screening of "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest." Read more...
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Director Michael Rapaport and A Tribe Called Quest member Jarobi White filming on set.
Credit: Sony Picture Classics
They begin preparing for their season in the summer. In the weeks before a major competition, they might practice up to seven hours in a day. Read more...
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Members of UCLA Nashaa, the university’s official Hindi Film Dance team, specialize in dance moves similiar to those seen in Bollywood movies.
Credit: UCLA Nashaa
The black walls of the tiny antechamber fold neatly around the spectator. The desolate notes of an invisible cello "“ the slashing of bow against strings "“ echo the whimsical words dancing in a sinister cursive up the right wall: "In Wonderland." Read more...
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“In Wonderland,” an exhibition currently shown at the LACMA features many female surrealist artists working in Mexico and the United States, such as Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, Louise Bourgeois and Remedios Varo, among others. The above painting titled “The Chess Queens” is by Muriel Streeter.
Humans aren't equipped with many natural defenses. They don't blend into a wall or emit a cloud of smoke. They don't grow in size or produce spikes when frightened. Humans are incapable of these feats; that is, when they aren't wearing one of Amisha Gadani's many defensive dresses. Read more...
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Amisha Gadani shows off a porcupine dress, one of her designs. Gadani gets inspiration for dresses as she studies animals and their physiology in UCLA’s Alfaro Lab.
At first glance, Angels Flight has the look of a fanciful theme park trolley. Read more...
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Angels Flight was designed in 1901 by Colonel J.W. Eddy. The turn-of-the century funicular railway was among the first cultural landmarks dedicated in Los Angeles.
UCLA's Colleges Against Cancer club hopes to strike chords among Bruins through a night of emotive music and speakers with UCLA's first ever "Rock Out for a Cure." Read more...
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Colleges Against Cancer will host UCLA’s first ever “Rock Out for a Cure” as a preview of the campus’ annual Relay for Life.
A nameless generation stands alienated from society, searching for its own identity while fighting through the shadow cast by its preceding generation. Read more...
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Courtesy of Martin Schaeffer
Nicholas Ray (left), who directed films such as “Rebel Without A Cause” and “Johnny Guitar,” with friend Samuel Fuller (right). Ray’s film titled “We Can’t Go Home Again” will be playing tonight at the James Bridges Theater. The film takes a look at the generation of the post-1960s social revolution struggling to make an impact on American history. The film also uses techniques such as splitting the screen into four simultaneously playing scenes.
