In a music world mostly dominated by people, one endangered species is ready to release another full-length album. Read more...
Arts, Music
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April 12, 12:28 am
Student ensembles to perform in Fowler for UCLA Jazz Combo Night
"Rhapsody in Blue" was the last classical song Mike Greenwood ever played. Read more...
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Second-year and fourth-year ethnomusicology students Julian Cubillos (left) and Zach Meyerowitz perform at UCLA Jazz Combo Night at the Fowler earlier this year.
Arts
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April 12, 12:24 am
Author of “˜The Glorious Whore of Milan’ switched from technical writer to novelist after UCLA Writers’ Extension Program
When he showed a co-worker his first attempts at writing a political thriller, Larry Maisner got a piece of advice that's been embedded in his memory ever since. Read more...
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After working for years as a technical writer, Larry Maisner studied for three semesters at the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. “The Glorious Whore of Milan” is his third novel.
Arts
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April 12, 12:07 am
Hammer Musuem to host third annual Bike Night, featuring “˜Rad’ screening
Zoe Buonaiuto is bringing her flashy tricycle to a museum for reasons of both safety and style. Read more...
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On Thursday the Hammer Museum will host its third annual Bike Night. Visitors can ride their bikes to the museum, which will feature vegan snacks, live music, bike-related film shorts and a screening of the 1986 BMX film “Rad.”
Arts, Music
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April 10, 11:58 pm
CAC promotes cultures through weeklong WorldFest with dance, food and films
If the average UCLA student was asked to identify a qanun, a resonant Near Eastern regional instrument that consists of an irregularly shaped wooden box with strings stretched across it that a player plucks (much like on a zither), the most common result would probably be a blank stare. Read more...
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Sami Asmar plays the qanun, a Near Eastern instrument made from strings stretched across a wooden box, during Near East Ensemble’s rehearsal for the WorldFest concert. The concert will begin today at 7 p.m.
Arts, Film & TV, Lifestyle
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April 10, 11:53 pm
Vice co-founder Shane Smith to speak at UCLA on media empire’s involvement with Coachella, new TV show
Shane Smith, co-founder of the Vice media empire, will talk to UCLA students about Vice's involvement in Coachella, politics and Vice's new show, "The Vice Guide to Everything," at 8 p.m. today in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Read more...
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Vice co-founder Shane Smith will speak at Ackerman Grand Ballroom.
(Courtesy of Kaley Bolt)
Arts, Arts Columns
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April 10, 11:52 pm
Hollywood renders British Russell Brand bland in “˜Arthur’
Most celebrity interviews on late night television operate with the predictability of a paint-by-numbers kit. Read more...
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In “Arthur,” Russell Brand plays a childish heir in danger of losing his inheritance.
(Courtesy of WARNER BROS. PICTURES)