Tuesday, February 24

Festivities latin style

  Photos by CHRIS BACKLEY/Daily Bruin Freshman Rocio Lopez and third-year Jennifer Chavez practice merengue together in preparation in Wilson Plaza, the site for Festival Latino. Read more...


UCLA film series revive ’50s silver screen icons

  UCLA Film and Television Archives Nicholas Ray and Gloria Grahame together on set. Mayra Marquez Daily Bruin Contributor An era characterized by suspicion and cynicism in film following World War II is resurrected at the James Bridges Theater in two concurrent film series sponsored by the UCLA Film and TV Archive. Read more...


Right on point

  Dancers use provocative and abstract movements in "Points de Fuite," a show being performed this weekend at UCLA’s Royce Hall. By Siddarth Puri Daily Bruin Reporter Just as the French are glad to die for love, they are willing to break the rules of traditional dance in order to seduce the audience into a world of passion and aesthetic expression. Read more...




The Swing Session struts its stuff in L.A.

  The Swing Session Members of The Swing Session continue to play swing music, even after the craze inspired by "Swingers" is over. By Kathleen Dunphy Daily Bruin Contributor  Swing couldn’t be more alive. Read more...


Hardly fake: Nice-guy band hits road

  Tag Team Media Ultimate Fakebook, a Kansas-based rock band, is currently touring in support of its latest release, "Open Up and Say Awesome." By Kathleen Dunphy Daily Bruin Contributor The mist that spreads through an Ultimate Fakebook show is appropriately reminiscent of a junior high dance ““ appropriate because everything about the band oozes nostalgia. Read more...