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Arts

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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January 26, 11:13 pm

UCLA students join New York performers in ‘Lost in the Stars’

The curtain will open on a train filled with South Africans traveling to Johannesburg during apartheid. The instrumental music will go silent and the characters will begin to segregate on stage, singing, “White man go to Johannesburg, he come back, he come back / Black man go to Johannesburg, never come back, never come back.” New York-based theater group SITI Company will be performing Kurt Weill’s 1949 musical “Lost in the Stars” at Royce Hall on Saturday and Sunday, featuring a chorus including several UCLA students and alumni. Read more...

Photo: The musical “Lost in the Stars” by Kurt Weill, set in South Africa during apartheid, raises contemporary issues of race relations and inequality. (Sihui Song/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Lifestyle

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January 26, 11:08 pm

UCLA student has modeling hobby down to a science

Jaclyn Perry stopped in South Campus to make sure she had everything she needed for the day: a biochemistry lab manual, notebooks, a lab coat and a pair of high heels for an upcoming photoshoot. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year neuroscience student and model Jaclyn Perry first gained confidence in modeling when she participated in FAST her sophomore year. (Kristie Hoang/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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January 26, 1:00 am

Q&A: UCLA professor talks inspiring a character in a 1980 Italian novel

Italian professor Massimo Ciavolella and the late Italian author Umberto Eco were good acquaintances. Ciavolella invited Eco to lecture during the professor’s classes at UCLA. Eco made Ciavolella a character in his book “Il nome della rosa,” or “The Name of the Rose.” The novel details a series of murders that take place at a Benedictine monastery in 1327. Read more...

Photo: Italian and comparative literature professor Massimo Ciavolella inspired a character in Umberto Eco’s book. The 1986 movie adaptation of the book will be screened at UCLA. (Courtesy of Brett Landenberger)

Arts, Music

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January 26, 12:00 am

Going for the Grammy: UCLA jazz director works on Anderson .Paak’s nominated album ‘Malibu’

UCLA faculty, staff and alumni have contributed musical works that are nominated for the 59th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 12, 2017. Their talents, ranging from playing the saxophone to composing songs to performing in an opera, have been recognized with nominations in five different categories. Read more...

Photo: Daniel Seeff, program director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, played on Anderson Paak’s Grammy-nominated album “Malibu.” (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Lifestyle

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January 25, 8:10 pm

Review: The Study at Hedrick provides a variety of culinary extravagance

Students will be shocked by the bourgeois selection of foods at The Study at Hedrick if they thought dining halls couldn’t top the flamboyance of Bruin Plate with its ambient jazz music and organic tempeh and quinoa bowls. Read more...

Photo: The Study at Hedrick offers crepes, tartines, salads, desserts and sandwiches for eating in its many study rooms. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)

Arts, Arts Columns, Video

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January 25, 5:04 pm

Dorm Dining: Mixed berry crumble

A&E columnist Andrew Warner prepares his original recipe of a mixed berry crumble. The crumble features sweet berries and a buttery crust, topped off with a sprinkle of cinnamon, sugar and a scoop of ice cream. Read more...

Photo: (Rachel Lee/Daily Bruin)


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