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Arts, Music

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January 19, 12:00 am

Going for the Grammy: UCLA faculty play in Grammy-nominated performance honoring Frank Zappa

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: UCLA lecturer Raynor Carroll played percussion for the project “200 Motels,” a performance of pieces by rock musician Frank Zappa. The recording is nominated for a 2017 Grammy Award. (Tianyi Ruan/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Lifestyle

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January 18, 12:00 am

Dorm Dining: Despite overflow setback, rice cooker curry successful

Life on the Hill doesn’t exactly allow ample opportunity for experimentation with cooking, leading to a routine diet at the dining halls. Over the course of the quarter, columnist Andrew Warner sets out to break the culinary monotony of dorm life, armed with a rice cooker and a few pantry staples. Read more...

Photo: Cutting up all the vegetables proved to be the most difficult step in the curry-making process.(Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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January 18, 12:00 am

Alum transforms film-narrating experience into creative passion

When Dallas King’s mother brought him to the movie theaters as a child, he was tasked with more than just finding the right seat and the right-sized popcorn. Read more...

Photo: Alumnus Dallas King had to interpret movies for his mother when she took him to movie theaters as a child. He explained the movies to her scene by scene because of her blindness. (Emaan Baqai/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Arts, Music

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January 18, 12:00 am

Brothers plug students into music industry through sessions with artists

The Music Industry Committee at UCLA’s office hours aren’t held by professors – instead, they’re led by chart-topping musicians. Thursday, MIC at UCLA will host DJ Kaskade at Schoenberg Hall as part of the club’s six-part Office Hours series, which brings artists to campus to answer students’ questions about succeeding in the music business, said MIC co-founder David Brik. Read more...

Photo: The Music Industry Committee at UCLA will feature DJ Kaskade in its upcoming Office Hours session at Schoenberg Hall. (Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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January 17, 12:00 am

Collecting Creatives: Student fuses ceramics, dance to unveil the complexities of identity

Timna Naim wears masks during dance performances not to hide but to celebrate self-identity. A fourth-year world arts and cultures/dancestudent, Naim has combined dance and ceramics as a vehicle for expressing their self-identity as an Israeli-American genderqueer gay male-bodied individual, they said. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year world arts and cultures/dance student Timna Naim (pictured) added foam masks to their performance pieces, instead of clay, by collaborating with faculty member Kevin Myers. Naim used the masks to combine visual arts with bodily movement like contemporary dance and was inspired by Habonim Dror, a Jewish summer camp, which Naim attended from 2006 to 2012. (Justine Sto. Tomas/Video producer)

Arts, Film & TV

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January 17, 12:00 am

Q&A: Alum, casting director Tamara Hunter discusses work on ‘Hidden Figures’

Tamara Hunter casts characters who are capable of extraordinary feats. She’s worked in the casting department on such films as “The Avengers” and “Guardians of the Galaxy.” But for “Hidden Figures” she assembled a cast to play the mathematicians behind the task that was once considered impossible – sending a man into space. Read more...

Photo: Tamara Hunter worked on the casting of Golden Globe-nominated film “Hidden Figures,” a story about three mathematicians who defied race and gender boundaries. (Courtesy of Tamara Hunter)


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