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January 22, 12:30 am

Middle Eastern music concert celebrates harmony, humanity

BY KAYLA HAUSMANN A&E contributor [email protected] Farzad Amoozegar straddled two cultures, North American and Iranian, throughout much of his childhood. Before he was 9, the Persian language, culture and food had begun to shape his identity as an Iranian; after moving to Canada and then to America, he discovered music to bridge the gap between Iran and the West. Read more...

Photo: Anthropology graduate students Farzad Amoozegar (left) and Yael Assor (right) coordinated “Voices of the Olive Branch,” a show in which 13 performers will play Middle Eastern music in Powell Library on Saturday. (Zoe Hessler/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music

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January 22, 12:29 am

Sounds of Schoenberg: The Turkish ‘ud’

Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...

Photo: Assistant professor of ethnomusicology Münir Beken (above) studied the Turkish ud at the State Conservatory of Turkish Classical Music in Istanbul. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Lifestyle, Lifestyle, The Quad

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January 21, 12:40 am

Second Take: New apps are using old ideas, need more creativity to be successful

Three new apps are making waves in the social networking community. Peach, Happn and The Outbound bear resemblances to Facebook, Tinder and Yelp, respectively. However, only one of them has the potential to replace the original with a new and intriguing concept. Read more...

Photo: Happn (top left), Peach (bottom left) and The Outbound (right) are new social networking apps that have features similar to existing popular apps. (Happn, TechNewsToday.com, The Outbound)

Arts, Lifestyle

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January 21, 12:40 am

Student fashions makeup, lifestyle YouTube videos

Cloe Feldman is a YouTube celebrity, and she’s very busy because of it. Her YouTube channel, CloeCouture, has over 1.67 million subscribers and she will soon be the face of a clothing company with several other YouTubers. Read more...

Photo: First-year business economics student Cloe Feldman, known professionally as Cloe Breena, has over 1.67 million subscribers on her YouTube lifestyle channel, CloeCouture. (Courtesy of Dylan Robbins)

Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle

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January 21, 12:39 am

Party flavors: Pizza puff pastry twists

The party food landscape has become increasingly homogeneous, with its ubiquitous bag of Doritos rather than homemade fudge or stuffed mushrooms. Columnist Erin Nyren would like to bring back the house parties of yore, in which everyone cooked or baked something to share. Read more...

Photo: Pizza puff pastry twists comprise of ingredients like cheese, puff pastry, pizza sauce and egg wash. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Video

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January 20, 8:39 pm

The Life of a VCN Performer

A VCN performer and fourth-year psychology student, Lyna Truong illustrates how her experiences of her and her parent’s past developed her sense of identity as a Vietnamese-American. Read more...

Photo: (Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Arts, Music

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January 20, 2:14 am

Album Review: ‘Emotional Mugger’

VHS tapes haven’t been relevant in years, so when Ty Segall sent his newest record to music journalists on VHS, it shed light on his thought process while recording the album. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Drag City)


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