Jacqueline Marshall said she wasn’t playing the music that most interested her at the rise of her professional music career. Though a thriving harpist for orchestral and recorded music, the UCLA alumna said her passions lay in new music. Read more...
Photo: The Contemporary Performance Collective, created by UCLA alumna Jacqueline Marshall, will hold its flagship concert on Sunday. (Courtesy of Jacqueline Marshall)
On Monday – 4/20 – Keznamdi released the music video for his song “10 Pound,” which depicts the singer-songwriter lying in a field of cannabis in his home country of Jamaica. Read more...
Photo: Jamaican reggae artist Keznamdi will perform Saturday at the 29th annual JazzReggae Festival, presented by the Cultural Affairs Commission. Keznamdi draws inspiration from reggae, hip-hop and R&B. (Courtesy of Keznamdi)
The moment the thunderbolt strikes her car, Adaline Bowman stops aging. Snowflakes swirl in the air, setting the stage for a magical and romantic tale, where nothing is the same again. Read more...
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Near Eastern languages and cultures lecturer Latifeh Hagigi uses the UCLA Film and Television Archive’s annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema as a way to connect with her home country, which, for political reasons, she has not returned to since 1978. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Film and Television Archive will host its annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema beginning Saturday and running until May 16 at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater. Safi Yazdanian’s 2014 film “What’s the Time in Your World?” will screen on May 6. (Courtesy of UCLA Film and Television Archive)
Los Angeles-based artist Flëkz transforms a 10-by-20-foot blank wall into a work of art with just a roll of blue tape. Art first piqued Gustavo Fuentes’ interest five years ago, and since then, in addition to being a second-year California State University, Northridge student, he said he has been doing both street art and commissioned artwork. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles artist Flekz will be creating his tape design pieces live at the JazzReggae Festival on Saturday. Flekz incorporates geometric designs without using specific measurements. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
Tranquil strums of the ukulele, lively Middle Eastern riqq beats and jazzy piano textures all make up a palette of sounds quite familiar to fourth-year individual studies student Lindsey Kunisaki. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year individual studies student Lindsey Kunisaki will lead a three-part performance of Jamaican, Middle Eastern and contemporary jazz music with the rocksteady trio The Kitchenette Thursday at the Fowler Museum. Kunisaki will sing and play the ukulele during the performance. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
One hundred eighty five dresses hang in Vita Newstetter’s closet. An avid clothes collector and thrifter since the age of 12, Newstetter’s fashion interests followed her to UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Second-year Design | Media Arts student Vita Newstetter found her passion for sharing clothes and thrifting at the age of 12. Since then, Newstetter has organized the Student Committee for the Arts’ first free clothing swap. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
