More than 150 years ago, “I Due Figaro” by Saverio Mercadante vanished from the opera scene. On Friday, Opera UCLA will perform the West Coast premiere of the Italian opera in collaboration with the School of Theater, Film and Television’s theater department and the Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...
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February 12, 12:00 am
Opera UCLA to perform West Coast premiere of ‘I Due Figaro’
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February 11, 11:45 pm
Q&A: Lecturer, flute instructor discusses career, upcoming performance
Aside from his 42-year-long teaching career at UCLA, Sheridon Stokes published two books on flute technique and has recorded studio music for “Mission Impossible,” “Star Trek” and “Family Guy.” Before he performs in the orchestra for the Academy Awards on Feb. Read more...
Photo: UCLA senior lecturer and author Sheridon Stokes, who helped record music for “Mission Impossible” and “Family Guy,” will perform alongside students and professors at the UCLA Woodwind Faculty in “It’s a Woodwind World IX” Thursday in the Jan Popper Theater. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
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February 11, 11:41 pm
Zimbabwean author to speak at Fowler Museum on award-winning novel
NoViolet Bulawayo describes Zimbabwe through the lucid eyes of 10-year-old Darling, who hungrily scours wealthy streets looking for guavas in the novel “We Need New Names.” Unapologetic and direct, Darling eventually leaves her conflict-torn home for Detroit, where she faces wintry suburbia and the disorienting immigrant experience. Read more...
Photo: Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo will give a lecture on Thursday as part of the Fowler Museum’s Outspoken series, reading excerpts from her novel “We Need New Names.” (Courtesy of Greg Sandoval)
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February 11, 12:23 am
Balloon & Panel: Format, pacing of comic panels changes perception
Comic books are everywhere – Marvel and DC Comics are mining decades of story lines for a huge slate of movies and television shows. But comics are more than a source to be mined for superhero blockbusters. Read more...
Photo: After his separation with Stan Lee in 1969, Jack Kirby created “Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth” in which he uses a grid of five or six panels. (Courtesy of Jack Kirby)
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February 11, 12:20 am
CAC’s Hip Hop Congress, Art Series showcase cultural exhibit
Swirls of water and ice flow from the turban of a purple Erykah Badu as she rises from a pool of darkness. Badu, neo-soul musician and activist, painted in oil on canvas will be mounted on the wall of Kerckhoff Art Gallery until Friday as part of the Undergraduate Students Association Council Cultural Affairs Committee’s Hip Hop Appreciation Month. Read more...
Photo: “Audubon Ballroom” by Los Angeles-based artist Mukhtar Kaissi depicts a bust of Malcolm X floating near warped figures such as 2Pac. The piece is on display in Cultural Affairs Committee’s Art Series’ and Hip Hop Congress’ art show called “The Hip-Hop Art Showcase.” (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
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February 11, 12:01 am
Album review: “Let the Good Times Roll”
“Let the Good Times Roll” JD McPherson Rounder Records 3.5/5 paws Roots rocker JD McPherson’s sophomore release, “Let the Good Times Roll,” is a sonic time machine set for 1950s America, using the power of old-school tape echo and tremolo to transport the listener back to the birth period of rock ‘n’ roll. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Rounder Records)
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February 10, 1:28 am
Singer Sienna Moffitt’s ‘this is a demo’ inspired by trip to Europe
When third-year Design | Media Arts student Sienna Moffitt made plans to study abroad in Europe, appearing on BBC Radio Merseyside and recording her first demo were not part of her agenda. Read more...
Photo: Third-year Design | Media Arts student Sienna Moffitt was traveling in England when she was asked to perform on a BBC radio segment in Liverpool. Moffitt went on to record a demo album while in England, titled “this is a demo,” which she released Monday night on her Bandcamp site. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)