The 2014 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards were announced Monday at the UCLA Faculty Center. The awards, now in their 59th year, recognize screenplays, teleplays and stage plays and are open to submissions from all University of California students. Read more...
Photo: Screenwriting graduate student Han-Yee Ling (middle left) earned first prize at the 2014 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards for her drama “Spaghetti Bridges.” (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
There’s something about the British Isles that consistently produces musical greatness; it is inherent to the country, its people and its culture. Popular culture has been defined by bands and artists from the UK; they have consistently created new genres and musical subcultures – from the Beatles’ psychedelic rock in the ’60s all the way through to the explosion of dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Read more...
Photo: After living above a pub and working minimum wage jobs in Brixton, London, Fat White Family has come a long way to perform at The Echo in Los Angeles on Tuesday, bringing along its chaotic, charismatic rock ‘n’ roll. (Courtesy of Roger Sargent)
Brothers Adam and Samir Hakim’s first performance in front of family was an impromptu concert at their cousin’s wedding last summer. The day before the event, they wrote songs about the marriage and the food at the wedding. Read more...
Photo: Brothers Samir (left) and Adam (right) Hakim will perform their unplugged covers Monday night as part of the Cultural Affairs Commission’s Kerckhoff Coffee House concert series. (Helen Kwak/Daily Bruin)
As the lights went out, a hush fell over Royce Hall and gradually a humming sound began to grow. A single dancer walked across the stage with an air of indifference, every footstep resonating through the hall in the near silence. Read more...
Photo: (Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA)
Under a cloak of stars stand two figures, a dancer low to the ground reaching up to an audience member standing tall, looking gently down. The dancer reaches for the hand of the audience member until, with her assistance, they meet on the same level. Read more...
Photo: On the Royce Hall Terrace, the contemporary dance company Ate9 dANCEcOMPANY performed “Exhibit o,” choreographed by Danielle Agami. The performance broke the barrier between audience members and performers, as the dancers interacted with – and involved – onlookers. (Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA)
There are more than 500 square miles of city surrounding UCLA’s campus, which takes up a minuscule fraction of that mileage. For such a big place, Los Angeles at times seems impossible to navigate. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles Hayride returns for its sixth year at the Old L.A. Zoo at Griffith Park. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)
There is a primal instinct that’s generally truer than the traditional fight-or-flight responses: panic. Unbridled, terrified panic. It usually manifests as screaming or, internally, a mind-numbing sense of lingering dread. Read more...
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