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May 22, 12:00 am

UCLA’s EDMC hosts benefit concert to fund cancer research

Two weeks before Elizabeth Matusov was going to tell her about the idea for the concert, Ashley Jensen-Pray passed away. Going forward with the project has been Matusov’s way of giving back to all that Jensen-Pray had gone through and her ability to provide comfort and care to other people during her own fight. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Electronic Dance Music Club will host “Message in a Melody,” a benefit concert for pediatric cancer, on Monday in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Featuring DJ Kastle and performances by student DJs, including Philip Scott (left), the concert is the brainchild of Elizabeth Matusov (center) and aided by the work of club president Andrew Neeld (right). (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle

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May 22, 12:00 am

Student Sartorialist: Normcore trend embraces ironic take on fashion

When the fashionable youth started to trade in their platform heels and leather joggers for “mom jeans” and running sneakers, it became obvious that a new trend was upon us. Read more...

Photo: The emerging fashion style of normcore embraces normal, indistinguishable clothing pieces to create a trend that seemingly combines vintage fashions. At UCLA, styles like New Balance sneakers, beanies and straight leg jeans encompass this style of normcore. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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May 21, 12:05 am

UCLA Freud Playhouse to show ‘Guys and Dolls’

As the dark of evening settles across a bright skyline, suddenly dice roll, showgirls sparkle and the underground world of crime, promiscuity and shady deals comes to life. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television brings the classic musical comedy “Guys and Dolls,” a play focused around a high-profile dice game, to the Freud Playhouse. The play is set in 1946 New York, where gambling and promiscuous behavior are frequent. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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May 21, 12:01 am

‘Attack of the Killer Trees’ wins best in show at Shorttakes

With a title like “Attack of the Killer Trees,” the viewer may expect a retro horror aesthetic and cheesy special effects. However, Valerie Giuili’s animated film instead offers a colorful, animated story of hapless Louie Lumberjack as he discovers the dramatic repercussions of his unsustainable job. Read more...

Photo: Valerie Giuili is an interdisciplinary artist studying animation at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Her film “Attack of the Killer Trees” won best in show at the 2014 Campus Events Commission’s Shorttakes Student Film Festival. (Justin Chang/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music

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May 20, 1:26 am

Coldplay’s Royce Hall concert shifts between intimate show, spectacle

In between two of UCLA’s largest annual concerts – Spring Sing and the JazzReggae Festival – British rock band Coldplay set upon Royce Hall Monday night to celebrate the international release of its sixth studio album “Ghost Stories.” Packing Royce Hall to its full capacity, the concert was Coldplay’s only West Coast appearance during the band’s mini world tour, which began in Cologne, Germany, on April 25 and will conclude with a London show on July 1. Read more...

Photo: Coldplay frontman Chris Martin performs the band’s 2002 hit song “The Scientist” during the rock group’s 18-song performance at Royce Hall on Monday night. (Agnijita Kumar/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Arts, Music

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May 19, 11:49 pm

Album Review: ‘Ghost Stories’

“Ghost Stories”ColdplayParlophone Records4.5 paws It’s obvious that actress Gwyneth Paltrow broke Coldplay frontman Chris Martin’s heart after the two announced their divorce in March, because “Ghost Stories,” the British quartet’s sixth studio album, is a more sophisticated version of the type of angst and misery found in a preteen boy’s diary. Read more...

Photo: (Parlophone Records)


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