At a hospital bedside comes a myriad of reactions – tears, hand holding, denial and for some, music. The Campus MovieFest dramatic film entry “The Violinist” placed in the top 16 shorts at UCLA and screened in Ackerman last week. Read more...
Photo: Tamara Rhoads, winner of this year’s Campus MovieFest best actress award, both starred in and composed music for the film.
Although pianist Alessio Bax has performed the works of classical musicians for decades, from studies at the Italian conservatory to his debut appearance with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, he strives each time to get closer and closer to the composer’s original intentions. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra will perform Sunday at UCLA’s Royce Hall with the orchestra debut performance of Alessio Bax and the orchestra debut of Austrian conductor Hans Graf. The performance will feature Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor” and Beethoven’s “Pastoral.”
AFI Fest, the American Film Institute’s annual film festival, continues at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The Daily Bruin’s Sebastian Torrelio and Tony Huang are attending until the festival’s close on Thursday, screening several of the biggest films being put up for audience award consideration. Read more...
An influential rap collective is hard to find. When voices and rhythms, each with their own dynamic eccentricities, come together, some artists are overshadowed and individuality fades away. Read more...
When Charles Lloyd sold out a two-night gig at UCLA in January 1969, Richard Nixon was preparing to be sworn in as the 37th president of the United States of America. Read more...
Photo: Jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd first performed at UCLA more than 44 years ago and returns to Royce Hall tonight with his fusion-tinged improvisation skills.
Communal bathrooms, a topic familiar to many UCLA students, provided an answer to Andrew Butte’s search for a relatable awkward situation. Butte, a third-year communication studies student with a film, television and digital media minor, and Pablo Mahave, a third-year film student from Spain, conceptualized the story of “Toilet Talk,” the short which won best comedy for the campus-wide level of Campus MovieFest. Read more...
Photo: Awarded best comedy at Campus MovieFest, “Toilet Talk” is about an awkward college student who must avoid two drug dealers while he finishes using a public restroom.
Patty Jones first began writing her narrative in a Starbucks in New York. In a matter of months, her five-page narrative would be transformed into an award-worthy screenplay. Read more...
Photo: (Center) Patty Jones completed the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting and was one of five winners of this year’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, which awards its participants with $35,000 each. Jones’ winning submission, “Joe Banks,” is a wild comic odyssey.
