Sunday, July 5

Culture night at Dashew Center features worldwide talents

An hour and a half may not seem like enough time to create a sense of cultural understanding, but tonight the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars is holding a song-and-dance performance to do just that. Read more...

Photo: The Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars will hold its fourth annual cultural performance night at the Fowler Museum today. The event will feature student performances of cultural dances and songs from countries including China, Malaysia, Mexico and Nigeria.


One-woman performance addresses faith, sexuality

The schoolteacher looks down at the empty desks around her and teaches her imaginary students about Jesus Christ. She then sits down at one of the desks and transforms into a schoolgirl thinking that Jesus wasn’t so different from her after all. Read more...

Photo: Karen Anzoategui’s “Catholic School Daze” is a one-woman theatrical performance and interactive workshop that depicts Anzoategui’s experiences as a lesbian Latina at a time before she realized she was gay. The performance will take place in the Chicano Studies Research Center Library.


Hip-hop competitions merged for first time

As the stage lights brighten, the bass begins to drop – softly at first, then louder, echoing off the UCLA’s Los Angeles Tennis Center walls. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Street Dance Collective and Omega Sigma Tau will host BreakLA x Battle Royale at the Los Angeles Tennis Center, combining BreakLA’s break-dancing competition with Battle Royale’s dance crew competition for the first time.


Movie Review: ‘Graceland’

A father comes to pick up his daughter and her friend from school on what appears to be a normal day in the Philippines. But the activity is the first event in a string of unforeseen situations that will shape the days ahead. Read more...




Documentary pays tribute to Rosina Lhevinne

Salome Arkatov lived with her Juilliard piano teacher, Rosina Lhevinne, before Lhevinne’s death in 1976. From that point, Arkatov knew she wanted a film to be made about her beloved teacher, but it wasn’t until 20 years later that Arkatov realized she would be the one to make it. Read more...

Photo: UCLA emeritus piano faculty member Salome Arkatov’s documentary, “The Legacy of Rosina Lhevinne” is screening at UCLA. This prize-winning film highlights the extraordinary life and accomplishments of the Russian Juilliard piano teacher Rosina Lhevinne and her unique style of teaching.