This article was updated Sept. 15 at 4:57 p.m. Bruin Bash tickets were hard to come by once again. The Bruin Bash website crashed Wednesday morning for almost an hour after thousands of students flooded the website in the hopes of getting floor tickets. Read more...
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September 13, 8:33 pm
Bruin Bash ticketing site crashes briefly due to overload of requests
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September 12, 7:35 pm
CEC and CAC announce updated ticketing assignment system for Bruin Bash
Students will have to click fast to get floor seats at this year’s Bruin Bash. In a Facebook post sent out Tuesday evening, the UCLA Cultural Affairs Commission and the UCLA Campus Events Commission announced that floor tickets will go live at 10 a.m. Read more...
Photo: Tickets for this year’s Bruin Bash will be assigned through an online lottery, similar to last year’s lottery system; however floor tickets will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Arts, Film & TV, Music
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September 10, 9:24 pm
Emmys 2017: “Master of None” music supervisor, UCLA alumna receives Emmy nomination
UCLA alumni and faculty have lent their acting, writing and directing talents to several series nominated for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards. Contributing to nominations in categories such as Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Limited Series, Bruins have showcased their skills in both acting and production as parts of the casts and the crews. Read more...
Photo: Kerri Drootin has used songs from her own record collection for soundtracks in shows such as “A.P. Bio.” Now, she is nominated for an Emmy in Outstanding Music Supervision. (Courtesy of Todd Drootin)
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September 10, 9:20 pm
UCLA lecturer harmonizes Armenian, American cultures through song
Karenn Chutjian Presti began translating nursery rhymes and American folk tunes into Armenian about 6 1/2 years ago, when her first daughter was born. “A lot of people talk about having a baby and your brain turning to mush and it wasn’t like that at all,” she said. Read more...
Photo: Karenn Chutjian-Presti’s recently published book, “My First Armenian Songbook,” is a bilingual collection of 16 nursery rhymes and children’s songs translated from English to Armenian. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)
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August 21, 12:07 am
Students’ inaugural music festival bears fruit in Shanghai
This post was updated Aug. 23 at 9:50 a.m. The Watermelone Music Festival was born in Bruin Plate. It was there that second-year statistics student Sheila Wang and second-year undeclared student David Jiaye Pan first discussed the idea of putting together their own music festival and later held planning meetings in the same UCLA dining hall, as well as in a Sproul Hall music room. Read more...
Photo: The student-run Watermelone Music Festival, was held in Shanghai on Aug. 13. The event marked Sheila Wang and David Jiaye Pan’s first experience planning a music festival, but they found a venue they could access for free and reached out to artists through friends. (Chengcheng Zhang/Daily Bruin)
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August 13, 11:40 pm
UCLA alumna channels, overcomes struggles through songwriting, singing
Maria Tuadi was in the middle of an emotional breakdown when the chorus to her award-winning song “Still” materialized in her mind. The alumna’s single “Still” is a 2016 Grand Prize Winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and received the 2016 Lennon Award for R&B in May. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Maria Tuadi was diagnosed with arthritis in college and took a break from making music to focus on film. However, after regaining a sense of confidence, Tuadi channeled her feelings into writing “Still,” which won the 2016 John Lennon Songwriting Contest in May. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
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August 11, 7:24 pm
Album Review: ‘Rainbow’
Kesha returned in full force Friday with a playful country flair, showcasing a range of genres that is refreshingly folksy and genuine. “Rainbow,” Kesha’s third studio album and first in five years, comes amid the singer’s legal battle with Dr. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Kemosabe Records)