Friday, April 24


Students to perform “˜The Vagina Monologues’ at Northwest Auditorium, breaking the silence of sexuality

Masturbation, menstruation and a little bit of moaning will take center stage tonight at the Northwest Auditorium. Read more...

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Tonight and Saturday night, students will present two performances of “The Vagina Monologues,” hosted by the Social Awareness Network for Activism through Art, Bruin Feminists for Equality and the Office of Residential Life. The play’s writer, Eve Ensler, synthesized interviews with more than 200 women of different ages, ethnicities and lifestyles in order to capture the emotional element of women’s issues that are relevant today.



J. Paul Getty Museum’s “Selected Shorts” series to revive storytelling through actors

This weekend, New York's Symphony Space and the J. Paul Getty Museum will revive the magic of storytelling in the form of the co-sponsored program "Selected Shorts," a literary performance series returning to the Getty Museum for its 21st year. Read more...

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J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM

Leonard Nimoy will be performing at this year’s “Selected Shorts” at the J. Paul Getty Museum.


Show teaches Lebanese culture

The sounds of drums, Arabic lyrics and quick footwork filled the room on the third floor of Ackerman Union as third-year political science student Rayan Naouchi led the members of the Lebanese Social Club during a rehearsal of a traditional dabke dance. Read more...

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Performers of the Lebanese Social Club perform traditional Lebanese dances. The culture show, to be hosted on Saturday in Ackerman Grand Ballroom, is a night to revel in Lebanese history, promote community and raise awareness of Lebanese culture and art.


'Images of Blackness Film Series' event to discuss significance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1965 visit to UCLA

Forty-seven years ago on April 27, Martin Luther King Jr. stood at the top of Janss Steps and marked yet another chapter in the Civil Rights Movement. Read more...

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Mark Sawyer, a political science professor, will be leading a discussion tonight after a screening of “Eyes on the Prize.” The discussion is aimed at helping students understand the significance that UCLA held in the Civil Rights Movement.


Acoustic Coffee House concert to raise funds to help children with physical disabilities

"You break down the wall before me." According to fourth-year ethnomusicology student Yuki Akaishi, these biblically inspired lines from her song titled "Children of Light" can also be applied to the struggles that physically disabled children face every day, and how they can be overcome. Read more...

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From left: UCLA alumna Lucy Li, fourth-year ethnomusicology student Yuki Akaishi and fourth-year ethnomusicology student Sarah Mori will be performing at Acoustic Coffee House, a benefit concert whose proceeds will go to help children with disabilities.

Courtesy of Karen Chen