While Powell Library usually provides an atmosphere for students preparing for exams, doing homework or taking naps in between classes, it is also the venue for UCLA's "Music in the Rotunda" concert series. Read more...
Film & TV, Theater & Fine Arts
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October 26, 11:43 pm
Turning up the heat
UCLA's James Bridges Theater is one of the few theaters in the United States that can accommodate both nitrate and safety film stock, as well as a multitude of video formats, including the latest digital projection of films and presentations in high definition. Read more...
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courtesy of MARC BRENNER
This Sunday at 4 p.m., L.A. Theatre Works, BY Experience and the National Theatre Live will present a live performance of “The Kitchen,” a play set in the 1950s basement kitchen of a restaurant in the West End of London. The live performance at the UCLA James Bridges Theater will then be screened in HD to satellites around the world. Tom Brooke (left) will play Peter, and Rory Keenan (right) will play Kevin.
Arts, Lifestyle
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October 26, 11:28 pm
Fowler event Diga Me! celebrates Chicano literature
Nearly 40 years after the 1973 Festival de Flor y Canto, the first Chicano literary festival, the spirit of the genre remains very much alive in Southern California. Read more...
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FOWLER MUSEUM
Marina Gonzalez Palmier will perform at the Fowler Museum in partnership with Sally Shore’s New Short Fiction Series.
Arts, Arts Columns
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October 26, 1:19 am
Visiting Venice, L.A.’s cultural hotspot
I'm convinced that there's nowhere quite like Venice. It's a cultural mecca for all things quirky and the people-watching capital of Los Angeles "“ if not the state. Read more...
Arts, Music
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October 26, 1:09 am
Coast to coast: an exchange of musical culture
In Spanish, the word "cambalache" means exchange. For the Chicano music group Cambalache, it represents a cultural exchange between Chicanos in the United States and southern Veracruz, Mexico. Read more...
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Courtesy of Rudy Ramirez
Arts, Lifestyle
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October 25, 12:00 am
Halloween Haunts
Now that students have grown out of trick-or-treating for free candy and attending awkward high school costume parties, they are ready for all the thrills of a Los Angeles Halloween. Here are some fun events happening in the city during the days leading up to Halloween Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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October 24, 11:51 pm
UCLA Cultural Affairs Commission and Samahang Pilipino put together art gallery, “Empowerment: An Exhibition of Pilipino American Strength”
In the Filipino language Tagalog, the term "Balikbayan" means to return to one's town. With more than 7000 miles separating Los Angeles from the Philippines' capital city of Manila, returning to their roots is a long trip for Filipinos. Read more...
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Philippino empowerment exhibit in Kerckhoff Grand Sallon