All UCLA students understand the pressures and anxieties that come with the college application process. Read more...
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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May 26, 11:16 pm
Marianne Murphy Women & Philanthropy Play Reading Series gives feedback to featured playwright on audience’s reactions to her work on the college admissions process
Arts, Arts Columns
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May 26, 11:14 pm
New television shows must leave a lasting impression on audiences to survive cuts for new fall lineups
It might be a coincidence that the time periods of graduation and TV fall schedule announcements happen to coincide. Read more...
Music
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May 26, 12:07 am
The JazzReggae Festival will celebrate 25 years with an array of musical and visual artists
Jesse Sachs had never heard of the JazzReggae Festival until his first year at UCLA, when he went to see The Roots headline. Read more...
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Raka Rich (left) and Raka Dun, members of Los Rakas, will be performing at JazzReggae on Monday. Their music is a fusion of Caribbean reggae and hip-hop.
courtesy of NINA PARKS
Music
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May 26, 12:05 am
ScatterTones to sing for cancer
First-year undeclared student Brooks Paul was known by the ScatterTones a cappella group as a "subwoofer of a bass" for his ability to hit extremely low notes. Read more...
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Russell Angelico, recording manager of ScatterTones and fourth-year IDS student, will perform at Kerckhoff Grand Salon Sunday.
Music
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May 26, 12:03 am
A cappella gets loud at Fowler for an evening
"Harry Potter" fans would have been delighted to hear the melodic sound of female voices coming from Schoenberg Hall as "Aunt Petunia" and "Uncle Vernon" were repeatedly sung four times each. Read more...
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UCLA vocalist group Cadenza A Cappella will be performing at the Fowler Museum’s A Cappella Night.
Theater & Fine Arts
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May 26, 12:00 am
Hooligan Theatre Company takes on gaming addiction “In Real Life”
In 2005, a 28-year-old South Korean man died from heart failure after playing a computer game for 50 consecutive hours. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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May 25, 1:57 am
Grad student Midgia Chinea's film 'anonymous (street meat)' selected for Cannes Short Film festival
Constant foreclosure threats from Midgia Chinea's bank was enough to inspire her to write a script about the corruption of large banking companies. Read more...
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Midgia Chinea’s short film, “anonymous (street meat),” inspired by a mortgage scam Chinea experienced during her fall quarter at UCLA in 2009, was selected as an official entry into the Cannes Short Film festival. A still from the film is pictured above.
Courtesy of Midgia Chinea