While pho rather than film may come to mind when referring to Vietnamese culture, free campus film screenings on Thursday will shed new light on the country's culture. Read more...
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Thanh Van Ngo stars in “Clash,” a feature film of the Vietnamese International Film Festival that will be shown for free on UCLA Day.
Courtesy of Helena Tran
Anthony Su
First-year, computer science
Headed to: Ackerman Union to buy soap and other necessities
Listening to: "My Life Be Like (Ooh Ahh)" by Gritz
How did you get into the artist?: "My brother introduced them to me."
Sunna Bae
Third-year, biochemistry
Headed to: home
Listening to: "Skin" by Rihanna
What other music do you enjoy?: "Hip-hop, R&B, Korean music and pop songs."
Mario Colon
Second-year, environmental science
Listening to: "Superbeast" by Rob Zombie
How did you get into the artist?: "I used to listen to them in middle school. Read more...
In a music world mostly dominated by people, one endangered species is ready to release another full-length album. Read more...
"Rhapsody in Blue" was the last classical song Mike Greenwood ever played. Read more...
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Second-year and fourth-year ethnomusicology students Julian Cubillos (left) and Zach Meyerowitz perform at UCLA Jazz Combo Night at the Fowler earlier this year.
When he showed a co-worker his first attempts at writing a political thriller, Larry Maisner got a piece of advice that's been embedded in his memory ever since. Read more...
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After working for years as a technical writer, Larry Maisner studied for three semesters at the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. “The Glorious Whore of Milan” is his third novel.
Zoe Buonaiuto is bringing her flashy tricycle to a museum for reasons of both safety and style. Read more...
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On Thursday the Hammer Museum will host its third annual Bike Night. Visitors can ride their bikes to the museum, which will feature vegan snacks, live music, bike-related film shorts and a screening of the 1986 BMX film “Rad.”
If the average UCLA student was asked to identify a qanun, a resonant Near Eastern regional instrument that consists of an irregularly shaped wooden box with strings stretched across it that a player plucks (much like on a zither), the most common result would probably be a blank stare. Read more...
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Sami Asmar plays the qanun, a Near Eastern instrument made from strings stretched across a wooden box, during Near East Ensemble’s rehearsal for the WorldFest concert. The concert will begin today at 7 p.m.
