Tuesday, April 28

Sweet Suites

On the outside, the Powell Library is a fixture on a modern, ever-evolving college campus. On the inside, however, it is a time capsule, walking the line between past and present. Read more...

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Phoebe Ping (left), a third-year music performance student, Christopher Ahn, a music performance graduate student, and Jasmine Lau, a second-year music performance student of the UCLA Cello Studio will perform today in Powell rotunda.



Unique call of the ‘Freaks in the Wild’

At a first glance, members of the experimental-rock band Freaks in the Wild don't exactly live up to their name. Read more...

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UCLA alumnus, Piti Sukavivatanachai, sings and plays guitar for the Santa Barbara-based experimental-rock band, Freaks in the Wild. They will be performing alongside a number of other bands on Saturday at Operation Montezuma in Los Angeles. The band uses improvisation in both their recordings and shows to keep things fresh. (EVAN JANKE)


Sikh Art and Film Festival to celebrate culture

In third grade, third-year international development studies student Jagmeet "Hoodini" Singh started exploring music. In high school, Singh wrote his own rhymes and battled other rappers. Last year, Singh performed at the Sikh Art and Film Festival to an international audience. Read more...

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The annual Sikh Art and Film Festival opens this weekend at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. The festival celebrates Sikh culture. (JAG REYATT)


Movie Review: “The Next Three Days”

The central question of "The Next Three Days," based on the French film "Pour Elle" ("Anything for Her"), is whether or not John Brennan can become the criminal he needs to be in order to break his wife out of jail. Read more...

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Acting like the ancients

"The Trackers" rehearsal

Sounds from the UCLA undergraduate theater students rehearsal of“The Trackers,” which will be performed Friday, Nov. 19 at the Getty Villa.

""The Trackers" rehearsal"

As the afternoon sunlight filters through the windows of Macgowan Hall and illuminates the black rehearsal clothes of a group of UCLA theater undergraduates, they're not exactly acting as one would expect. Read more...

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Theater Professor Michael Hackett directs “The Trackers,” a Greek play by Sophocles that will be performed by UCLA theater students Friday and Saturday at the Getty Villa.


Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition honors art students by featuring their works

From an oil painting on canvas to a wall-sized wooden installation, the Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition at the New Wight Gallery in the Broad Art Center will feature a broad variety of media and artistic styles. Read more...

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First-year art student Rodal Ajami’s painting of her sister, “Les Petite Papillion,” will be featured in the Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition.