Loud, fast-paced drum rhythms will storm out of the Fowler Museum today as the UCLA Music of Brazil Ensemble plays one of its last performances of the season. Read more...
Photo: The Brazilian music ensemble batUCLAda will perform lively music from Salvador Bahia, Brazil, tonight at the Fowler Museum. The group plays a variety of drums to encompass carnival culture and the energy that is so characteristic of it.
When Bruins attend class or rush off to practice in the music-filled corridors of Schoenberg Hall, not many think back to 1947 when then Professor Arnold Schoenberg completed one of his most compelling and awe-inspiring orchestral compositions, "A Survivor from Warsaw." Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles Opera music director James Conlon will conduct a special performance as part of “Ring Festival L.A.,” featuring Arnold Schoenberg’s “A Survivor from Warsaw,” a musical account of interned Jews during the Holocaust.
If you are looking for proof of the link between fashion and revolution, simply consider the significance of a basic t-shirt that reads, "Legalize L.A." or a canvas bag stamped with "Go Green." It is this idea of upheaval, transformation and change that has inspired the annual Fashion and Student Trends fashion show, "Catalyst." Read more...
It's Berlin, 1931. Boys are kissing girls. Boys are kissing boys. And girls are kissing girls. Throw in a couple of love stories, the rise of Nazism, and a handful of songs and you have the perfect set-up for a musical. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Department of Theater is presenting “Cabaret,” a play based on the book by Joe Masteroff. It highlights the behind-the-scenes action at Berlin’s Kit Kat Klub in 1931 during the rise of facism. Daily shows start today at Macgowan Hall.
With most news agencies constantly focusing on the conflict and turmoil in Arab nations, unity in the region is something that is easily forgotten. But that is exactly what the United Arab Society wants to celebrate in their annual Arab Culture Show, which aims to unite both Arabs and non-Arabs through different forms of expression and art. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year student, Julia Darwiche, and fourth-year geography student Georgia Broughton, rehearse for the Arab Culture Show in the Hedrick Hall gym.
Student rock bands at UCLA are few and far between, and it isn't very often that you hear about a campus party featuring live music. But members of one of UCLA's active student bands "“ Pangolin "“ are working to change that. With their funk rock sound, Pangolin is bringing a new variety of live entertainment to UCLA students. Read more...
Photo: Student rock group Pangolin has appeared at multiple apartment gatherings and campus events. The band most recently performed at Kerckhoff Grand Salon.
If you are looking for proof of the link between fashion and revolution, simply consider the significance of a basic t-shirt that reads, "Legalize L.A." or a canvas bag stamped with "Go Green." It is this idea of upheaval, transformation and change that has inspired the annual Fashion and Student Trends fashion show, "Catalyst." Read more...
