Tuesday, April 28

Bite into history, art of sandwiches from L.A. delis

Hot roast beef dripping with its own juices; a pile of Italian meat drenched in dressings and vegetables; the humble coupling of peanut butter and jelly. Read more...

Photo: Bay Cities Italian Deli and Bakery is famous for its Godmother sandwich, which boasts five different kinds of meat. This Santa Monica deli has been serving Angelenos since 1925, with the Godmother sandwich hitting the menu in 1952.


Shorttakes Student Film Festival showcases top 15 finalists

Tonight, fame, glory, prizes and coast to coast bragging rights will be bestowed upon the best films submitted to the Campus Events Commission's 16th annual Shorttakes Student Film Festival. Read more...

Photo: “Pubertina” is one of the animation finalists that will be shown at this year’s Shorttakes Student Film Festival tonight.




Faculty take up residence on the Hill to be closer to the community

Faculty take up residence on the Hill to be closer to the community

Various professors live near students on the Hill to help enrich their college experiences at UCLA as part of the Office of Residential Life’s Faculty-in-Residence program. FIR participants shared their experiences with Daily Bruin Radio. [4:02]

"Faculty take up residence on the Hill to be closer to the community"

Various professors live near students on the Hill to help enrich their college experiences at UCLA as part of the Office of Residential Life’s Faculty-in-Residence program. FIR participants shared their experiences with Daily Bruin Radio. [4:02]

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UCLA Symphony performs Romantic period pieces in spring concert

Musicians from various majors "“ biology, art, English, history, global studies, neuroscience "“ come together as part of the UCLA Symphony to play classic Romantic pieces. Read more...

Photo: Conductor Jorge Luis Uzcátegui, first-year doctor of musical arts student, leads the UCLA Symphony in rehearsal Sunday evening. The symphony will be performing pieces from the Romantic period in Schoenberg Hall this Wednesday at 8 p.m.


Rarely seen Java fabrics on display at Fowler

Through batik, a painstaking process of hand-drawn wax design and dipping dye, traditional Indonesian cloths are bathed in rich color and patterned with plumes of flora, fauna and abstract design. Read more...

Photo: Textiles such as this 1930s skirt cloth are among the 19th and 20th century batiks on display at the Fowler Museum’s exhibition, “Courtly and Urban Batik from Java.” The diagonal contrasting patterns of this skirt allowed it to be worn two different ways.