Tuesday, April 28

Spicing up the Fowler Out Loud series with Salsa Night

While popular dance shows such as "Dancing with the Stars" have helped revive the feisty and flirtatious salsa dance to a hot dance floor genre, few of us actually know the first thing about the Latin art form. Read more...

Photo: Fowler Out Loud will present Salsa Night in conjunction with the Salsa Society at UCLA and the Latin American Student Association.


Middle Eastern groups unite for comedy

These days, news headlines are often dominated by stories of conflict and unrest in the Middle East. Read more...

Photo: Ronnie Kahlil, above, and Ryan Shrime of the Middle Eastern comedy festival will be performing in Northwest Auditorium tonight.


Science and art find common ground

Bridging the divide between North and South Campus is a collaboration rarely seen in the halls of UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Students from UCLA’s biotechnology and art honors class are preparing for an exhibition of their work in conjunction with Parsons The New School for Design.


Filmmaker finds “˜Father’ in art

Directors have a very complex and intriguing relationship with the films they create. Read more...

Photo: The 2009 film, “The Father of My Children,” won the Special Jury Prize during last year’s Cannes Film Festival and will screen at James Bridges Theater on Thursday.



Vegan diet increases in popularity

Today, "Clueless" darling Alicia Silverstone calls it "The Kind Diet." Now rewind back to 1944, when Donald Watson coined this term, "vegan." In November of that year, Watson founded The Vegan Society and shook up the vegetarian revolution with a new lifestyle completely free of animal products. Read more...

Photo: The Veggie Grill’s “All Hail Kale Salad” includes marinated kale and red cabbage, roasted corn salsa and agave-roasted walnuts with a ginger-papaya vinaigrette. There is also an option to add blackened chicken.


Sound Bite: Janelle Monáe

"I'm just another weirdo, oh better yet, you can call me your hero," Janelle Monáe sings on her first full-length album, proudly crowning herself R&B's nerdiest diva with the aesthetic of André 3000-esque social consciousness and sci-fi love metaphors by way of Amerie's go-go funk and throat singing. Read more...