Hundreds of people are participating in the 15th annual Dance Marathon – a fundraising event where students stay on their feet for 26 hours to raise money to fight pediatric AIDS. Read more...
Photo: (Kristen Payne/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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April 1, 12:00 am
Q&A: Tony-winning alumnus discusses musicals, writing process
Monty Navarro is a young, zealous heir who discovers he is ninth in line to inherit a large fortune. While concurrently manipulating his fiancee and mistress, Navarro is willing to do anything it takes to get himself first in line to the riches. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Robert Freedman’s musical “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” will be performed at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from March 22 to May 1. (Center Theatre Group)
Arts, Music, Video
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April 1, 12:00 am
Sounds of Schoenberg: The Scottish fiddle
When Georgia Broughton decided to learn the Scottish fiddle, she went straight to Scotland. This was the farthest she had ever traveled alone, and she did not know what to expect in an unfamiliar land. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduate student Georgia Broughton learned to play the Scottish fiddle in Scotland, which she uses to explore the traditional music of her Scottish heritage. Broughton is also part of UCLA’s Irish Music Ensemble, where she learned how to play the Irish fiddle. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Lifestyle
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March 31, 11:08 pm
Local Coachella Valley siblings launch festival-style clothing line
An 8-year-old boy clutched a disposable camera outside of a house in Coachella Valley. Directing his little sister, dressed in an outfit of his picking, he snapped her photo and, after development, proudly pinned it to her bedroom wall. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year sociology student Isauro Meza (center) and his sister Silvia started a unisex fashion line called Iota Haus, which will be showcased in a fashion show at Coachella on Sunday. (Owen Emerson/Assistant Photo Editor)
Arts, Lifestyle
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March 31, 11:05 pm
Alumnus begins new chapter in diverse career by publishing first novel
Neal Rabin wanted to write about what he already knew. For someone who has worked jobs ranging from Club Med sport instructor, to Hollywood set assistant, to CEO of a software company, he said writing a book about unexpected journeys felt like an appropriate choice. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Neal Rabin wrote his first novel “23 Degrees South: A Tropical Tale in Changing Whether…” about Hart, a fictional UCLA graduate. (Courtesy of Nancy C. Grinstein)
Arts, Video
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March 31, 3:29 pm
Learning how to be a student and a model
Second-year students, Daphne Meyer, world arts and cultures, and Malik Martin, business economics, describe what it’s like to juggle being a model and full-time student. They both learned to develop time management skills and flexibility. Read more...
Photo: (Sandra Carbonell-Kiamtia and Susie Shu/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Music
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March 31, 12:00 am
Album Review: ‘Mind of Mine’
When Zayn Malik announced his departure from One Direction last year, he said it was to pursue a quiet life as a normal 22-year-old. Since then, though, he has fought with collaborator Naughty Boy, engaged in his fair share of Twitter feuds with former bandmates and appeared on multiple magazine covers. Read more...
Photo: (RCA Records)