Friday, October 9

Fashion Beyond UCLA: Guide to postgrad style

Yoga pants and slacks. Blazers and crop tops. Rainbow sandals and oxfords. It’s hard to imagine a world where all of the above can peacefully coexist. Read more...

Photo: Talya Sharps, a fourth-year African and Middle Eastern studies student, shows how to easily make jeans workplace appropriate as she transitions her look from laid-back college student to business casual. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)



Bruin sees music as gateway to cultural studies

Music lays the foundation for everything from food, art forms, indigenous languages, spiritual exercise and entertainment in native cultures throughout the Americas, said ethnomusicology graduate student Jessie Vallejo. Read more...

Photo: Approaching graduation day, ethnomusicology graduate student Jessie Vallejo balances researching indigenous music of the Americas and performing in a mariachi band. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)




Movie Review: ‘Obvious Child’

Donna Stern, who makes people laugh as a profession, must stop joking and face her problems. “Obvious Child,” an indie film written and directed by newcomer Gillian Robespierre, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival as part of its NEXT section, a non-competition category that showcases American films with bold storytelling. Read more...

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Neuen directs farewell concert on “The Faith of Beethoven”

Soaring melodies and the power of hundreds of voices will fill Royce Hall this Saturday in conductorand UCLA Choral Studies director Donald Neuen’s farewell concert, “The Faith of Beethoven: A Musical Journey of Hope.” Featuringone of the largest assemblages of musicians in UCLA’s history–over 200 singers, a piano soloist, four vocal soloists and a full symphony orchestra – the concert will combine the talents of three performing arts organizations, two of which are based on the UCLA campus: the UCLA Chorale, the UCLA Philharmonia and the Angeles Chorale. Read more...

Photo: (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin) This Saturday, The UCLA Chorale will combine its talents with the UCLA Philharmonia Orchestra and the Angeles Chorale for UCLA Chorale Studies director and conductor Donald Neuen’s farewell concert, “The Faith of Beethoven: A Musical Journey of Hop.”