From hybrid cars to hybrid foods, hybridization is largely the way of the future. Dance may prove no exception to this trend as it intersects with the visual arts to form a growing field: performance art. Read more...
Arts, Music
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April 29, 12:05 am
Attorney UCLA alum to show his folk-rock side in concert
For attorney Adam Walker, law is his vocation, but music is his passion. Walker studied political science as a UCLA undergraduate and later attended law school at the University of San Diego, but music has always been a constant outside of his education. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Adam Walker, a singer-songwriter who draws both from Bob Dylan and heavy metal, will perform tonight at Kerckhoff Coffee House as a part of the Cultural Affairs Commission’s concert series.
Arts, Music
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April 29, 12:00 am
Ellingtonia to honor jazz musician
Renowned jazz musician Duke Ellington played at Royce Hall in 1937. Not only was it one of Ellington’s first American concerts, but it was his first ever jazz performance in a concert venue. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Director of Jazz Studies Kenny Burrell and the Ellingtonia Orchestra will perform in Schoenberg Hall as part of the day’s events honoring the life and works of the late Duke Ellington.
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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April 29, 12:00 am
B-Sides: Child ballads provide refreshing stories among sea of repetitive music
There’s something about old stories that manage to hold our interest long past their telling. I noticed this in Ireland when I studied abroad in the fall: The past and its tales are revered and treasured as part of Ireland’s national history. Read more...
Arts, Music
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April 26, 1:00 am
Album Review: ‘To Be Loved’ By Michael Buble
In a competition between Elvis Presley and Michael Bublé, Elvis would win hands down. Read more...
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April 26, 12:48 am
Album Review: ‘…And It Shook Me’ By The Postelles
It was at the turn of the century that The Strokes’ fresh, vivacious debut album, “Is This It,” altered what mainstream indie-rock was. Read more...
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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April 26, 12:31 am
‘Art in the Union’ a canvas of competition and connection for artists of all majors
With its puzzle-like appearance and distorted image of a human body, the assembled wood panel painting evokes a somewhat nostalgic feeling of reminiscing an early past experience. Read more...
Photo: “Art in the Union,” an annual art competition that allows UCLA students to enter artwork of any medium, selects up to five winners from as many as 150 participants each year. The pieces are judged, and besides receiving $600 as a cash prize, winners have their works kept in the gallery’s permanent collection. A few art pieces in the competition are pictured above.