Spring Sing’s 2014 Company started their relationship with a speed dating game, rotating partners every few minutes. The topic of conversation was, “What talents do you bring to Company?” Each member was forced to answer, most defaulting into awkward laughter and responding with bad impersonations. After hours upon hours together in rehearsal, these 12 students […]
Author Archives: Natalie Green
Gallery to display photographer’s decades-long series of 3-D portraits
Viewfinders – miniature binocular-like objects – hang side by side from long strings along one wall of the Kerckhoff Art Gallery. Small and understated, the viewfinders appear to be ordinary, until one looks inside and a whole other three-dimensional world reveals itself. The UCLA Cultural Affairs Commission’s Art Series is hosting photographer James Payne’s three-dimensional […]
Stuff from the Shelf: ‘Like You Mean It’ soulfully melds styles
With ease and a good deal of soul, the California Honeydrops’ third studio album remembers the group’s roots as a street band and contains the essence of the warm Californian sun. Based out of Oakland, Calif., the California Honeydrops are an ensemble that lacks one single musical genre; they effectively combine the brassy sound of […]
UCLA, USC students collaborate to put on play ‘Columbinus’
The challenge was there from the beginning: building a community between crosstown rivals. Last year, longtime best friends Jack Shulruff and Burton Chaikin were both in directing classes. The former attends UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television and the latter USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. While in search of scripts for their respective directing […]
Royce String Quartet to bring varied repertoire to Powell Library
To fulfill graduation requirements while providing an outlet for a smaller, collaborative environment, several graduate students in music founded the Royce String Quartet at UCLA in 2012. Now, two years later, the group of four makes its L.A. concert performance debut on Friday night as part of UCLA Library’s “Music in the Rotunda” concert series. […]
Getty Museum immerses students in art with ‘College Night’
As the typical Monday blues wind down to a close, the J. Paul Getty Museum will open its doors with free admission to all college-aged students for an evening of interactive cultural immersion. The annual College Night at the Getty Center is a one-night-only extravaganza where the museum, typically closed on Mondays, invites students to […]
Movie Review: ‘Breathe In’
With few words and deceivingly picture-perfect smiles, the new drama “Breathe In” opens with a typical American family of three taking their annual family portrait.