As the highest-paid DJ of 2013 and 2014 according to Forbes magazine, Calvin Harris is no stranger to concocting catchy dance beats and surefire radio hits, some of which include 2011’s “Feel So Close” and “We Found Love” with Rihanna. True to his signature style, his newest album, “Motion,” comes across as more mainstream radio […]
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Student Courtney Welbon brings powerful lyrics to Kerckhoff
With guitar in hand and lyrical expressiveness in mind, Courtney Welbon said she bares her emotional thoughts to audiences through acoustics and a lilting vocal timbre. Welbon, a third-year communication studies student, will perform a 50-minute set at the Kerckhoff Coffee House put on by the Cultural Affairs Commission, and this will be her first […]
Clark Library holds last open house before restoration
When the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library was built in 1924, it began what would eventually be an abounding testament of California’s history. On Wednesday, the Clark Library will hold its fourth annual open house as well as a quarterly lecture on the library’s first head librarian, Robert E. Cowan, an esteemed bookman and a […]
TFT grad student uses Kickstarter to fund short film
Doug Turner’s film crew is set to shoot on deck of the SSV Tole Mour, the largest sailing school vessel on the West Coast, and backers on Kickstarter have been jumping aboard. In a little less than three weeks since his Kickstarter launch, backers have donated more than $16,000 as of Monday to Turner’s short […]
UCLA Department of Art staff displays work at exhibition ‘GHOST SHIFT’
In 2004, the UCLA Department of Art displayed the works of its staff members for the very first time, beginning what would become a series of exhibitions linked by a common theme: The art department staff, no stranger to the daily handling of other artists’ works, is actually comprised of artists too. Coming back for […]
West African group DAFRA Drum to perform last show in Fowler series
The heart of West African culture is being set to a beat and rhythm as the DAFRA Drum ensemble prepares to perform at the Fowler Museum on Aug. 17. As the final concert of the Fowler’s ongoing summer series “Summer Concerts on the Green,” DAFRA Drum is part of a traveling exhibition originally organized in […]
Second Take: Robin Thicke’s ‘Paula’ apology misses mark
Maudlin guitar strums and a feathery-light falsetto just may not be enough to save Robin Thicke’s marriage. “Paula,” released July 1, is Thicke’s latest album – a 14-track apology dedicated to his estranged wife, actress Paula Patton, from whom he has been legally separated since February. “I should’ve kissed you longer/ I should’ve held you […]