Whether recording for record labels, interning for a music company that has managed such artists as the Shins or captivating a crowd from onstage with her band, Naomi and the Bandits, graduating fourth-year music history student Naomi Robin is showing no signs of slowing down, even as the doors of UCLA close behind her. As […]
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Alex Liu & Eric Jung take best overall entry at 2014 Spring Sing
This post was updated on May 18 at 3 p.m. United by the traditional 8-clap, Friday night’s Spring Sing 2014 audience was in for a night of music, laughter and wild applause inside Pauley Pavilion. Spring Sing 2014 featured a variety of acts from soloists and bands to a cappella groups and musical theater performances. […]
Flavors of Westwood: Chilly Ribbons is hotspot for shaved snow
Three years ago, Daniel Kultran sat in a Class 302 Cafe in Rowland Heights and experienced his first bite of what he considers frozen dessert’s newest sensation: shaved snow. Fast forward three years, and Kultran, with his partner Kyu Kim, has just opened a hotspot for this cold confection in Westwood. Named Chilly Ribbons, the […]
Royce Hall hosts Annie Awards, celebrates animation
The air was alive with animated chatter. All around, men were spruced up in pressed suits, and women dazzled in evening gowns as soundtracks from Disney films played in the background.The house lights dimmed, and the audience fell to a muted hush. Hosted by the Hollywood branch of the International Animated Film Society, the 41st Annie Awards show […]