Eric Rosner spent over 20 years sketching the grand, swooping skyline of New York City, where each tower and pointed spire felt like home. When he moved to Westwood from New York City two years ago however, he felt the cultural shock. He said internalizing the history behind architecture in Los Angeles was difficult until […]
Author Archives: Shreya Aiyar
Q&A: Clean Bandit cellist remarks on fusing music, winning a Grammy
Clean Bandit has traveled a thousand miles from comfort and over land and sea, but cellist Grace Chatto said there’s no place she’d rather be than on the stage, playing with her bandmates for the fans. The British dance music group, formed by University of Cambridge students with shared interests of classical and electronic music, […]
CEC, CAC run out of Bruin Bash wristbands despite guaranteeing admission
This post was updated on Sept. 24 at 3:17 a.m. New and returning students lined up to attend Bruin Bash Monday, only to realize that wristbands to gain access to the free concert ran out by around 4 p.m. Students crowding the Intramural Field the concert shouted protests, upset because the Campus Events Commission and […]
UCLA student poised in pursuit of ballet, education
A mother and her baby stood watching ballet dancers practice behind the closed curtains of a Seattle opera house. The mother, Lauri-Michelle Houk, was still on leave from her career as a company ballet dancer to take care of her 8-month-old baby, Madeline. Their eyes were trained on Lauri-Michelle’s husband Ben, also a dancer with […]
UCLA jazz studies director Kenny Burrell to receive LA Jazz Treasure Award
UCLA director of jazz studies and jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell will receive the L.A. Jazz Treasure Award from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Los Angeles Jazz Society at the museum Friday. The award honors jazz artists active in Los Angeles who have made lasting contributions to the genre and have given […]
Album Review: ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’
Abel Tesfaye, also known as the The Weeknd, is back after casually redefining pop music in one fell swoop. Tesfaye’s second full-length album, “Beauty Behind the Madness,” combines ’80s vibes with lecherous lyrics, creating a modern version of pop to be consumed by the masses. At times reminiscent of Michael Jackson’s dance-floor-anthem brilliance, Tesfaye’s new […]
UCLA alumna hosts Indian classical dance program at Fowler Museum
Landowners and city officials commissioned nine-year-old Malathi Iyengar to decorate the entryways of the temples and festival halls in Bangalore, India with bright patterns made of colored flour, grains of rice and flower petals. To Iyengar, creating the designs, known as rangolis, was much more than just a hobby – the rangoli was a powerful […]