While many students are fast asleep, fourth-year history student Nina Aguilar arrives at work at 6 a.m. The sun has not come out yet, and the campus is empty. Aguilar, however, is ready to start her day as a barista at Bruin Buzz.
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UCLA dance clubs in step with Argentinian milonga
In the 1920s, actor Rudolph Valentino sparked an international tango craze when he performed an Argentinian style tango in the silent film “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.”
Vietnamese Language and Culture club puts on Tet Festival to celebrate the Lunar New Year
Growing up, fourth-year biology student Linda Ta did not have a strong connection to her Vietnamese culture, an experience that many can probably relate to.
Electronic musicians Daedelus and Tokimonsta to perform at Broad Art Center
Daedelus will be performing with Tokimonsta today in the Experimental Digital Arts space at UCLA’s Broad Art Center as part of Campus Events Commission’s partnership with the Design | Media Arts undergraduate exhibition.
Winter quarter music preview
A new year is seen as a time to be open-minded to different perspectives, and there’s no better way to do this than to open one’s mind to some new tunes.
UCLA student Julian Cubillos to perform unplugged tonight in Fowler Out Loud concert
Third-year ethnomusicology student Julian Cubillos was only 5 years old when his parents enrolled him in guitar lessons, but he quickly developed an interest of his own in punk and jazz.
Cubillos said he was first trained in classical music and has taken guitar lessons with guitarist and UCLA lecturer Wolf Marshall.
Mariachi de Uclatlán, Grupo Folklórico de UCLA to share the stage in Fowler Out Loud event
Ethnomusicology doctoral student Jessie Vallejo said that she knew for years that she wanted to go to UCLA to learn about her heritage through mariachi music.