“School of Rock” opens like a concert, complete with smoke, sweeping red lights and a rock band performing with guitars and drums. Then walls of a bedroom, and later, school maps and doors slide in, transitioning the concert opening into a musical and introducing the reality of the main character’s unsuccessful music career. Throughout the […]
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YOUTHphonics sets Dance Marathon in motion with a cappella performance
YOUTHphonics, basked in blue lighting, kicked off the opening ceremonies for this year’s Dance Marathon. YOUTHphonics, a community service a cappella group at UCLA, first performed at dance marathon two years ago. This year, the group sang the national anthem followed by their rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” Grant Colin, YOUTHphonics’ co-president and a fourth-year economics […]
Shelf to stage: Vintage Hollywood costumes come alive in alumnus’ musical
Almost 500 vintage Hollywood costumes decorate Greg Schreiner’s house. The UCLA alumnus will showcase his collection for his musical, “Hollywood Revisited: A Glamorous Musical Theater Extravaganza,” in Palm Springs on Thursday as part of the city’s annual Modernism Week. He serves as the producer, narrator and pianist of the 30-year-old show, which will feature musical […]
LA-based dance company takes ‘Samba in the Streets’ program to Alabama
Dancers will sweep their arms in a wavelike manner for Iemanjá, the Candomblé deity of the oceans, while dancing through the streets of Los Angeles to the rhythm of drums. The Los Angeles-based Viver Brasil dance company, co-founded by UCLA alumna and adjunct professor Linda Yudin, is holding their “Samba in the Streets” community engagement […]
Past bleeds into present in Hillel at UCLA’s newest art exhibits
Past and present intertwine in Robert Weingarten’s artwork, which layers photos of the burning World Trade Center and the One World Trade Center. The photograph is a part of Weingarten’s exhibit, “Pentimento,” which will open Thursday for Hillel at UCLA’s Winter 2018 Art Opening along with Corrie Siegel’s “The Space Between Symbols.” The show is […]
Student spreads holiday cheer, fundraises for camp by decorating doors
Grant Mooney replaces blank doors with winter-themed images of penguins sledding to raise money for a summer camp for children whose parents have or have had cancer. Mooney, a second-year individual concentration student, wraps UCLA students’ doors with holiday wrapping paper for $10 to fundraise for Camp Kesem. Mooney joined the organization as a camp […]
Biochemistry student uses Tumblr to share advice, UCLA experiences
Social media is usually a distraction, but Ellee Vikram has turned it into a study tool for students. The second-year biochemistry student addresses school-related questions through a study Tumblr, or “studyblr,” which she created her senior year of high school. Vikram said she did not have much to post about in high school, but after […]