Nine-year-old Imaan Fitzgerald stood in front of 1,000 people and began to sing “We Are a Family,” her voice bouncing off the steep walls of Crystal Cathedral. The concert in Orange County, organized by her grandfather, is one of her earliest memories of performing. Fitzgerald, a fifth-year film student, will channel the ukulele and vocal […]
Author Archives: Kayla Hausmann
UCLA TFT showcases strength of women in production of ‘Helen’
Ashley Cleveland stepped slowly onto a dark stage. Her veil swirled around her as she walked, and a recording of Richard Burton saying, “Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?” played in the background. Finally she paused and removed her veil, allowing the audience to see her face for the first time. Cleveland, […]
Alumni Band creates community for graduates passionate about UCLA, music
The director raised his arms and began to conduct, and the rich sound of 125 students playing brass, woodwinds and percussion filled the auditorium. David Pardess sat in the front row at the first UCLA marching band practice, playing his piccolo and feeling excitement and anticipation for the rest of the 1967 season. Nearly 50 […]
Professor overhauls Peace Over Violence brand for greater inclusion
Large white letters stood out against the black and white image of a smiling woman, spelling “confianza sobre violencia” (confidence over violence). The image fades away on Peace Over Violence’s website homepage, replaced with the scene of a smiling man and woman, with the words “friendship over violence” written across their embracing arms. Rebeca Méndez, […]
Q&A: Member of Swedish pop trio Miike Snow discusses performing, latest album
Members of Miike Snow created their newest album by sending files back and forth online between their residences in Bangkok, Stockholm, New York and Los Angeles. Miike Snow will now be traveling internationally, performing tracks from the completed album “iii.” Swedish producers Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg and singer-songwriter Andrew Wyatt comprise the indie pop […]
UCLA interior designer transforms into prop master for musical ‘Oktoberfest’
Actors in bright Bavarian dress danced across the stage, lightly stepping on and off three durable, brown wooden barrels. Jeanne Schniedewind inhaled sharply when the actors tossed two of her handcrafted kegs back and forth, thinking of the time and effort it would take to fix them if they broke. But the barrels, along with […]
Students’ podcast tackles issues of the everyday college student
Christina Rice, Janina Lamoglia and Kailyn Glass gathered around their Midvale Avenue apartment’s dining room table in their pajamas. The trio spoke into the microphones set up on the table, recording their discussion on jealous friends and roommate drama for the next episode of their podcast “Actually Adultish.” Rice, a fourth-year psychology student, began listening […]