The audience members sit with clenched jaws and gasps caught in their throats as they watch a commercial plane pull out of a nose-dive, flip upside-down and then crash-land next to a church.
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Exhibit illuminates history of Iranian Jews
Illuminated wedding contracts, silver amulets and carved tablets take on a deeper dimension with the accompaniment of traditional Iranian Jewish music and the taste of Persian tea and spices, in a way presenting the cultural and historical evolution of Iranian Jews.
Three UCLA students selected as finalists for Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award
While writers joke on the surface about creating works with selling points of sex, violence and humor, underneath they preach a different message of writing thoughtful, personal stories.
Graduate students’ short film “˜Prom Night’ wins Sprite Films’ Green Ribbon Panel Award
With lights dimmed and popcorn in hand, unsuspecting audience members in screenings of “Lincoln” and “Breaking Dawn Part 2″ are in for a double feature this fall.
Movie Review: Frankenweenie
The common and morbid fascination with reanimating the dead takes on a cute yet creepy twist in Tim Burton’s new film “Frankenweenie.” Though it isn’t among Burton’s most creative ideas, it takes the audience to a stylistically unprecedented claymation world.
Award-winning Yvonne DeLaRosa reflects on acting inspirations and her time at UCLA
As one of Barney’s one-night-stands on “How I Met Your Mother,” a gossipy maid on “Weeds” and a witness to a quinceanera gone wrong in “Law & Order: L.A.” actress and UCLA alumna Yvonne DeLaRosa is rapidly becoming a Latin American icon.
Fowler concert featuring Banda Viento de Oro explores banda music’s cross-cultural influence
On Aug. 19 the ordinarily serene setting of the Fowler Museum’s outdoor courtyard transformed into a wonderland of Spanglish and lively music as it hosted a free concert featuring Banda Viento de Oro and special guests Wil-Dog and Yarel Ramos.
The Fowler and Josh Kun, director of the Popular Music Project at USC, teamed up to help promote the banda culture.