Michael Stock arrived at a University of Nebraska classroom when he was an 18-year-old undergraduate to attend the screening of a film called “Liquid Sky.”
Category Archives: Music
Weekend review: Los Lobos
Just when you thought you knew what to expect from a Los Lobos concert ““ loosely played rock ‘n’ roll, Tex-Mex, norteño-style ballads ““ they go and start playing classic Disney tunes.
Festival in tune with rising interest
While a cappella music is nothing new, its popularity has recently reached new heights. On Jan. 30, UCLA will host the Los Angeles A Cappella Festival, the largest a cappella festival on the West Coast.
Hammer celebrates life of Harry Smith
An experimental filmmaker, ethnomusicologist, artist and avid collector of Ukrainian Easter eggs, Harry Smith was a 20th century American Renaissance man. Tonight, Patti Smith and friends will celebrate this eccentric bohemian’s life, as well as the release of the book “Harry Smith: The Avant-Garde in the American Vernacular” with the “Smith on Smith” event at the UCLA Hammer Museum.
One-man musical aims to spread knowledge about foster care
Patrick Burns lived with four foster families between the ages of 14 and 17.
Old-time music reaches youth
If modern-day country music has fallen short of tantalizing your American grassroots taste buds, then you need not stray far from campus for an alternative ““ UCLA’s Bluegrass & Old-Time Ensemble will perform tonight as part of the Fowler Out Loud! music series.
UCLA alum Sacha Gervasi’s documentary nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries award
At the first sign of light after a night lost in a Romanian forest, director and UCLA alumnus Sacha Gervasi discovered his crew’s van had stopped 10 feet short of a sheer drop.