Mura Masa, Aminé and Mr. Carmack will be performing at this year’s Bruin Bash in Pauley Pavilion on Monday. The Cultural Affairs Commission and the Campus Events Commission announced the artists in a Facebook video Tuesday evening. Students who share the video will be entered into a draw for two floor tickets. Mura Masa, whose […]
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Students reflect on featured films chosen for Downtown LA Film Festival
The UCLA-USC rivalry will step off the football field and into the Regal LA LIVE Studio 14. Ten films directed by students at UCLA Extension and USC will screen at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival on Sept. 24. Following the theme “Frame Yourself,” the students looked back on their pasts to craft films that […]
Q&A: Brooklyn Academy of Music honors UCLA alumnus’ bold films
LA rebel and renowned filmmaker Jamaa Fanaka produced three of his feature titles while studying film at UCLA. Fanaka was a filmmaker who worked to produce high-quality films outside of mainstream Hollywood, especially within the African-American community. He died in 2012, and is best known for films like “Penitentiary” and “Emma Mae.” The Brooklyn Academy […]
Art student mixes politics, identity, fashion in clothing designs
Kendall McCready found the supplies for her next fashion project in the bread aisle of Costco Wholesale. While studying abroad in England, the second-year art student said she noticed stark differences between American and English culture. So, she decided to present her reflections in a video by dressing models in fashion inspired by American culture. […]
Bruin Bash ticketing site crashes briefly due to overload of requests
This article was updated Sept. 15 at 4:57 p.m. Bruin Bash tickets were hard to come by once again. The Bruin Bash website crashed Wednesday morning for almost an hour after thousands of students flooded the website in the hopes of getting floor tickets. Bruin Bash, which is put together by the Campus Events Commission […]
CEC and CAC announce updated ticketing assignment system for Bruin Bash
Students will have to click fast to get floor seats at this year’s Bruin Bash. In a Facebook post sent out Tuesday evening, the UCLA Cultural Affairs Commission and the UCLA Campus Events Commission announced that floor tickets will go live at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning for all undergraduate students. Bruin Bash will take place […]
Child actor evokes alumna’s nostalgia, inspiration for film
As a young girl growing up in Iran, Golnaz Jamsheed used to watch somber Iranian movies, like “Taste of Cherry,” with her mother. “The movies of the time, which are now national treasures, capture a feeling of melancholy and the state of the times which was very dark for my young age,” Jamsheed said. “But […]