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UCLA Wind Ensemble brings a touch of Thai music to its performance on March 2

UCLA Wind Ensemble
March 2, 8 p.m.
Schoenberg Hall, $5 for students with ID

The UCLA Wind Ensemble is going global. More specifically, it is attempting to transport its listeners to the heart of Bangkok by performing songs composed by three Thai composers, including the King of Thailand himself.

The Wind Ensemble will be performing on March 2 at 8 p.m. in Schoenberg Hall with Nipatdh Kanchanahuta, conductor of the wind symphony at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, serving as the principal guest conductor.

“We thought it would be fun to do something different,” said Gordon Henderson, associate director of bands at UCLA.

Local Natives concert postponed indefinitely

The indie rock band Local Natives was set to perform a free concert in Bruin Plaza on Tuesday, but the concert has been postponed indefinitely because of an undisclosed family emergency within the band.

Although UCLA’s Campus Events Commission, which was responsible for putting on the concert, said it is too soon to make exact plans, it is hoping to reschedule the band’s performance for spring quarter.

UCLA graduate student, award-winning poet Eric Gudas uses curiosity of his environment to gain inspiration

Sitting in the middle of buzzing Kerckhoff Coffeehouse, Eric Gudas, a UCLA graduate student in 20th century American literature and an awarded poet, scanned his environment for images that could inspire one of his poems. Looking up at the ceiling, he noticed something that I had often overlooked in my many visits to Kerckhoff.

“I have a lot of questions, usually very ordinary questions,” Gudas said. “Right now I am wondering whether those hanging plants are real or fake.”

During his reading this past Saturday at the poetry center in Venice, Beyond Baroque, alongside poets Alissa Valles and Ilya Kaminsky, he read a series of poems about death, which included dialogues he had with his young daughter. His use of language and subject is approachable and crisp, sometimes formal or freewheeling.

Overtime with Daily Bruin Sports: February 28, 2011

The guys have a lot to talk about: The UCLA men’s basketball team won its last game at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, putting them in a tie for first place in the Pac-10 Conference. Hosts Sam Strong and Eli Smukler discuss the victory and play some cuts from the postgame press conference, and Percy Allen from the Seattle Times joins the show to talk more college basketball. And as always, the hosts break down more sports news and stats from over the weekend.

Overtime with Daily Bruin Sports airs Mondays at 6:30 p.m. on UCLAradio.com.

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Long Story Short: Not just UCLA students came to United Afghan Club’s fundraising banquet on Saturday

UCLA’s United Afghan Club hosted its third annual fundraising banquet on Saturday in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. What sets this cultural night apart from other similar events on campus is the fact that it attracts so many people from outside of UCLA. [3:11]