Wednesday, September 9

Student short film strikes chord through use of classical music in score

Movies often include a wide variety of music, but classical music isn’t highlighted as often on the silver screen. “Prelude,” however, puts classical music center stage as the film follows a covertly violent romantic relationship. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Extension student Akasha Coral (left) and second-year music composition student Jahan Raymond (right) collaborated to create “Prelude,” a short film that primarily relies on Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C-sharp Minor to emphasize the narrative. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)






A look at the variety of concert venues LA has to offer

The Fonda Theatre: The heavy sound of music bounces off the mural-covered walls of The Fonda Theatre. Walking to the venue, the stars of the Hollywood Walk of Fame cover the ground. Read more...

Photo: With its mural-covered walls and dim chandelier lighting, The Fonda Theatre is the perfect place to watch a show in an intimate setting. The venue is close to campus and offers numerous performances from obscure artists at a price point cheaper than typical arena shows. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Summer class on Cardi B explores re-okurrr-ing issues of respectability politics

Only a student in guest lecturer Christian Green’s class could get away with writing “Okurrr” in one of their papers. Green, an alumnus of the African American Studies department, is using Cardi B as his muse for his course, “Cardi B and Respectability Politics: Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Sexuality.” The class, he said, analyzes U.S. Read more...

Photo: Guest lecturer Christian Green’s summer class “Cardi B and Respectability Politics: Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Sexuality” analyzes U.S. history and the role of black women in American society. (Courtesy of Charles Jones)



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