Friday, May 8

Literary Treasures

The brightness of day filters through a large window onto a matte black typewriter, the dimples of its glossy keys forming multiple pools of reflective light. Bookshelves, standing as sentries of the published word, line the walls before it. Read more...


UCLA student Julian Cubillos to perform unplugged tonight in Fowler Out Loud concert

Third-year ethnomusicology student Julian Cubillos was only 5 years old when his parents enrolled him in guitar lessons, but he quickly developed an interest of his own in punk and jazz. Cubillos said he was first trained in classical music and has taken guitar lessons with guitarist and UCLA lecturer Wolf Marshall. Read more...

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Julian Cubillos (left) and bandmate Evan Vidar will be performing at the Fowler Out Loud concert today at 6 p.m. in the Fowler Museum courtyard. Cubillos has previously performed at UCLA last year as part of Cultural Affairs Commission’s Monday Night Jazz/Folk Series.




Literally Speaking

The Daily Bruin's Lauren Roberts spoke with some of these educators about their favorite and most influential books while growing up and as younger students. Read their thoughts on the literature they discovered before their time behind the podium. Read more...

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Kellman


The digital page

Quang has thrown away unwanted books before, but he didn't chuck them in a trash can. He just clicked a button and "“ in a flash "“ the e-books vanished from his iPad library. Read more...