UCLA Big Band Holiday Concert features a variety of jazz sounds, from Latin to fusion

Arts, Music

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November 22, 1:44 am

UCLA Big Band Holiday Concert features a variety of jazz sounds, from Latin to fusion

Discordant notes ring through the air as Bobby Rodriguez's LatinJazz class tunes their instruments. Rodriguez comes into the room, handing out sheet music to each student before rushing back out to settle another matter, only to enter again a couple minutes later. Anticipation and excitement fill the air as the students "“ and the teacher "“ prepare for a concert that will showcase what they've learned this past quarter. Read more...

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Director Bobby Rodriguez’s UCLA Big Band rehearses for its upcoming performance at today’s Big Band Holiday Concert. Three different ensembles will be featured: Rodriguez’s LatinJazz Big Band, Charley Harrison’s Jazz Orchestra and Kenny Burrell’s Jazz Fusion Ensemble. The event is called a holiday concert, but holiday-themed music will not be played by any of the groups.

Arts

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November 22, 12:19 am

Fashion review: Versace for H&M

Judging from the Versace for H&M collaboration, it seems that the Versace customer has an affinity for extreme leopard print and scenic sunset landscapes displayed on his or her crotch. Read more...

Arts, Lifestyle

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November 22, 12:18 am

“˜Short Eyes’ play explores morality and complexity of life behind bars in the 1970s

If one were to juxtapose the words "penitentiary" and "morality" under normal circumstances, he or she might perceive the relationship between the two as mutually exclusive. Read more...

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“Short Eyes” is a play written by Michael PiÃ±ero that will be performed at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. (Image courtesy of Federico Mata)

Arts

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November 22, 12:07 am

Plugged In

UCLA students tell us where they're headed, what they're listening to on the way there and why they like it. Read more...

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Jacqueline Meddings, fourth-year psychology student

Arts Columns

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November 21, 12:44 am

B-sides: _A time to give thanks to music news and events of 2011_

It's Thanksgiving time, ladies and gentlemen. And before the turkey lulls us all into a food coma the likes of which we have never experienced before, I thought I'd share some of the music news and events I've been thankful for this year. Read more...

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Courtesy of lilja BirgisdÃ³ttir

Lifestyle

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November 21, 12:43 am

Actress Alicia Silverstone hopes to enlighten non-vegetarians on healthy eating in UCLA lecture

Actress Alicia Silverstone, who released an advice book titled "The Kind Diet," will be speaking at UCLA on nutrition and how food choices affect lifestyle, health, the environment and animals. Read more...

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Courtesy of Donovan Daughtry
Actress Alicia Silverstone will speak at UCLA tonight. She will talk about the health benefits of a vegetarian or vegan-based diet.

Music

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November 21, 12:36 am

Bruins learn from their own “˜Internship’

Most UCLA students would not choose to spend their Friday nights in a parking garage. Yet from midnight to 3 a.m., there is no place that the five members of The Internship would rather be. Read more...

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Courtesy of Connor Vance
The Internship performs at Bruin Plaza during Thank UCLA Day. Tonight, it will perform with Owl Fly South at Kerckhoff Coffee House.

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