Saturday, August 8

In the news:

Dressing Oscar

Costume design is an elusive art in film, where the correct clothing is essential to the audience’s abandonment of reality for two hours and buying into the characters created on the silver screen. Read more...


Calendar: Theater & Arts

“Culture Crossing” Kinross North Room 126 Thursday ““ Saturday, 8 p.m. Graduate and undergraduate World Arts and Cultures students rehash the whole multi-cultural thing in a student-produced performance that explores hybridity and understanding. Read more...


NSU event geared toward sharing culture through music, dance

Nikkei Student Union, a campus group dedicated to promoting Japanese American culture, is reaching deep into its pockets to provide an evening of free entertainment. On Monday, NSU will present its 17th Annual Cultural Night, weaving together disparate elements of Japanese American culture. Read more...


Calendar: Film & TV

“Kitchen Stories” James Bridges Theater Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Catch a free screening of Norway’s submission for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Based on a real study done in the 1950s of the cooking habits of Scandinavian bachelors, the film has been praised for being surprisingly entertaining despite its slow pace. Read more...



Five win award in ASUCLA Art in the Union contest

Many students and faculty skipped their usual Kerckhoff Coffeehouse run Wednesday, in favor of an afternoon of art and complimentary refreshments just next door. Samba music and mingling observers filled the usually empty Kerckhoff Art Gallery, as the Associated Students of UCLA’s Art in the Union program hosted a reception Wednesday afternoon to honor the winning entries in its annual Art in the Union program. Read more...


Recreation class flows with cultural rhythms

Some people dance to the beat of a different drum. For students in one particular on-campus percussion class, that drum is from Africa. An eight-week African drumming class led by Fred Jones is one of the many cultural programs offered by UCLA’s Department of Cultural and Recreation Affairs. Read more...