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May 25, 9:31 pm

Tea Tunes: Love of metal genre plays into Justin Loera’s original music

Music inspires the soul and allows listeners to feel joyful and free, and behind every piece of inspirational music lie a songwriter and a story. Throughout spring quarter, columnist Kaitlyn Peterson will sit down over tea with UCLA singer-songwriters to explore their musical goals, personal inspirations and what makes their songs so special. Read more...

Photo: Third-year anthropology student Justin Loera is working on his fourth album after making his own progressive rock music in January 2016. He released his first album “Untitled Album” last year and his most recent album “Faded Dream” in January. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music

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May 24, 10:28 pm

WestWoodstock music festival to spotlight UCLA’s student musicians

How many students does it take to squeeze one wooden stage through the screen door of a fraternity house? The answer is four. I watched John Colarusso, Tim Connors, Sriram Ramakrishnan and Jonathan Liu succeed in strategically pivoting the timber framework for the stage through the small entryway inside. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA-based event-planning organization House of Balloons created WestWoodstock, a two-day music festival featuring 35 student musical acts including both up-and-coming and more established bands and musicians. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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May 24, 10:25 pm

‘The Good, the Plaid, and the Ugly’ showcases student-written plays

Three one-act plays will feature a support group for mystical creatures, a school for troubled girls and a dubious alien abduction. “The Good, the Plaid, and the Ugly,” premiering Friday, is the latest show produced by Lapu, the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company. Read more...

Photo: “Rialto, CA. 1993” is one of three one-act plays student members of Lapu, the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company will perform as part of “The Good, the Plaid, and the Ugly.” “Rialto, CA. 1993” is an original play written by third-year global studies student Cameron Coulter. (Courtesy of Simon Joo)

Arts, Film & TV

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May 24, 2:49 pm

Five productions take home awards at 2017 Shorttakes film festival

The audience was suspended in stunned silence moments before bursting into applause at the culmination of the 23rd Annual Shorttakes Student Film Festival’s last film. The Audience Choice Award-winning film, “Ruby Locus,” directed by fourth-year political science student Alvaro Wong, tells the narrative of a young girl kidnapped while on a date with a man she met online who later takes part in sexually assaulting and murdering her. Read more...

Photo: (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Lifestyle

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May 23, 10:22 pm

Bruin Auto Club gets on track to boost car appreciation culture at UCLA

Tigran Ayvazyan’s interest in cars began in elementary school – they were the only things he knew how to draw. This year, the third-year business economics student created the Bruin Auto Club – a community for car lovers like himself. Read more...

Photo: Third-year sociology student Jonathan Semerjian (left) and third-year business economics student Tigran Ayvazyan (right) are the vice president and founder, respectively, of the Bruin Auto Club, a group for UCLA car enthusiasts to celebrate car culture. (Manoreet Grewal/Daily Bruin)


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