Monday, May 4

Video Game Orchestra and Choir to give first full-length concert

Tucked away in the corner of Schoenberg Hall, where the stress of rehearsing dynamic orchestral pieces runs high and the zeal for video game music runs even higher, the Video Game Orchestra and Choir at UCLA squeezes about 30 members into the organ room every week. Read more...

Photo: The Video Game Orchestra and Choir at UCLA will be performing its first full-length concert in the Powell Library rotunda on Friday. (Courtesy of Peter Dai)



Student musicians ‘Takht Dirty’ at Fowler Out Loud

The precise plucking of a string with his nail creates an internal experience for musician Farzad Amoozegar-Fassie. From this spiritual perspective, the setar is a part of Amoozegar-Fassie’s body and soul. Read more...

Photo: Takht Dirty, a six-piece ensemble that will perform its contemporary take on traditional Arab music Thursday in the Fowler Out Loud concert series, was formed last year and is composed of instruments from the violin to the buzuq to the nay. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Movie Review: ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’

“Only Lovers Left Alive”Directed by Jim JarmuschSony Pictures Classics4.0 / 5.0 Paws Only Adam and Eve, the two stars of Jim Jarmusch’s new film, “Only Lovers Left Alive,” are cool enough to wear sunglasses at night. Read more...

Photo: Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics


Student Sartorialist: UCLA BearWear hinders individual style, expression

One hood, two drawstrings and four letters – the UCLA sweatshirt, a clothing item that is probably present within more closets of our student body than any other. Read more...

Photo: First-year biochemistry student Chloe Purgason sports her BearWear apparel with a classic UCLA T-shirt that is often seen around campus. This week, A&E columnist Noor Gill explores the effects of BearWear on UCLA’s style. (Agnijita Kumar/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Hooligan’s ‘Legally Blonde’ opens at Macgowan Hall Friday

Almost seven years after the fictional UCLA alumna first conquered Harvard Law School on Broadway, Elle Woods comes back to her alma mater in the Hooligan Theatre Company’s production of “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” The Hooligan Theatre Company, a student-run group that offers an opportunity for students of all majors to participate in educational theater productions, completed its run of “Fiddler on the Roof” this past weekend. Read more...

Photo: Following a recent run of “Fiddler on the Roof,” Hooligan Theatre Company’s performance of “Legally Blonde: The Musical” will begin Friday evening. Recreating the story of popular Reese Witherspoon film, which was itself adapted into a Broadway production, “Legally Blonde” follows Elle Woods, misguided woman who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School. (Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Saints, Sinners, and Magicians at the Fowler

The Fowler museum’s newest exhibit, “Sinful Saints and Saintly Sinners at the Margins of the Americas,” opened to the public last week. The exhibit blurs the line between sanctity and sin by featuring a number of folk heroes and unconventional saints from across North and South America. Read more...