Monday, May 4

Q&A: ‘Suits’ cast talks show’s themes, second half of season

On Thursday night, students weathered a cold, rainy night outside of Ackerman Grand Ballroom in order to catch the mid-season three premiere of the USA Network show “Suits” in honor of the SUITS College Tour. Read more...

Photo: As part of the SUITS College Tour, the mid-season three premiere of the USA Network show “Suits” is being screened at college campuses around the country. Creator Aaron Korsh and stars Sarah Rafferty and Gabriel Macht are in attendance at each event for private and audience Q&As. (Photo credit: NBC Universal Inc.)



UCLA grad Jeff Kryka a rising star in music composition

Jeff Kryka, an award-winning Hollywood composer who received his doctorate from UCLA less than three years ago, has already compiled a comprehensive resume – one that encompasses film, television and live performance. Read more...

Photo: Having worked on “Star Trek – Live in Concert” and the television series “Fringe,” UCLA alumnus Jeff Kryka is an award-winning Hollywood composer whose work goes beyond the orchestrations and into other areas such as film, television and live performance.


UCLA’s Chinese a cappella ensemble SouLA works in harmony

The sound of chugging workout equipment fills a silent room, soon to be covered up by a layer of harmonious voices. While workout equipment and a cappella do not usually go hand-in-hand, the Hedrick Recreation Room became home to SouLA, UCLA’s Chinese a cappella ensemble. Read more...

Photo: Formed in the spring of 2013 by Shavvon Lin, SouLA is UCLA’s Chinese a cappella ensemble. The group performed for the first time in 2014 on Feb. 2 at Royce Hall, and its next performance will be this Saturday at the Caltech Chinese Association’s 2014 Spring Festival Gala.


Los Angeles film community compares new, old technology

The modern filmmaker must make a choice that 20 years ago, nobody may have even thought twice about: film or digital? Today’s filmmakers are making the switch to digital technologies to shoot their films, movie theaters are switching out old film projectors for digital systems and many are concerned for the future of film technology. Read more...


Album Review: ‘Dunes’

Gardens & Villa left behind the gardens and the villas of its sunny Southern California home to record in a wintery, snow-filledMichigan town, where it found inspiration for its new album, “Dunes.” The band’s sophomore release, “Dunes” was inspired by the snowy sand dunes in Benton Harbor, Mich. Read more...


V-Day campaigns for gender equality

February brings love notes and roses, cupids and valentines. But there’s another “V-Day” this month that gifts gender empowerment instead of chocolates. Throughout the month of February, UCLA students of Social Awareness Network for Activism through Art will host an ongoing V-Day campaign for gender equality with performances and panels aiming to fuse art and activism in a creative way. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year Latin American studies student Jen Lainez performs as part of “The Vagina Monologues,” which will conclude a month-long campaign titled V-Day, hosted by UCLA students of Social Awareness Network for Activism through Art. Each V-Day event follows a donation-based admission price.