There was once a time when the minimum wage in America was $1.15 an hour, when teenagers' prime hangout spots were record stores, and they trusted DJs more than their parents, teachers and policemen. Read more...
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UCLA alumnus and Emmy award winner Ken Levine reflects upon childhood memories and adolescent struggles in 1960s America in his new memoir.
Jagmeet Singh, a UCLA global studies alumnus, is a scholar by day and a rap doctor by night, setting verbal traps for any and all who choose to listen to his clever wordplay and poetic versatility mixed with very real messages. Read more...
Ireland is full of surprises, and columnist Andrew Bain stumbled across a musical one in Cork. Read more...
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Don’t let their youth fool you, members of Waking Up Sunday play their electronic jazz jams with the skill and maturity of veteran musicians.
Creating a video of people playing a piano with another person's head is a far cry from UCLA alumnus Tejpal Ajji's original intention of becoming an ancient Greek art historian. When he was a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, Ajji started making videos in a sculpture class and got hooked on video making. Read more...
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Exhibit creator Tejpal Ajji said that in choosing locations for his videos, he went with places that stood out in his memory.
Since the synth-pop band Shiny Toy Guns formed in 2002, shifts in their musical style and changes in their vocalists have created a split group of fans. Read more...
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Five Seven Music
To create a jazz opera, combine one dead soldier, a 7-part jazz ensemble and 18 stanzas of World War I poetry under a cobweb tent; allow improvisation to follow. Read more...
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Created by several UCLA alumni, the jazz opera “Strange Fellowe” combines acting, improvisational jazz and poetry to form an unconventional musical performance.
Raised in a bicultural household with a Venezuelan physician as a father who brought pictures of dead bodies found in swamps to the dinner table and a mother who got her master's degree in statistics, Christine Suarez pursued an unanticipated career. Read more...
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UCLA alumna Christine Suarez created her own theater production “Mother.Fucker.” in which she evaluates her role as both a mother and a dancer.
(courtesy of Cedarbough Saeji)
