Wednesday, May 6


Student’s music album inspired by UCLA botanical garden

In the southeastern region of UCLA near the David Geffen School of Medicine is a place where it's possible for one to get lost in the sounds of wind passing through trees, squirrels playfully running and climbing, turtles waltzing in a pond. Read more...

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James Eagle, a fifth-year religious studies student, has been producing music for six years and made a soundtrack inspired by the botanical gardens on campus. This is his first full, completed body of work and also the first work he is sharing with others.



Exhibit illuminates history of Iranian Jews

Illuminated wedding contracts, silver amulets and carved tablets take on a deeper dimension with the accompaniment of traditional Iranian Jewish music and the taste of Persian tea and spices, in a way presenting the cultural and historical evolution of Iranian Jews. Read more...

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“Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews” is an exhibit which recently opened at the Fowler Museum. Its various artifacts and manuscripts retell the rich and complex history of one of the world’s oldest Jewish communities.


Album Review: Red

Dissenters of Taylor Swift have cited many reasons to criticize her body of work, whether it's that her songwriting seems to always be the work of a 16-year-old high schooler, or that she exploits her romantic heartbreak on purpose as her only source for musical inspiration, or simply that she has never, ever, been a very good singer. Read more...