Featured News
May 01, 2013
Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA unveils 2013-14 season
Highlights include offerings in international theater, modern dance, music and spoken word by artists from across the performance spectrum.
April 03, 2013
Dancer to walk down side of Broad Art Center
If you happen to be strolling by the Broad Art Center on April 3 around noon and notice someone walking down the side of the eight-story building, don't panic.
February 21, 2013
Film student prepares for his Oscars debut
Twenty years ago, Tatenda Mbudzi was a young boy who delighted in watching even the tiniest bit of American cartoons from his home in Zimbabwe. Today, he is a UCLA master’s student in the School of Theater, Film and Television’s highly competitive Producer’s Program and will be rubbing shoulders with some of the biggest names in Hollywood as he takes to the stage Sunday at the 85th annual Academy Awards.
February 01, 2013
Music legends, industry insiders share life lessons in class
Music legends Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie poured out their life stories, fascinating anecdotes and advice to spellbound students for nearly two hours in Ken Kragen's course, Music Industry 106: Stardom Strategies for Musicians.
January 11, 2013
Hollywood goes to college: UCLA to help industry craft stories around global issues
As part of its new initiative, UCLA's Burkle Center will work with the UN and other groups to provide writers and producers with ideas, expertise and creative opportunities.
September 10, 2012
O say can you sing?
Famous flubbers of the "Star-Spangled Banner" -- and you know who you are -- should have come to UCLA professor Michael Dean, a nationally respected voice teacher who is especially skilled at preparing pop stars to perform the national anthem at public events.
August 14, 2012
I'd Like To Teach the World to Sell
From the early days of radio through today, music and advertising have been a duet. Now UCLA Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology Timothy D. Taylor has written the first book to truly tell the history of music in U.S. advertising, The Sounds of Capitalism, from the University of Chicago Press.
August 02, 2012
A journey through time and space for Rod Serling fans
Submitted for your approval, as the man himself would say, is "Rod Serling: Other Dimensions," a new UCLA Film and Television Archive series featuring the work of one of pop culture’s most enduring icons.
May 02, 2012
Born in the U.S.A.: The American origins of Cinco de Mayo
UCLA professor David Hayes-Bautista's new book puts an end to popular misconceptions about the holiday and firmly establishes its roots in California.
April 25, 2012
Oscar nominee Dante Spinotti named Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence at UCLA
The 10-week mentorship program begins with a free screening of Spinotti's "The Last of the Mohicans" at UCLA on April 30.




























