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Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit, co-curated by Adam Bradley

The GRAMMY Museum 800 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles

The GRAMMY Museum celebrates the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit, an exhibit co-curated by a team that includes Adam Bradley, professor of English and founding director of the Laboratory for Race and Popular Culture (the RAP Lab) at UCLA. The 5,000-square foot exhibit delves deep into the multifaceted world of hip-hop through expansive exhibits on hip-hop music, dance, graffiti, fashion, business, activism, and history, providing visitors with an immersive experience that explores the profound impact and influence of hip-hop culture. On display will be an incredible array of artifacts including the Notorious B.I.G.’s iconic red leather pea...

UCLA x LITLIT 2024 – Writing for Your People

LITLIT @ The Pit LA 3015 Dolores St, Los Angeles

          UCLA Humanities presents “Writing for Your People,” a panel conversation highlighting publications that are produced in response and proximity to the communities they serve. The panel will dive into how people produce, envision, and execute publications that serve their community. As we think about hyperlocalized stories, we’ll dive into how they can become universal, and the overall power writing for your people holds.   This panel will be moderated by writer and professor Summer Kim Lee. Featuring representatives from campus publications Westwind (UCLA) and Word Magazine (UCSB) in conversation with Ren Heintz, instructor at Transchool and assistant professor of English and director...

Cuarteto Casals, Chamber Music at the Clark 30th Anniversary

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles

Since winning First Prizes at the London and Brahms-Hamburg competitions, Cuarteto Casals, which was founded in 1997 at the Escuela Reina Sofía in Madrid, has been a continual guest at the world’s most prestigious concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, Philharmonie Berlin, Cité de la Musique Paris, Philharmonie Paris, Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and Suntory Hall, among many others. To celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary, the quartet released a recording of the complete Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach to much critical acclaim and is currently undertaking a recording of all fifteen quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich, one of the great cycles...