A&E Briefs

  Capitol Records Idlewild has just released its second
major album "100 Broken Windows." The band is looking to break out
this year.

International Film Exhibition

The International Film Exhibition started yesterday and will run
until Saturday. Screenings will take place at various locations
around campus.

The Dashew International Center works together with Melnitz
Movies to bring the First Annual International Film Exhibition to
UCLA. This year’s topic is “capABLE REALity: Addressing
disABILITY in Film.” The event unites filmmakers, actors,
artists, activists and students for a week of films, debates and
testimonials. Admission is free.

For more information contact the Dashew International Center at
(310) 267-1983.

Campus Events Shows

Campus Events presents a week of events, starting with a free
concert by hot new band Idlewild on Tuesday at noon at Westwood
Plaza. With such diverse influences as Sonic Youth, Black Flag,
classic dischord punk, The Stooges, REM and Nirvana, the band is
breaking onto the American pop scene. Idlewild can be seen
performing on MTV2.

Airbus will also perform a free noon concert at Westwood Plaza,
on Wednesday. Having already made a name for itself in its native
England, the rock band now brings its unique sound to UCLA.

“Empire Records” will screen at Ackerman Grand
Ballroom on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Admission is $2 at the door. The
film examines one crazy day at a busy record store, with everything
from the manager’s attempts to understand his staff to the
twisted love lives of the slacker clerks. The cast includes Liv
Tyler, Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar and Rory
Cochrane.

“High Fidelity” will follow at 9:30 p.m. on
Wednesday. In the film, record store owner Rob embarks on a mission
to track down his top five worst breakups to discover where things
went wrong between himself and his current girlfriend, Laura. The
cast includes John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet and
Tim Robbins.

The two films screen again on Thursday, with reversed
showtimes.

The week culminates in the concert extravaganza “Battle of
the Bands and DJs” on Friday. The show begins at 7 p.m. at
Ackerman Grand Ballroom. The event brings college musical acts
together to rock off. Contestants include four rock, two rap and
four DJ entries. Sponsors such as Sam Ash, KROQ, Campus Circle and
URB will provide prizes and giveaways. The featured rock bands are
Relax to Paris, Calcutta, Genohm and Winston Thought. The featured
rap acts are Universal Kingz and Stereotype. The featured DJs are
DJ Obi, Edit, Xist and Stereotype DJ.

For more information on any of these events contact the Campus
Events Commission at (310) 825-2102.

Ethnomusicology Concerts

The Music of India and Java Ensemble will play at Schoenberg
Hall on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and the Anglo American Ensemble will
perform at Schoenberg Hall on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Both concerts are
part of the Ethnomusicology Department’s Festival of World
Music.

The Music of India Ensemble will perform North Indian classical
and semi-classical ragas and talas (rhythmic patterns). The
ensemble is made up of students of Shujaat Husain Khan on vocals
and sitar and the students of Abhiman Kaushal on tabla drums. The
group is directed by I Nyoman Wenten.

The Anglo American Ensemble, directed by Amy Wooley, will play
American old time and Appalachian string band music on fiddles,
banjos, guitars and washtub bass.

For more information on either concert or the Festival of World
Music contact the Ethnomusicology Department at (310) 206-303.

Briefs compiled from wire reports by Michael Rosen-Molina, Daily
Bruin Senior Staff.