Established and up-and-coming artists from around the globe flock to Los Angeles for its influential role in the Western music industry, but Bruins don’t have to travel as far.

Cymbals echoed through the walls of the Covel Commons Grand Horizon Room on Jan. 30 as colorful lions danced to the beat of drums. The UCLA Association of Chinese Americans hosted the Lunar New Year Festival in collaboration with other cultural student organizations, including the Vietnamese Student Union, Chinese Cultural Dance Club and Wushu.

Vietnamese Culture Night’s 46th annual production, “Những Điều Chưa Kể/After All This Time,” filled seats in UCLA’s historic Royce Hall, this Sunday. Audience members sat in hushed silence as performers shared a night of cultural celebration through music, dance and storytelling.

HOOLIGAN Theatre Company welcomed crowds to its very first production of the school year last weekend, bringing horror musical “Carrie: The Musical” to the Freud Playhouse for a total of four showings.

Shedding light on the life in Weilan Village, a small mountain town in Southwest China, original play “Skywatching Down the Well” produced by the Cfan Chinese Theatre Group at UCLA reimagines the Chinese idiom “The frog at the bottom of the well.” Written and directed by Dorothy Guo, a third-year theater student, the play was performed at UCLA Lani Hall on Nov.

From parades to field shows and playing classic tunes to modern hits, the Solid Gold Sound of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band brings pep and pride as it supports UCLA’s sports teams.

Sparkling saris and kurtas reflected auburn and turquoise colors across Ackerman Grand Ballroom as students gathered for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. Bruin Hindus, a UCLA student organization, held the celebration Nov.