Bruin Boredom Busters

Are you bored this summer at UCLA?  Well, there are plenty of things to do to relieve your boredom and stay connected to campus life. UCLA Happenings is a great website to stay up to date with upcoming campus and local community events. Visit www.happenings.ucla.edu to find the latest hot spots and events to attend. Listed on the website is information about Arts, Lectures, & Sports that are free to students/public or cost to attend.  For instance, the Fowler Museum is hosting a range of events including a free Sunset Qi Gong/Tai Chi workshop from 6-7 pm every Thursday in August. 

Another incredibly useful website is www.tickets.ucla.edu.  This website, linked with UCLA’s Central Ticket Office, provides information ranging from UCLA sporting events to UCLAlive, which “brings hundreds of outstanding music, dance, theater, and spoken word events from around the globe to Royce Hall and other venues each season.”  Also included is information on the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures as well as upcoming special events.  In addition, students can find out about discounts available for movie tickets, theme park tickets, and bus passes. 

Of course, being in the L.A. area provides a host of fun activities to participate in.  Movie premiers are a regular occurrence in UCLA’s own Westwood Village.  The Hollywood Bowl and Pantages Theater are just minutes away.  The beaches of Santa Monica and Venice are only about 5 miles away and you can take the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus to and from UCLA and the beach!  While you’re in Santa Monica be sure to visit the Third Street Promenade, and if you go to Venice there’s always the Venice Boardwalk!  There is still a wide variety of things one could do from visiting Miracle Mile, to going to the Getty Center, to catching a summer Dodger game!  It would be impossible to list all the activities and events someone could participate in at UCLA and throughout the Los Angeles area.  Enjoy the rest of your summer!!!