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GRADUATE STUDENT LIFE HOUSING The apartment market in Los Angeles is decent, although the housing opportunities near campus can be expensive and go rather quickly. Most graduate students tend to live near campus but not in Westwood itself. West LA, Palms, and West Hollywood have somewhat reasonably priced apartments and the advantage of being along the route of the Big Blue Bus. As part of the BruinGO! Program, UCLA students can take these buses for free during the school year. Hollywood, Midtown, and Koreatown also have apartments for reasonable prices but are a bit further away. We recommend that you begin your search early. If you're interested in more information about local areas, you might visit the UCLA Community Housing Neighborhood Profiles page. You can try the Community Housing Office for information on local areas, transportation costs, commuting time, etc., as well as listings of apartment vacancies in the area. Listings are available online and are updated regularly. Contact the office by phone at 310-825-4491 to find out how to obtain a temporary access number or if you have questions. The Recycler and Craig’s List are also useful websites. Both include classified listings for apartments, cars, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, and much else. The sites are free. We would also suggest checking with Westside Rentals, since they have the most comprehensive, regularly updated listings of places available in the greater Los Angeles area. Several of us found our apartments through this site. There is a fee for access. Apartments.com offers a database for much larger apartment complexes, but their site is free. RESTAURANTS While we consider exploring new, cheap restaurants to be part of the fun of living in L.A., the following resources might make things a little more manageable. Citysearch allows you to read reviews of restaurants, bars, hotels, attractions, and shopping in Los Angeles neighborhoods. Chowhound.com is an online message board populated by an eager and opinionated group of food lovers. While the message boards alone can be difficult to navigate, the main page offers a great search engine. Since the site is nationwide, be sure to type "los angeles" along with your desired cuisine (e.g. "los angeles cheap chinese" or "los angeles vegetarian"). POINTS OF INTEREST The UCLA Campus Ticket Office has a number of discounted tickets for movies, amusement parks, plays and other events. You may also buy tickets for sporting events there. They are located near the James West Alumni Center. For a schedule of events on campus, visit The UCLA Center for Performing Arts webpage. Huntington Library Wanna soak up some Early Modern, 18th or 19th century European culture? The Huntington Library is the place to do it. Located in nearby San Marino, the library boasts three art galleries and a library showcase. One may also enjoy English tea there, as well. The J. Paul Getty Museum One of the more popular attractions in Los Angeles, the Getty offers a wide range of public programs, including lectures, classes, films, and performances. The Museum has two locations: the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, which houses the collections of European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, and decorative arts, and European and American photographs; and the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu, which will house the collection of classical antiquities. UCLA Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Located in the heart of Westwood Village, the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center serves as a meeting place and a showcase for the arts. The Museum presents a diverse schedule of historical and contemporary art exhibitions organized by UCLA or other major national institutions, as well as selections from the permanent collection, music, dance, poetry, gallery talks, symposia and docent tours for people of all ages. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History celebrates the world's diverse cultures and rich visual arts, especially those of Africa, Asia, Oceania, Native and Latin America. Through audience-centered exhibitions, publications and public programs, present in cultural context and representing the perspectives of the cultures being represented, the Museum provides a dynamic educational resource for the students, faculty and staff of the University and for the diverse communities of greater Los Angeles. |
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