The film opens at UMart ““ a fictionalized Kmart ““ where Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) spends each work day chatting with customers, mentoring his less efficient peers and picking up trash in the parking lot.
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UCLA math professor Joseph Teran doubles as a member of the indie pop band Sweater Girls
When UCLA math professor Joseph Teran is not teaching graduate courses, he is practicing and touring with five-piece indie pop band Sweater Girls. Teran founded the band in 2009 with the band’s drummer and singer, and all of the members have been balancing music with their full-time jobs ever since.
LIVE BLOG: the 25th Annual JazzReggae Festival, Jam Day
The sun is out, and arts and entertainment reporter Arit John will be giving you the scoop on the sights and sounds from Jazz Reggae Festival’s Jam Day, featuring Lupe Fiasco and Talib Kweli. Whether you missed out on tickets or are stuck at home studying, keep checking in until 7 p.m. for the latest on all things jazzy and reggae-related.
Designers, models come together for Fashion and Student Trends' 'Illumination' runway show
Two days before their runway show, student models strut down the balcony on the second level of Ackerman in high heels to Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.” The models walk the way they have been taught, with hips swaying, legs crossing one in front of the other and intent expressions.
Graduate student Dallas King films sci-fi movie short “˜Most Wanted’ on campus
While shooting his futuristic short film “Most Wanted,” second-year graduate film student Dallas King’s set triggered the fire alarm twice, on two different days in two different buildings.
_Patrick’s Roadhouse restaurant is unique both inside and out_
The idea for this week’s column started when two friends and I were looking for a new place to eat a couple of weeks ago.
Graduate students to exhibit their artwork at the ART MFA Exhibition #1
Jeffrey Hastings, a third-year graduate student in art, once created a to-scale replica of a baseball pitcher’s mound out of two tons worth of unfired clay and decomposed granite.