Category Archives: Arts

The Glass Menagerie The Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena Through June 18 Tickets: $15-$42.50 When her footsteps come near, you dread the minutes until your peace is driven away by her ceaseless shrill. She is your mother, and every detail of your being is under her scrutiny. Nothing satisfies her. Everything irks her. She nags, nags and […]

By Lonnie Harris Daily Bruin Senior Staff Maybe it’s because his new film “Mission:Impossible 2″ opens against the new Jackie Chan vehicle, “Shanghai Noon,” that Tom Cruise felt the need to do all his own stunts, a demand that’s more a trademark of the off-kilter Hong Kong star. It certainly wasn’t the suggestion of director […]

By Brent Hopkins Daily Bruin Senior Staff Securing a recording contract is no easy task. For every hot new band that snags one, there’s 10 that will never get a chance. That’s where AngelCiti comes in. “We’re looking to be a channel from the cutting edge independent artists to the music industry,” said Adam Zoblotsky, […]

People might look at the sculpture garden as superfluous eye candy, something which looks pretty but doesn’t serve any useful purpose. On the contrary, it’s an important institution here at UCLA, not just a place to lie on sun-soaked grass, but also a place where, after a hard day of regurgitating dead facts and figures, […]

deathray “deathray” Capricorn Records Sometimes music just doesn’t match its makers. Cinderella didn’t sing fairy tales. R.E.M. doesn’t put you to sleep. Barry “isn’t” White, Clint “isn’t” Black and Al is hardly Green. See where this is going? Greg Brown and Victor Damiani, formerly of Cake fame, confirm this by cooking up a new sound […]

By Julia Ingalls Daily Bruin Contributor Finally, a cure for boredom ““ or at least a way to get out of Westwood. Founded and operated by a group of UCLA college students, a new shuttle service offers free rides from Westwood to clubs in the West Los Angeles area, all in support of local UCLA […]

By Elizabeth Blair Daily Bruin Contributor From Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow of “Friends,” to “Saturday Night Live” cast members Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan, countless well-known actors and writers today got their start doing improvisational comedy. Spurred on by audience suggestion, improv forces actors to deliver witty, spontaneous punch lines. The recent popularity of […]