Category Archives: Arts

Friday, May 8, 1998 Mexican restaurant needs innovation RESTAURANT: Run-of-the-mill cuisine doesn’t impress, but doesn’t disappoint By Terry Tang Daily Bruin Contributor Although the affordable dishes are savory enough to keep patrons from crying out "Yo quiero Taco Bell!," Poquito Mas rustles up the same kind of grub students can get at Baja Fresh. Poquito […]

Friday, May 8, 1998 Screenscene FILM "Deep Impact" Directed by Mimi Leder Starring Morgan Freeman, Tea Leoni and Elijah Wood "Deep Impact," as the first big Hollywood extravaganza of Summer ’98, brings with it a lot of hefty expectations. With a budget of $80 million, an executive producer named Steven Spielberg, and a cast which […]

Friday, May 8, 1998 Taste the rainbow ARTS: Personal taste and cultural symbolism color the vibrant Filipino textiles in Fowler’s newest exhibit By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Contributor Wearing the "wrong" color in some parts of the Philippines might be more than just a fashion faux pas. Or so says Roy Hamilton, curator of "From […]

Friday, May 8, 1998 Coming attractions FILM: Between buying popcorn and being deafened by THX, movie-goers are subject to one of Hollywood’s most strategic artistic and marketing accomplishments: By Lonnie Harris Daily Bruin Contributor As the lights dim and the curtain opens, the audience begins to shift in their seats. Though all the signs point […]

Thursday, May 7, 1998 Special effects movie throws impact on future of action-adventure genre FILM: Emotional dilemmas focus of big budget, star-filled thriller, placing cine on unbroken ground By Lonnie Harris Daily Bruin Contributor WASHINGTON — America’s top researchers recently discovered a large comet heading on a path straight for Earth. Impact is expected to […]

Thursday, May 7, 1998 Keeping up DANCE: Choreographer Bill T. Jones has explored social issues through often controversial styles of staging and, with his latest work, ‘We Set Out Early … Visibility Was Poor,’ attempts to add a new angle to perceptions of dance By Nerissa Pacio Daily Bruin Senior Staff Bill T. Jones couldn’t […]

Thursday, May 7, 1998 Caesar rules in Lost Dog production THEATER: Director’s love of authentic Shakespeare evident with show’s style By Michael Gillette Daily Bruin Contributor An emperor in khakis. Conspirators in shiny suits. Soldiers in camouflage, toting guns. The UCLA alum-run Lost Dog Productions’ new staging of Shakespeare’s "Julius Caesar," which runs at West […]