Friday, May 1, 1998 Picnic, concert start youth on road to love of arts MUSIC: Outreach effort seeks to expose students to cultural experiences By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Contributor Think "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off." Cameron stares at a painted masterpiece, a canvas populated by ladies and gentleman of leisure. His eye draws closer and […]
Category Archives: Arts
Screenscene
Friday, May 1, 1998 Screenscene "He Got Game" Directed by Spike Lee Starring Denzel Washington In spring time – while flowers bloom and young men’s fancies turn to love – high school seniors have to decide what college to attend. Remember when you were a senior in high school, facing the biggest decision of your […]
Resculpting song, dance on silver screen
Friday, May 1, 1998 Resculpting song, dance on silver screen FILM: Director Nicholas Hytner explains why recent movie musical attempts haven’t worked – and why he hopes his film version of ‘Chicago,’ starring Madonna and Goldie Hawn, will be the exception By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff The American movie musical is something of […]
Soul food can soothe ails of broken-hearted
Friday, May 1, 1998 Soul food can soothe ails of broken-hearted RESTAURANT: Country kitchen offers L.A. diners cozy, cafeteria-style meal By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff It lies in the midst of a strip mall, between a sterile yuppie cafe and an unwelcoming Koo Koo Roo, like an oasis of comfort. Hiding tight in the […]
Signs of Spring
By Jammie Salagubang Daily Bruin Contributor Signs of Spring at UCLA: 1. People badly in need of tans decide to show off their pale appendages. 2. Worse selection of classes this quarter. 3. Residential Telephone Services have screwed up your phone bill (wait, that’s every quarter). 4. The hike up Bruin Walk is not only […]
Painting the town
Friday, May 1, 1998 Painting the town THEATER: Bob Fosse proteges, theater veterans and some new faces go back to the vaudeville tradition, rendering the ‘Chicago’ musical production a sleek, contemporary look By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff Long-limbed dancers slink on stage, clad seductively but simply. The music begins, a suggestive oom-pah that […]
Electronic breakdown
Thursday, April 30, 1998 Electronic breakdown MUSIC: Now that the initial hype over DJ culture has subsided, artists of electronica, techno, dance look for credibility beyond music trends By Trinh Bui Daily Bruin Contributor Over the past year and a half, machine-generated music under the aliases "electronica," "dance" or "techno" has enjoyed overwhelming attention by […]