Friday, April 24, 1998 People’s choice MUSIC: The Alexander String Quartet lets the audience decide each program’s repetoire By Ai Goldsmith Daily Bruin Contributor "Choose Your Own Adventures" aren’t just for books anymore. On Sunday, the Alexander Quartet performs an interactive concert, allowing audience members to choose the repertoire. While standard concert format allows the […]
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Screenscene
Friday, April 24, 1998 Screenscene "The Big Hit" Directed by Che-Kirk Wong Starring Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips and China Chow If "Starship Troopers" and "Wild Things" introduced the witty, tongue-in-cheek thriller as a genre, "The Big Hit" seals its place in Hollywood. The film lays out a typical action-flick scenario: hit man with a […]
New events spice of life at book fair
Friday, April 24, 1998 New events spice of life at book fair BOOKS: Additions add flair to past favorites, seek to unite community By Michelle Zubiate Daily Bruin Contributor They put us to bed as little children and stimulate our minds as adults. They haunt us in our dorm rooms and call to us in […]
WEHO Lounge injects joe, tests for HIV
Friday, April 24, 1998 WEHO Lounge injects joe, tests for HIV RESTAURANT: Coffeehouse serves desserts, dose of AIDS awareness with mystic touch By Frances Lee Daily Bruin Senior Staff Leave the Starbucks and the Coffee Beans to the Brentwood yuppies and the I’m-stuck-in-Westwood crowd and head on over to a low-key, unpretentious West Hollywood hangout […]
Columnist doesn’t play in politicians’ tricky games
Thursday, April 23, 1998 Columnist doesn’t play in politicians’ tricky games BOOK: Molly Ivins keeps remarks fair on ‘Rodney Dangerfield of presidents’ By J. Jioni Palmer Daily Bruin Senior Staff Reading "You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You: Politics in the Clinton Years," by Molly Ivins feels like riding shotgun in a rickety […]
‘Sliding doors’ explores road not taken
Thursday, April 23, 1998 ‘Sliding doors’ explores road not taken FILM: Movie’s inventive twist on chance decisions makes experience unique By Aimee Phan Daily Bruin Staff Everything in life is accidental. The tiny decisions and chance encounters we brush off every day probably spin our lives into completely different directions without us ever knowing it. […]
Trovatore
Thursday, April 23, 1998 Trovatore OPERA: Stephen Lawless’ new staging of Verdi’s work involves more ballet, fewer curtain drops and a new sense of direction By John Mangum Daily Bruin Contributor It’s been 29 years since Los Angeles saw "Il Trovatore." But that will change when the L.A. Opera unveils a new production of Verdi’s […]