Friday, January 23, 1998 Rainforest Cafe in Vegas runs wild with tasty food RESTAURANT: Outlandish setting, spicy meals make dinner an exciting event By Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Senior Staff In the land of over-the-top tourist attractions and exhausted theme motifs comes the Rainforest Cafe, the newest restaurant chain to hit Las Vegas. Located in […]
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‘Sex, Drugs and Democracy’ exposes Holland’s alternative
Thursday, January 22, 1998 ‘Sex, Drugs and Democracy’ exposes Holland’s alternative FILM: Nation has legalized some drugs, prostitution, porn to help regulate problems, educate By Aimee Phan Daily Bruin Staff While our government is still arguing over the best ways to fight the apparent drug problem, teenage pregnancy and abortion rates in the United States, […]
Two guitar players strum their stuff
Thursday, January 22, 1998 Two guitar players strum their stuff MUSIC: Different styles, same quality standards lead to great joint sound By Ai Goldsmith Daily Bruin contributor Steve Morse and Manuel Barrueco: two names that link separate worlds of music. On Friday evening, the Veterans Wadsworth Theater will echo with music performed by guitarists Morse […]
Meet documentarian in real life and through his movies
Thursday, January 22, 1998 Meet documentarian in real life and through his movies FILM: Albert Maysles series to feature direct cinema, panel, workshop By William Li Daily Bruin Contributor No scripts. No interviews. No explanatory voice-overs. No re-creations. Welcome to the world of direct cinema, a style of documentary filmmaking pioneered during the ’50s by […]
Ex-con Socrates ponders life in new Mosley novel
Thursday, January 22, 1998 Ex-con Socrates ponders life in new Mosley novel BOOK: Poignant series of vignettes bare insight to truths of urban living By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff It’s hard to imagine spending 27 years in prison, then being released onto the streets of Watts to make a living foraging for aluminum […]
From acetylene to zinc, Beakman explains it all
Thursday, January 22, 1998 From acetylene to zinc, Beakman explains it all TELEVISION: Popular program proves to both children, adults that science is meant to be fun By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Contributor To parents, it’s mucus. To kids, it’s snot. And on "Beakman’s World," Paul Zaloom explains it all. No scientific subject is sacred […]
Friends to Thien
Thursday, January 22, 1998 Friends to Thien FILM: The murder of UCLA graduate Thien Minh Ly prompted an outpouring of community support and a film, ‘Letters to Thien,’ that documents the emotion surrounding his life and the crime By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff Our eyes roam across the brutally graphic details of front page […]