Monday, 6/9/97 New palette of programs broadens arts studies ARTS: Changes reflect trend toward merging disciplines By Nerissa Pacio Daily Bruin Staff From Michelangelo to Picasso, Mozart to Bob Marley and "Hello Dolly" to "Jesus Christ Superstar," it’s pretty much a given that art imitates life and social change. And, proving that the inverse is […]
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UCLA graduates thriving in not-so-menacing job market
Monday, 6/9/97 UCLA graduates thriving in not-so-menacing job market ARTS: Students find employment in entertainment industry, credit school for enhancing prospects By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff After four or more years in college, most arts majors have been tormented with the sarcastic question, "Oh, so you’re looking for a career in food service?" Yet, […]
Defining a genre which defies all standards
Monday, 6/9/97 Defining a genre which defies all standards MUSIC: Meaning of ‘alternative rock’ has mutated since grunge broke in summer of 1991 By Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Staff With the surge of "pop" music and the "death" of grunge, the world of "alternative" music is facing an identity crisis. In the summer of 1991, […]
Titans of gangsta rap storm Billboard Live
Thursday, 6/5/97 Titans of gangsta rap storm Billboard Live Comrads open for talented supergroup Westside Connection trio By Jeff Hilger Daily Bruin Contributor Ice Cube, W.C. and Mack 10 stormed onto the stage Sunday at Billboard Live as the pre-recorded "World Domination" spelled out for the audience the history of one of rap’s true supergroups. […]
Summer Showcase
Thursday, 6/5/97 Summer Showcase ‘UCLA Festival ’97: 100 Independent Voices’ highlights student films, animated shorts and offers the UCLA community a chance to check out opportunities in the theater and film industries By Emily Forster and Stephanie Sheh Daily Bruin Senior Staff UCLA film students are getting stressed out. As final projects are rushed in […]
Pido brings Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’ to Los Angeles
Thursday, 6/5/97 Pido brings Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’ to Los Angeles Conductor hopes to replicate his previous successes with L.A. opera By John Mangum Daily Bruin Contributor Critics and opera fans agreed that L.A. Opera’s production of Donizetti’s "Don Pasquale" marked one of the high points of the 1995-96 season. Now one of the main […]
Photographer captures bygone images of American Southwest
Thursday, 6/5/97 Photographer captures bygone images of American Southwest Fitch documents abandoned frontier ruins, saves memories of an era By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff Somewhere, between tired truck stops and abandoned Southwestern shacks, a spirit breathes across America. It burns through neon signs and overpriced roadside attractions. It even steals through the shutter of […]