Wednesday, January 15, 1997 ART: Life in war-torn city on display in photos at the Kerckhoff galleryBy Alicia Cheak Daily Bruin Contributor Photographic images capture a single moment in life, but they also tell stories about the people and places they depict. Photographs become a sort of still-life documentary, allowing viewers to witness some of […]
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Visual Shakespeare
Wednesday, January 15, 1997 Two hundred years ago, publisher Josiah Boydell commissioned artists to paint the most famous scenes from Shakespeare’s plays. Now the Armand Hammer Museum offers a look at Shakespearean interpretations of the past and present in ‘The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery.’By Stephanie Sheh Daily Bruin Contributor After years of studying Shakespeare, the average […]
Soundbites
Wednesday, January 15, 1997Jamiroquai "Traveling Without Moving" (Work) These guys are officially heralded as the premier British club sensation and are definitely worth their salt. In fact, they’re worth their weight in platinum, or even better. They take the best musical elements of Solid Gold and combine it with an ambient backdrop, framing "Traveling Without […]
ŒGentlemen of Verona¹ weaves tangled web of romantic mix-ups
Wednesday, January 15, 1997 THEATER: Director’s debut sets Shakespeare’s love-triangle comedy in England and AmericaBy Goutami Mikkilineni Daily Bruin Contributor In their opening weekend, the Knightsbridge players put on an enjoyable, classy and intelligent performance of the popular Shakespeare play "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" in a small Pasadena theater. Until spring, director Nancy Jane […]
Religion a centerpiece of
Tuesday, January 14, 1997 ART: UCLA alumnus featured in a retrospective highlighting diversity of style, spiritual questioningBy Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Contributor Beyond the world of the known lies the spiritual, a domain in which artist Louie Lunetta seems equally at home. His work, ranging in medium from watercolors to oils, resins to acrylics, shows […]
Melnitz gives Japanese master his due
Tuesday, January 14, 1997 FILM: Kenji Mizoguchi’s movies get a deserved second look in seriesBy Brandon Wilson Daily Bruin Staff The best expression of director Kenji Mizoguchi’s quiet mastery comes with an unassuming shot in the middle of "Osaka Elegy." A woman joyously greets a man who runs up a flight of stairs to meet […]
the british are coming
Tuesday, January 14, 1997 With the success of Oasis and Radiohead and the potential breakthroughs of Prodigy and other British dance bands, another British invasion could be at handBy Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Contributor With the success of English bands such as Oasis and the trend of alternative-music audiences drifting toward more pop-based and beat-driven […]