Category Archives: Arts

Thursday, December 5, 1996 CONCERTS: Event allows fans to sample broad range of L.A. clubsBy Claudia Castro Daily Bruin Contributor Club-hopping in L.A. seems to be a marathon limited to those who have the bucks and the nerves. The long distances between the clubs, the cover charges, the $5-minimum parking fees and the hassle to […]

Thursday, December 5, 1996 COLUMN: Compilations a respite from perennial blizzard of bad musicChristmas albums are like drug addictions and political causes ­ every musician has to have one, but their novelty wears off in minutes. Though some Christmas albums benefit these causes, it is often the listener who heads for the drugs by the […]

Thursday, December 5, 1996 REVIEW: ’70s retro cool and return of pop, British and otherwise, pace yearIt’s been quite a year for the music business. With the hundreds of albums released, it’s hard to narrow the pack to a precious few. Some CDs made better coasters or ashtrays than albums, and some were utterly forgettable. […]

Thursday, December 5, 1996 DANCE: Fairy tale of love and familial ties always a favorite, no matter which flavor chosenBy Amanda Miller Daily Bruin Contributor Ballet? Classical music? If just the mention of these words evokes a yawn, wake up! The spectacular magic of this season’s "The Nutcracker" productions deserves more than a bah-humbug. In […]

Thursday, December 5, 1996 OVATIONS: Americans overdose on routine mass endorsementBy Peter Marks New York Times Someone I know received an invitation to the opening night of "Cakewalk," Peter Feibleman’s new play about Lillian Hellman at the Variety Arts Theater. Learning that he had been assigned choice seats down front, he was seized by a […]

Monday, December 2, 1996 ART: Actress’s collages undergo complex switch from canvas to woodBy Aliza Batzri Daily Bruin Contributor For years functional art did not receive its due as a commensurate member of the artistic community. Actress Grace Zabriskie and her daughter Marion Lane are hoping to change that ridiculous outlook on the more utilitarian […]

Monday, December 2, 1996 Crime novelist James Ellroy takes his readers with him to ‘My Dark Places,’ his nonfiction work about murder and crime in L.A.By Brandon Wilson Daily Bruin Staff "Good evening peepers, prowlers, pederasts, pedants, panty sniffers, punks and pimps, I’m James Ellroy," is the standard greeting issued by the writer at his […]