Wednesday, October 30, 1996 FILM: Alumna concerned that film school changes will stifle creative processBy Emily Forster Daily Bruin Senior Staff Film is normally looked at as a collaborative medium. Most producers, directors and editors only produce, direct and edit, respectively. But occasionally an independent filmmaker like UCLA alumna Nina Menkes takes on the whole […]
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Counting Crows
Wednesday, October 30, 1996 SOUNDBITESCounting Crows "Recovering the Satellites" (Geffen) This sophomore effort by the Counting Crows is a predictable follow-up to their hugely successful first album. That album had a permeating theme of uncertainty with one’s identity through songs like "Round Here," "Perfect Blue Buildings," "Anna Begins" and the hit single "Mr. Jones." This […]
Making history with ‘new’ art
Tuesday, October 29, 1996 ART: Opening museum centers on contemporary Latin American artistsBy Alicia Cheak Daily Bruin Contributor New beginnings are exciting. On Nov. 2, the Latin American Art Museum will treat the public to a taste of two of its four galleries as a preview of what will be fully operational by the summer […]
Master of opera directs workshops
Tuesday, October 29, 1996 OPERA: Singers to perform ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ at SchoenbergBy Karla Kelsye Daily Bruin Contributor One of opera’s most treasured gems is making his way to UCLA to share his talent with aspiring singers. World-renowned opera director Professor Michael Hampe will study the famous masterpiece, Mozart’s "Le Nozze di Figaro" with […]
Leo Rising
Tuesday, October 29, 1996 Leonardo DiCaprio is slowly but surely rising as a Hollywood megastar, and with his role in ‘William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet,’ it’s easy to see why. By Simon Dunstan Daily Bruin Contributor If there was to be an actor who would successfully represent our generation (the so- called Generation X) on […]
Having a ball learning cultures
Monday, October 28, 1996 DANCE: International Folk Dance Club celebrates diversityBy Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Contributor Last year, he taught 500 students how to cha cha cha. This year, he hopes to return to Pauley Pavilion for a night of unabashed dance lesson hysteria. He’s James Zimmer, the ambitious president of UCLA’s International Folk Dance […]
The Right Stuff
Monday, October 28, 1996 FILM: Three UCLA students win prestigious Samuel Goldwyn Writing AwardsBy Michael Nazarinia Daily Bruin Contributor Feeding your cat may seem like a task you take for granted but for hard-pressed screenwriting students dealing with next month’s rent, any financial reward is well received. And if it’s $4,500, the first-place prize for […]