Category Archives: Arts

By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff Some books just make you wish for a time machine. Though few would want to travel to the bleak futures created by George Orwell or Ray Bradbury, there would be plenty of passengers vying for a trip to Laura Esquivel’s version of 23rd century Mexico City. "The Law […]

By Nelson Saldua Daily Bruin Contributor "We can’t let Bob Dole in office. Fuck that!" exclaimed rapper Sean Price, a.k.a. Ruck, of the group Heltah Skeltah. His band was just one of many that played the Hip-Hop Voter Registration Show at Westwood Plaza on Friday. The noontime concert, which also included the Originoo Gunn Clappaz, […]

By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Contributor Take into consideration that BJ’s Chicago Style Pizza and Grill caters to a college crowd. Accept that the restaurant’s Westwood fame relies on its large assortment of domestic, microbrewed and imported beers, not its menu. Allow that BJ’s is a pizza joint and a happening college hangout. Realize, however, […]

By Stephanie Sheh Daily Bruin Contributor It’s not uncommon to see piano or violin duets. Certain singers have even been known to record albums with their dead fathers. But few have witnessed a dancer perform a duet with a refrigerator. Audiences will get a chance to see just that when the Collage Dance Theatre performs […]

By Kathleen Rhames Daily Bruin Contributor Culinary expert Tommy Tang has discovered the solution for world peace and it isn’t politics. It’s food – Thai food, that is. "Food should be the ambassador of the world," he says. "If you want to promote world peace, we should have a cook-off everyday." Tang, who is renowned […]

By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Tom Hanks is almost a freak. In his directorial debut, the two-time Academy Award winner created a world of niceness, where people are so damn nice that the only conflicts arise when people who are just nice can’t be nice enough for the likes of the really nice. […]

By Sona Stepanian Daily Bruin Contributor Using an upside-down American flag embellished with the symbol for anarchy as a backdrop, Rage Against The Machine stormed the stage of the Hollywood Palladium Wednesday night. Playing their fourth and final sold-out show in Southern California, Rage was met by a generally young, multicultural crowd eager for some […]