Category Archives: Arts

Thursday, April 25, 1996 Korean author Lee brings culture to life in latest bookBy Jason Packman Daily Bruin Contributor At 27, UCLA graduate Helie Lee traveled through East Asia with only a backpack, trying to find herself. At 27, her grandmother, Hongyong Baek, almost 50 years before, traveling the same train routes as Lee, already […]

Thursday, April 25, 1996 Lutentist brings long forgotten sound of centuries past back to Schoenberg By Elizabeth Bull Daily Bruin Contributor Step back into Elizabethan England and the Italian Renaissance this weekend with the soothing harmony and lively melody of lutenist Paul O’Dette. "The way the imagination can travel back to another era when hearing […]

Tuesday, April 23, 1996 She’s cool. She’s funny. She’s a star. Three more reasons why Janeane Garofalo knows she must keep herself …By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff When she was in the middle of her high school experience in New Jersey, comedienne Janeane Garofalo’s parents moved to Houston and she moved with them. […]

Tuesday, April 23, 1996 Writing team to teach extension course tonight on ins and outs of fieldBy Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Contributor When "Nixon" co-screenwriter Steven Rivele first suggested creating a film about America’s most controversial president, his writing partner laughed. "I actually thought he was kidding," says Christopher Wilkinson. "I grew up despising Nixon." […]

Monday, April 22, 1996 New production does justice to Donizetti’s masterpiece By John Mangum Daily Bruin Senior Staff A theater manager in Milan, let down by another composer, had two weeks to find a new opera for his stage. In a fit of wild desperation, he called on Gaetano Donizetti, an already-established maestro, asking the […]

Monday, April 22, 1996 Band brings power, issue-charged music to Roxy tonight By John Sabatini Daily Bruin Contributor Despite the continual movement toward gender equality in the United States, heavy metal has remained virtually impervious to the influence of women. But when the Los Angeles-based metal/rap band Manhole takes the stage tonight, a new era […]

Monday, April 22, 1996 Chris Penn culls his acting talent from the best, including his brother Sean and his recent costar Nick Nolte. But even as he tries on a new hat for ‘Mulholland Falls,’ he keeps acting and the film industry in perspective.By Dina Gachman Daily Bruin Staff Chris Penn hates actors with attitude. […]