Thursday, April 11, 1996 Performance troupe to return to L.A. in SeptemberBy Emily Forster Daily Bruin Contributor Jean David, vice-president of marketing for the Cirque du Soleil, announced in a morning press conference yesterday that the performance troupe will be coming back to Los Angeles with a new show and a new ticket agency this […]
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Quartetto Gelato offers various musical flavors
Thursday, April 11, 1996 Canadian group employs diversity in arrangements for revitalized soundBy Rodney Tanaka Daily Bruin Senior Staff The Canadian quartet Quartetto Gelato received some roadside assistance with their career a couple of years ago. The Canadian quartet performs their mix of classical favorites and tangos and gypsy fiddling Saturday at Schoenberg Hall, but […]
Franco Zeffirelli’s newest discovery is no plain Jane
Wednesday, April 10, 1996 By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Contributor When she was offered the title role of Jane Eyre in the new Franco Zeffirelli production, French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg knew the film  the most important in her career  would mean exposure to audiences the world over. It also meant getting that exposure […]
Damn kids from the hall!
Wednesday, April 10, 1996 Men wearing dresses? Rock n’ roll musicians? Mad scientists? A nation addicted to drugs? Naked people in handcuffs? It’s not the end of the world, it’s just those … By Dina Gachman Daily Bruin Contributor The idea of a Prozac nation doesn’t sit well with the Kids in the Hall member […]
UCLA-based acoustic foursome is neither drumless nor talentless
Wednesday, April 10, 1996 By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Contributor They’re hip to a post-punk edge, a folk edge, a finger-picking edge, a jazz edge, and they draw on influences from rap. Just don’t throw trumpets or they might get mad. Who is this eclectic bunch? They’re the UCLA-based band, "Neither Trumpets Nor Drums," and […]
P.S. 122 Field Trips visits Wadsworth
Tuesday, April 9, 1996 By Colette Jue Daily Bruin Contributor Danny Hoch, a 25-year-old solo performer from Queens, insists that there is no definite message in his work. He’s just trying to get people to listen. "I can’t really say there is a message," Hoch says. "That’s sort of a negative way to look at […]
Marky Mark brings new meaning to ‘Fear’
Tuesday, April 9, 1996 Rapper walks to beat of own career drumBy Emily Forster Daily Bruin Contributor Certain people are expected to complain about MTV Â politicians, parents and clergymen, to name a few. But now, actor, rapper and Calvin Klein model Mark Wahlberg can be added to that group. "Nowadays you can’t make a […]