Category Archives: Arts

Guitarist strikes chord with crowd Jefferson Airplane founder, Kaukonen, plays at Wadsworth By Rodney Tanaka Daily Bruin Staff Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen performed onstage with Janis Joplin in the 1960s. He founded the band Jefferson Airplane. Yet the roots of his career reside with a different group: the Boy Scouts. "This Boy Scout troop I was […]

Exhibit celebrates Persian New Year By Rodney Tanaka Daily Bruin Staff The first day of spring is a time for nature’s renewal. For Iranians, the day also represents a fresh start to a new year. The new exhibit at the Kerckhoff Art Gallery, sponsored by UCLA’s Iranian Students Group, celebrates the Persian New Year, Norouz, […]

Bands join to perform musical medley Dallas brass, UCLA Wind Ensemble play Schoenberg tonight By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Contributor A musical premiere has cosmic significance. At least this is what Thomas Lee, conductor of the UCLA Wind Ensemble, professes. "It’s like watching the birth of a new star," he says. "There’s lots of stars […]

Film technology joins cutting edge UCLA purchases Avid equipment to quicken movie-editing process By Lael Loewnstein Daily Bruin Contributor Not long ago, editing a movie was a tedious process involving cutting and splicing reels of film. Almost any editor who has ever worked on a flatbed or Moviola has horror stories to recount: film trims […]

‘Frasier’ co-star returns to L.A. stage Butler’s performance shares experience of coming-out to parents By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Senior Staff Dan Butler may be best known for his straight, loud-mouthed macho character Bulldog on the NBC series "Frasier." But he’s nothing like that in real life. He’s actually a modest, soft-spoken individual who’s bringing […]

Replicants produce unique spin on cover-tune compilation By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Contributor Ken Andrews, lead singer of the Replicants, has been stuck in a "Warehousy loft-type space" for about a year. Tired of the white-walled complex and its "big air conditioning ducts," he wants to be out and on the road. But the tortured […]

Exploring the Dark Side Mathieu Kassovitz, French cinema’s hottest young director, brings ‘Hate’ to America with searing black-and-white visuals, strong social significance and a masterful control that ‘rocked’ fellow filmmaker Jodie Foster By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Contributor Shy, soft-spoken and seemingly well-adjusted, Mathieu Kassovitz is the last person you’d expect to have directed a […]