LCC Theatre Group show to deliver slapstick comedy

Sometimes the remedy for the winter blues is a big dose of comedy. The UCLA student theater group Lapu, the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company has the cure with its new show, “Actors, Vampires & Other Cold-Blooded Creatures.” The show will run for two days and will feature different scenes connected by a common theme […]

‘Young Adult’ art show turns teen literature into pop art

[media-credit name=”Jensen Karp ” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″] It’s not every day you find an old ventriloquist’s dummy, only to realize later that it’s demonically possessed and wants to make you its slave for all eternity. But for the subjects of the pop culture obsessed Gallery 1988’s newest art show, situations like that are pretty commonplace. The show […]

James Conlon lectures aim to revive interest in opera

Nineteenth century opera, often thought of as old-fashioned and obsolete, is definitely not on a list of trendy music for the modern age. The chairs of UCLA’s musicology department and comparative literature department said they hope to change that perception. Starting tonight, maestro James Conlon of the L.A. Opera, in conjunction with UCLA’s musicology and […]