As dashing super-spy Bradley Fine fought his way through a castle filled with evil henchman, a nasal voice was constantly in his ear, telling him who to shoot and which way to go at every turn. The voice of Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy), a frustrated Central Intelligence Agency office worker yearning for some field action, […]
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Act III Theatre Ensemble performs dialogue-free musical ’35mm’
The song “Stop Time” reminds Megan Fitzgerald to pause and reflect on her last days as an undergraduate at UCLA. “Stop Time” will be the first song in this weekend’s performance by UCLA’s Act III Theatre Ensemble, said the fourth-year theater student, as the group closes out the school year with a play that pays […]
Ethnomusicology festival highlights world cultures through dance, music
Musicians cloaked in swirling blue and red robes pluck delicately at zheng zithers, string instruments that originated in China almost two thousand years ago. Continuing the Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz, Saturday’s Music of China Ensemble performance will showcase Chinese culture and heritage at Schoenberg Hall, followed by Sunday’s Irish Music Ensemble performance. […]
‘Time’ named Best Drama in CEC Shorttakes film festival
For Daniela Arguello, inspiration for her short film “Time” came from an unexpected place. “It was just as if a brick fell from the sky and hit me in the head, and I was like ‘Wow, I want to do this,’” said Arguello, a first-year film student. “I saw the whole film in my head […]
‘Still and the Spot’ takes home Shorttakes’ Audience Choice Award
Still Slatousky had a mysterious spot on his arm. In the short film “Still and the Spot,” Slatousky becomes progressively more distressed, visiting doctor after doctor trying to figure out where the spot came from and how to get rid of it. Meanwhile, a pestering neighbor repeatedly knocks on his door while the occasional hamburger […]
Fowler’s ‘Making Strange’ exhibit brings together artist’s projects
Artist Vivan Sundaram meshed together the names Lady Gaga and “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” by Shakira to create the fictional brand name “Gagawaka.” The Fowler Museum’s “Making Strange: Gagawaka + Postmortem” is a two-part exhibition by Delhi-based contemporary artist Sundaram running from April 19 through Sept. 6. The exhibition, which marks the first […]
‘An Evening of Devised Work’ transforms individuals into two ensembles
The apocalypse looms in North Campus as a comet hurls towards Macgowan Hall. At night, a young girl’s imagination transforms the hall into a fantasy world. These two universes are the settings for “Paper Cranes” and “Inconclusion,” the fictional plays that graduate acting, directing and playwright students have created and immersed themselves in for several […]