FILM & TV: “Spirited Away” James Bridges Theater
May 2
Known for creating animated films such as “Princess
Mononoke” Hayao Miyazaki adds another masterpiece. Combining
lush animation, rich characters and cultural commentary, Miyazaki
reinvents the “Alice in Wonderland” story. Tickets are
free at the box office. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. and the box office
opens an hour before showtime. For more info, go to
www.gsa.asucla.ucla.edu.
The Visual Communications Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and
Video Festival Director’s Guild of America May 1-8
The festival features, among others, UCLA graduate student
filmmaker Ham Tran’s short film “The Anniversary”
on May 2 at 8 p.m. After four days at the Director’s Guild,
the festival continues May 5-8 at other venues. Tickets are $9
general admission and $7 for students. Sunday’s screening at
the Arclight is $10 general and $9 for students. For more info, go
to www.vconline.org/ff03.
M is for Minnelli: The Melodramas James Bridges Theater May
1-13
Vincente Minnelli was a major director who ranks with post-war
American filmmakers like Douglas Sirk. While known for his musicals
(“Gigi” won Best Picture and Director in 1959),
Minnelli also directed emotional dramas. May 1 features “The
Clock” and “Some Came Running” at 7:30 p.m. May 3
“Home From the Hill” at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7
general admission and $5 for students. For more info, go to
www.cinema.ucla.edu or call (310) 206-FILM.
MUSIC: The Ciro Zoppo Research Fellowship concert Powell Library
Rotunda Friday, 8 p.m.
Directed by Department of Musicology graduate student Kate
Bartel, this concert celebrates the work of Chiara Margarita
Cozzolani, a 17th century Milanese nun. Her motets, composed for
the nuns of St. Radegonda, offer a glimpse into female monastic
piety in early modern Italy. Admission is free.
Pseudopod Pauley Pavilion Saturday, 8:00 p.m.
This jam band made up of UCLA graduates comes to Pauley Pavilion
for the Young Alumni Reunion. The band’s back on the road,
after a stop at Pauley this weekend they’re a headlining date
at the Troubadour later this month.
Vic Chesnutt The Troubadour Friday, 8 p.m.
Touring in support of his new LP “Silver Lake,” Vic
Chesnutt brings his singer-songwriter chops to the Troubadour this
weekend. Tickets are $15, go to www.troubadour.com for more
information.
THeater & Arts: Fowler Out Loud: “Flamenco!”
Fowler Interior Courtyard May 1
If you’ve got a craving for something muy caliente, come
see a Spanish dance show at 6 p.m. choreographed by Liliana de Leon
Torsiello and performed by WAC students. Free for everyone.
Mr. Maric’s Magic Show Freud Playhouse May 3
For two performances (3 and 6 p.m.), one of Japan’s
best-known magicians will be putting on a silly, zany show. For
more info, call (310)825-5761 or e-mail [email protected]
New American Writing Series: Aimee Bender UCLA Hammer Museum May
4
Former UCLA creative writing professor and author of “The
Girl and the Flammable Skirt” will speak at Hammer from 5 to
7 p.m. Free.
“Art for Worldfest” Kerckhoff Art Gallery May 5 –
May 9
The USAC Cultural Affairs Commission presents the Worldfest Art
Exhibit, which features art focusing on the beauty of diversity.
Open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Hammer Contemporary Poetry Series: Sharon Olds UCLA Hammer
Museum May 6
A professor in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at New York
University, Olds has received many awards including the National
Book Critics Circle Award. Her newest book of poems is “The
Unswept Room” (2002). The reading is free and begins at 7
p.m.