Thirty years ago, buying cannabis was difficult, expensive and illegal. Buying cannabis in 2019 is somewhere between picking up a prescription from a pharmacy and buying beer from a liquor store. Read more...
Photo: (Cody Wilson/Daily Bruin)
Arts Columns
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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February 2, 4:14 pm
Concert review: Hippo Campus gets crowd on its feet with upbeat setlist, impressive vocals
This post was updated Feb. 3 at 2:25 p.m. Energy levels at the Bambi Tour were as high as the lead vocalist’s falsetto. Indie rock band Hippo Campus released their second full-length album, “Bambi,” in September of last year and are currently on a six-month tour around the world. Read more...
Photo: Hippo Campus lead vocalist Jake Luppen sang songs from the band’s newest album, “Bambi,” as well as older tracks from their discography, which includes two other EPs and another full-length album. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Arts Columns, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 31, 4:43 pm
Theater review: ‘Hello, Dolly’ features masterful set design, poor translation into modernity
“Hello, Dolly!” utilizes old tropes and stereotypes to create a musical catering to the elderly. Running at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre until Feb. 17, the show’s central character, Dolly Gallagher Levi (Betty Buckley), opened the first act on an 1885 New York street, telling the crowd about her eclectic profession: meddling. Read more...
Photo: Betty Buckley stars in “Hello, Dolly!” as Dolly Gallagher Levi, a professional meddler who creates an intricate plan to set up her “half-millionaire” love interest, Horace Vandergelder, with a woman she knows he will reject. (Courtesy of Julieta Cervantes)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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January 30, 10:11 pm
Second Take: ‘The Bachelor’ promotes toxic double standards of sexuality
They say “sex sells,” but it seems like a lack of sex is what’s selling the latest season of “The Bachelor.” Colton Underwood – who has dubbed himself “The First Virgin Bachelor” – is a personable former NFL tight end who was just tangled in a love triangle with two girls on the latest seasons of “The Bachelorette” and “Bachelor in Paradise.” In other words, he’s not exactly what most people picture when they hear the words “27-year-old virgin.” It would be hard to argue that “The Bachelor” reflects reality, despite its label as reality television. Read more...
Photo: Former NFL tight end Colton Underwood has been dubbed “The First Virgin Bachelor.” The reality show has a more complicated history with sexuality, which the hyper-fixation on Underwood’s virginity plays into. (Courtesy of Craig Sjodin/ABC)
Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle
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January 28, 10:51 pm
Budding Los Angeles: Growing industry attracts young attorneys to cannabis law
Thirty years ago, buying cannabis was difficult, expensive and illegal. Buying cannabis in 2019 is somewhere between picking up a prescription from a pharmacy and buying beer from a liquor store. Read more...
Photo: Hilary Bricken is a Los Angeles-based attorney who specializes in cannabis law. She is a partnered attorney at the Harris Bricken law firm, which created Canna Law Blog. Daily Bruin columnist John Tudhope spoke to Bricken for this week’s installment of “Budding Los Angeles.” (Eli Countryman/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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January 28, 3:33 pm
Documentary takes candid look at life of daring political reporter Molly Ivins
Progressive Texas journalist Molly Ivins lived a life of extremes, both personal and political. Her life is now on display in the documentary “Raise Hell: The Life of Molly Ivins,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of MPRM Communications)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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January 22, 10:58 pm
Second Take: Failed Fyre Festival scrutinized in competing Hulu and Netflix documentaries
This post was updated Jan. 24 at 12:36 p.m. Fyre Festival was meant to be an escapist, immersive music festival in the Bahamas – instead, it turned into “Lord of the Flies” meets Instagram. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Netflix)