Tom Burmester had a mission statement. The Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble, founded by Burmester in 2004 after he graduated from UCLA with a master of fine arts in directing, had a "commitment to strike a balance between … the works of new playwrights and revisiting timely and important classics." Read more...
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Chase McKenna (left) and John Brooks as Desdemona and Othello in the classic Shakespeare play “Othello” showing at the Powerhouse Theatre through April 16.
Courtesy of Tom Burmester
There is something profoundly sad-sounding about "The King of Limbs," as if the band recorded the album while trapped in a remote fortress made of ice and snow. Read more...
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King of Limbs
Anxious longtime fans of Peter Bjorn and John can breathe a sigh of relief. When the band released "Writer's Block," the album's joyful music, complete with whistling and clapping, attracted large numbers of fans to the band's ranks. Read more...
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Credit: SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Today is the first day of my last quarter at UCLA. Eleven weeks from now, this university will release me, publicly, wearing a flat black square on my head, into the real world. Read more...
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The 2009 film “Adventureland,” directed by Greg Mottola and starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, presents one take on life after college.
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Since the age of three, a young Brian Odegaard living in Minnesota religiously watched the "Wheel of Fortune," wishing one day to spin the infamous wheel. Read more...
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Psychology graduate student Brian Odegaard competed on “Wheel of Fortune” on Friday, winning $11,000 in prize money.
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Though the cliche is a tired one, a picture is worth a thousand words. With a furrowed brow, Louis Armstrong leans back with his trumpet, his cheeks filled with air. Read more...
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“Jam Session: America’s Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World,” an exhibition on display at the Fowler Museum, features photographs of jazz legends traveling around the world. Count Basie, pictured above, rehearses the popular Burmese song, “Emerald Dusk,” in Rangoon, Burma in 1971.
Credit: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LIBRARIES, FAYETTEVILLE
“Potiche” starts with Catherine Deneuve in lurid red sweatpants, three ever-classy adidas stripes snaking down her legs, jogging in a park. She stops her exercise to coo at the wildlife around her, emitting oohs and aahs at deer and birds, seemingly enthralled. She finds one squirrel so captivating that she pens a short poem about it on the spot Read more...
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