I was in Italian class, it was early in the morning, and I was tired. Never a good combination when trying to speak a foreign language coherently. Read more...
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Credit: RACECAR LOTTA RECORDS
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 21, 12:20 am
Broadway Bruins
Bruins Care performs musical numbers for charity
January 24, 2011 – Cross-dressing, high kicks, and plenty of vocal riffing. This past weekend marked the third year that Bruins Care has been putting together its musical revue for the UCLA community. [2:44]
"Bruins Care performs musical numbers for charity"A sea of newsboy hats floods the stage. A female performer goes for a toe touch and falls. A group of men, dressed in sparkling attire, learn to "bend and snap," as another performer rips his pants. Read more...
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Bruins Care will perform its yearly musical theater revue for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS today and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Northwest Campus Auditorium. The group will sing songs from “Singin’ in the Rain” and more contemporary musicals, such as “Legally Blonde.”
Arts, Music
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January 21, 12:12 am
World famous cellist to teach master class
At a school like UCLA, it's easy to find oneself jaded by having some of the most prestigious and influential researchers as professors. But when two-time Grammy-winning cellist Lynn Harrell "“ a man whose list of achievements includes playing for Pope John Paul II"“ comes to teach a class, students are likely to be starry-eyed. Read more...
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World-renowned cellist Lynn Harrell will be teaching a master class today in Popper Auditorium in Schoenberg Hall at 2 p.m.
Courtesy of MEGAN RANCIER
Arts
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January 20, 1:47 am
Sparring with history
It's not every day that UCLA doctoral students in history get a stab at working for Hollywood, especially for a show involving sex romps, vengeance and a whole lot of garroting. Read more...
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Aaron Irvin, left, and Jeff Stevens, UCLA doctoral students in history, are historical consultants for the Starz show “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” and its prequel, “Spartacus: Gods of the Arena,” which premieres on Friday.
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 20, 12:30 am
‘Currents’exhibition houses diverse mediums from students of Department of Architecture and Urban Design
An eight-story building model currently on display in Perloff Hall contains the beginnings of an imaginary apartment complex to be constructed in Los Angeles. Read more...
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Work by Colin Prothero and Ryan Wilson are on display at “Currents” in Perloff Hall.
Arts, Arts Columns
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January 20, 12:21 am
Fire in the Kitchen: Guidance makes great crab cakes
Cooking is so much less stressful when you're not by yourself. Read more...
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Crab cakes are fried in canola oil on medium heat after being breaded in macadamia nuts because canola oil has a higher smoke point than olive oil. The excess oil can be soaked up by paper towels.
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January 18, 11:04 pm
Performance troupe My Barbarian parodies political, social issues
Geometric shapes, hanging windows and doors that lead to nowhere linger in the shadows of the Hammer Museum's exhibit, "The Night Epi$ode." Los Angeles-based performance group My Barbarian put together the exhibit by finding inspiration in the supernatural to parody political and social issues through their video gallery exhibition. Read more...
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Founders of the Los Angeles-based performance group My Barbarian, Jade Gordon and UCLA alumni Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade, will present a performance of “Death Panel Discussion,” parodying traditional panel discussions and the process of inclusion that artists face, today at the Hammer Museum. The performance runs in conjunction with the group’s video installation, “The Night Epi$ode,” which is on display in the Hammer video gallery through Sunday. (Credit: Hammer Museum)