Carousels don't really bring tragedy to mind. Or love, suicide and unplanned pregnancies, for that matter. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Joanna Foote plays Julie Jordan and Douglas Carpenter plays Billy Bigelow in “Carousel.” The UCLA Philharmonia presented the musical Wednesday and Thursday night in Schoenberg Hall, with the orchestra backing the singers and actors onstage instead of playing from the pit.
Located right across the street from El Super Taco, Pili's Tacos' flashing lit sign and cozy interior charmed me and my companions immediately. Read more...
Photo: A fried fish taco (left) and a chicken taco topped with pico de gallo and cilantro from Tacos Por Favor.
Painfully predictable with a side of really pitiful humor, "Dance Flick" just becomes another one of those spoof movies, leaving no movie untouched from parody, no piece of Hollywood gossip uncovered, and no social stereotype unexposed, to the point of mind-numbing tedium. Read more...
You might feel a little dizzy at first if you don"˜t see many British films. Read more...
"Here. Now. UCLA," has never been so true. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year ethnomusicology student Marlon Fuentes will be performing at the 2009 Jazz Reggae Festival that will take place this weekend.
He was born in Switzerland, raised partly Mexico, educated in Germany, designed an orphanage in China, and since September has been right here in Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: The above piece, “Off-Shore Island-Trade,” made of cardboard, paper and paint, was created by Swiss artist Nic Hess, whose newest work will adorn the walls of the lobby at the Hammer Museum starting Saturday and remain until Nov. 5.
If you've ever wondered whether the grass is greener on the other side, Lydia R. Diamond's "Stick Fly," now at the Matrix Theatre, is a tale that will surely set you straight. Read more...
