Saturday, March 14

Stretching the limits of sound

Gloria Cheng Today, 8 p.m. Schoenberg Hall It’s easy to forget that, in his day, Beethoven was pushing the boundaries of contemporary music ““ if not tearing them apart. Read more...


Award recognizes writers

Screenwriting is a largely invisible profession. The fruits of the screenwriter’s labors are often unapparent to the average movie-goer, hidden behind the talents of the director and actors. Read more...



Weekend Review: Freewaves New Media Arts Festival

The lights are dim and the low hum coming from the hundreds of film projectors is jumbled and incoherent. To the left of the entrance doors is a large projection of a black dog meandering in the middle of a busy road, dangerously avoiding being hit by speeding cars. Read more...


Weekend Review: Only Son, Regina Spektor

While many UCLA students were partying to blow off post-midterm steam last Thursday night, two musicians were representing the lyrically driven anything-goes style of New York’s anti-folk scene at The Avalon in Hollywood. Read more...


“˜Borat’ release strategy lacks common sense

ESPN’s Bill Simmons likes to joke that sports teams need “common-sense coordinators” to keep team officials from making stupid decisions. A common-sense coordinator would help an NFL coach keep track of his time-outs and would advise a baseball general manager against signing a fly-ball pitcher to play in a hitter’s park. Read more...


Waiting for Beckett

The meaning of life may be subjective, but the meaning of literature most certainly is. As such, the prose recitals of Samuel Beckett, writer of “Waiting for Godot,” will probably be unlike anything you have seen before. Read more...