The off-Broadway rock musical-turned-movie “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” gives the drag queen protagonist Hedwig something that is lacking in almost all other drag queen roles: emotional depth. Read more...
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April 28, 9:00 pm
Review: “˜Hedwig’ has something others are missing: emotional power
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April 28, 9:00 pm
Conference to look at culture behind self-organizing systems
People who play the online game The Sims may be adept at deciding which kind of kitchen they would like for their house or what their families will look like, but these gamers are not necessarily aware of the theoretical and conceptual aspects involved with such a game. Read more...
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April 28, 9:00 pm
Screen scenes
“Mean Girls” Directed by Mark Waters Paramount Pictures “Mean Girls” is one of the funniest movies you’re likely to see this year. Written by “Saturday Night Live” head writer Tina Fey and based on the nonfiction book “Queen Bees and Wannabees” by Rosalind Wiseman, “Mean Girls” is smart, savvy and likely to make you thank your lucky stars you’re not in high school anymore. Read more...
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April 28, 9:00 pm
Review: “˜Cavalia’ reins audiences in with equine acrobatics
These are not your average show ponies. And for people who grew up with a My Little Pony lunch box as their closest encounter with an actual horse, “Cavalia” will bring audiences back to the barefooted fantasy of black beauties and white knights. Read more...
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April 28, 9:00 pm
Moving Units
Moving Units is one of the hardest working bands in Los Angeles right now, touring and playing shows at a break-neck pace while putting the finishing touches on their first full-length album. Read more...
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April 28, 9:00 pm
Stepping Off the Screen
Girl meets boy, boy meets another girl, girl kills new girl ““ all choreographed into an eight-minute dance performance set to upbeat music. The 14-member Hindi Film Dance Team wrote and choreographed this dance, which will be performed as part of UCLA Fowler Museum’s “Family Festival: India!” The festival also will feature a print-making workshop, henna tattooing and performances by the Nupoor Spiritual Dance Company, blue13 Dance Company and the UCLA Bhangra Team. Read more...
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April 28, 9:00 pm
Kerckhoff jazz series serves culture, tradition
In a bold attempt to revive the spirit of jazz music, the Student Committee for the Arts is launching the third of four performances in its Jazz at the Grand series tonight in the Kerckhoff Grand Salon. Read more...