By Sean Halloran DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] Widescreen may be considered a special feature of DVDs, but for members of The Film Foundation, such as Robert Redford, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, it will be the future standard in home entertainment. Read more...

To say that the medium is the message regarding Stephanie Strickland’s poetry would only be scratching the surface. A 30-year-old veteran poet and currently a professor at Sarah Lawrence College, Strickland’s work consists of collaborative poetic efforts that cut across paper and digital media, ultimately connecting an understanding of their meaning to their presentation. Read more...

Igor Stravinsky was Russian, but as far as the Orchestre National de Lyon is concerned, he’s French: if not by blood then at least by ear. Read more...

For those who believe a crooning hunchback is responsible for striking the bells atop the Powell Library Building, the giant Altec-Lansing Horn Speakers are, apparently, not apparent enough. Read more...

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Pain is only bad when it doesn’t lead to something beautiful. And when that beauty is manifested in tortured, cathartic music it becomes really hard to talk about. Read more...

Fear is what keeps people from overcoming walls, but fear that is not overcome becomes society’s walls. So said Ray Reisler at the opening ceremony of “Choosing to Participate: Facing History and Ourselves” on Saturday night. Read more...