Friday, June 12

Folds’ solo tour breaks rock star stereotypes

By Shana Dines Daily Bruin Contributor Disco balls, crystal chandeliers and velvet curtains, oh my! Not exactly what’s expected from a rock concert, but then again, neither is a thirty-something pianist with a receding hairline. Read more...


Headphones

The Daily Bruin stopped some unsuspecting students to find out what they were listening to and why. Ami Brett Third-year Art history Jimi Hendrix “It’s a “˜best-of’ CD. Read more...


Hammer displays libraries’ rarities

By Mary Williams Daily Bruin Senior Staff Don’t judge a book by its cover. And the curators of “The World From Here: Treasures of the Great Libraries of Los Angeles” at the UCLA Hammer Museum don’t want you to judge their exhibit by the fact that it’s about books. Read more...


A look into the Geffen Playhouse

  By Mary Williams Daily Bruin Senior Staff Across the street from UCLA, in that unusual building next to the Burger King, is a theater that many students don’t know much about. Read more...


Despite changes, building has served UCLA for years

  Geffen Playhouse The play "Four Dogs And A Bone" (1995) was the first play the Geffen Playhouse featured. By Anthony Bromberg Daily Bruin Contributor It may be hard for young Westwoodites to believe, but the Geffen Playhouse has not always been a theater. Read more...


Sound Bites

  Macy Gray “The Id” Epic Records Musical oddity and funky dressing guru Macy Gray might just have something with her new CD “The Id.” The album opens with Gray’s staccato delivery of entertaining but absurd lyrics ““ something about being related to a psychopath”“ to the background of a tasteful honky-tonk piano. Read more...


Berliner shows award-winning movie

  CHRIS BACKLEY/Daily Bruin Director Alan Berliner spoke to a crowd of approximately 300 on Monday. By Willy Flockton Daily Bruin Contributor “He is not in love with anything” is how Oscar’s daughter describes her own father. Read more...