Wednesday, November 18, 1998 Cool as ice MUSIC: After making a splash in Hollywood, Ice Cube returns to the music industry with the release of his new double album ‘War and Peace’ By Tenoch Flores Daily Bruin Contributor It’s been four years since O’Shea Jackson, better know as Ice Cube, put out a solo project. Read more...

Wednesday, November 18, 1998 Soundbites Block, "Timing Is Everything" Jamie Block doesn’t write catchy songs. If you listen to his album once, you’ll most likely forget it; none of the 13 tracks grab hold of you and ingrain themselves into your mind. Read more...

Wednesday, November 18, 1998 ‘Isabella’ morphs ancient Italian theatrical art for modern viewers PLAY: Actors incorporate masks, improv, acrobats to show tradition’s beauty By Erin Beatty Daily Bruin Contributor It’s the same old classic story: boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl betrothed to old man, and someone misplaces the fish with the contract stuffed inside and the chicken stuffed with a settlement. Read more...

Wednesday, November 18, 1998 Music evokes sentiments of internment camp stay SURVIVOR: Inspired by World War II experience with family, professor premieres emotional composition By Sandy Yang Daily Bruin Contributor They were torn from their homes and forced to give up their livelihood. Read more...

Tuesday, November 17, 1998 Battle cry Diva Kathleen Battle uses her voice as a tool to become her music and to take her audience into another time and place By Ai Goldsmith Daily Bruin Contributor It is said that music is the language of angels. Read more...

Tuesday, November 17, 1998 Neoclassical concert enlivens Royce ORCHESTRA: Symphony celebrates anniversary in restored auditorium By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Contributor With the aid of binoculars, if one squinted just right, cellist Douglas Davis of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra looked kind of like Luciano Pavarotti. Read more...

Tuesday, November 17, 1998 Show merges comedy with romance THEATER: Witty dialogue sells audience on tales of thoroughly modern love By Brent Hopkins Daily Bruin Staff The Hudson Backstage Theater is a far cry from Shakespeare’s Globe Theater. Read more...