Class acts fail to uplift movie audience in ‘Browning Version’ By Mike Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Paramount is having a tough time figuring out what to do with "The Browning Version," the stoic, white-collar tragedy of an Abbey school classics professor. Read more...

The universal language of dance MFA candidate Malathi Iyengar translates human experience by weaving together ‘traditions and innovations,’ creating a tapestry of multicultural dancers, diverse dance techniques and Indian music. Read more...

L.A. Phil: It’s the new style Setting 20th-century pace for rest of season, Los Angeles Philharmonic blazes through Stravinsky, darts gracefully through Prokofiev, teases audience through Lutoslawski By John Mangum Still feeling the rush from a recent European tour, the Los Angeles Philharmonic blazed through a program of uneven quality Thursday evening at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Read more...

Singer DeMent effortlessly confronts emotion Gifted songwriter brings honesty, talent, elegance to country music By Michael Tatum My father died a year ago today Rooster started crowing when they carried Dad away There beside my mother, in the living room I stood With my brothers and my sisters knowin’ Dad was gone for good Well, I stayed at home long enough just to lay him in the ground And then I caught a plane to do a show up north in Detroit town Because I’m older now and I’ve got no time to cry. Read more...

Church rifts quell clergy in ‘Demon’ at Doolittle By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff Different views often cause upheaval and tension. But when there is a serious difference of opinion among members of the church’s hierarchy, a type of genocide occurs within its walls. Read more...

‘Cuarteto’ provides bridge between cultures By Omid Bürgin-Esmai’li Take a dose of tango, bossa nova and lambada, mix that with a European art form, and add some multicultural ideology and there you have it: the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, a renowned string quartet known for promoting mostly contemporary works of Latin American composers. Read more...

EDLOS comes from out of this world to UCLA A capella quartet to showcase theatrics, antics at Schoenberg By Gaby Mora Daily Bruin Staff The EDLOS a capella group has come a long way to perform for UCLA students ­ as far as outer space, the members claim. Read more...