Five years after her last record “It’s Not Me, It’s You,” Lily Allen offers her listeners new music with her usual sassy lyrics and British accent. Read more...
Photo: (Parlophone Records)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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May 7, 12:00 am
Gallery to display photographer’s decades-long series of 3-D portraits
Viewfinders – miniature binocular-like objects – hang side by side from long strings along one wall of the Kerckhoff Art Gallery. Small and understated, the viewfinders appear to be ordinary, until one looks inside and a whole other three-dimensional world reveals itself. Read more...
Photo: Photographer James Payne’s 3-D American portraits showcase his friends, family and neighbors of the past 40 years. His photographs are currently displayed in the Kerckhoff Art Gallery as a part of the Cultural Affairs Commission’s Art Series. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
Arts, Lifestyle
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May 6, 11:46 am
Flavors of Westwood: Bollywood Bites chef, owner brings vast experience to table
Bollywood Bites specializes in Indian cuisine, but its owner and head chef Sanjay Patel’s cooking style has drawn from and reached places as disparate as Panama, Bombay and Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. Read more...
Photo: (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Lifestyle
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May 6, 1:24 am
Flavors of Westwood: The Glendon Bar & Kitchen serves American cuisine, hospitality
High end but not intimidating, The Glendon Bar & Kitchen is ideal for blind dates, said owner and executive chef Nick Jacobs. “I think Tinder (an online dating app) should pay me. Read more...
Photo: (The Glendon Bar & Kitchen)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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May 6, 12:08 am
Out of Focus: Kurosawa’s ‘Ran’ a beautiful take on ‘King Lear’
Blood stains the rolling hills of the Japanese countryside. Arrows fly through the air as warriors in phalanx formations march across the plains. In Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran,” these images are beautified – we see poetry in the bloodshed, poetry in war. Read more...
Photo: “Ran” is Japenese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 adaptation of the Shakespearean classic “King Lear” set in feudal Japan. The film will screen at The Cinefamily this Sunday. (The Criterion Collection)
Arts, Music
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May 6, 12:02 am
Album Review: ‘I Never Learn’
Someone broke Lykke Li’s heart, and the results are an exquisite, if somewhat monochrome, self-portrait of pain and loneliness. “I Never Learn” is the Swedish singer-songwriter’s third album, the last in her self-described trilogy. Read more...
Photo: (LL Recordings)
Arts, Music
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May 5, 12:00 am
Nicole Cohen, Nick Valentini to perform original songs, covers at Kerckhoff
At the tender age of 4, Nicole Cohen remembers learning how to play the piano. With a substantial amount of practice, she was able to win several music competitions and awards. Read more...
Photo: The Cultural Affairs Commission’s Kerckhoff Coffeehouse concert series will continue Monday with performances from first-year English student Nicole Cohen (pictured) and third-year cognitive science student Nick Valentini. (Sonja Bartlett/Daily Bruin)