Monday, March 9

Mixology: Long Island Iced Tea

Each week columnist Ashley Jakubczyk discusses a new mixed drink, where to get it in Westwood and how you can concoct your own version at home.– – –One tale claims that Old Man Bishop, a Prohibition-era man, combined whiskey, maple syrup and a slew of other spirits into a refreshing concoction that was later perfected by his son, Ransom. Read more...

Photo: An equal mix of rum, gin, vodka, tequila and triple sec, Long Island Iced Tea takes its name from its iced tea-like amber hue. O’Hara’s on Gayley Avenue offers its version of a Long Island for $10. (Sidhaant Shah/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Movie Review: ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’

“Jodorowsky’s Dune” Directed by Frank Pavich Sony Pictures Classics 4.5/5.0 paws David Lynch’s “Dune,” the most well-known adaptation of the famous Frank Herbert science fiction novel of the same name, is a fairly insignificant, messy, incoherent film. Read more...

Photo: Sony Pictures Classics


2014 Oscar music nominees celebrated in concert at UCLA

The lights dim, the audience quiets down and the brilliant stage at Royce Hall is lit up with giant, golden Oscar statuettes at each corner. In walks the Academy Symphony Orchestra, and the audience roars with excitement. Read more...

Photo: The Academy Symphony Orchestra takes its place on the stage of Royce Hall before the Oscar Concert commences. (Samantha Mannis/Daily Bruin)



Trending Now: Examining the debate on wearing leggings on pants

When “Project Runway” mentor and career educator Tim Gunn hosted a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session, an online Q&A;, two weeks ago, he expressed his sentiment, one that many resonated with, on one piece of clothing. Read more...

Photo: The debate on wearing leggings as pants is an old one but still raises controversy today. (Courtesy of Amy Lee)


Theater group to put on dark comedy musical ‘Assassins’

On Jun. 30, 1882, at the gallows where he was to be hanged for shooting President James Garfield, Charles Guiteau danced toward the noose, smiling and waving to the crowd. Read more...

Photo: Produced by the UCLA production company Act III Theatre Ensemble, “Assassins” is a musical that tells the story of America’s most notorious presidential killers and would-be killers. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)