Thursday, October 23, 1997
A&E Briefs
CPA hosts guitar summit
UCLA’s Center for the Performing Arts will be featuring jazz
guitarist Herb Ellis, acoustic guitarist Michael Hedges, classical
guitarist Sharon Isbin and blues guitarist Rory Block in concert
this weekend.
The musicians will be performing on Saturday at the Veteran’s
Wadsworth Theater at 8 p.m. A Center Stage Lecture will also take
place at 7 p.m., with musician Todd Washington.
Students screen original film
Undergraduate filmmakers Biago Messina and Joke Fincioen will be
having a free screening of their film "Me and Grandma" tonight at 7
p.m at the UCLA Freud Playhouse.
The two aspiring artists got together to create the film after
winning $38,000 on a game show. Messina and Fincioen completed
their 106-minute feature film in merely 10 weeks. Following the
screening, a question-and-answer session with the filmmakers will
be held.
Musicians to play ‘Bruin Fest’
Recording artists Lyric, Kelli Fisher, Cyndi Vellmure and Catero
will be featured in Westwood Plaza on Friday as part of "Bruin
Fest," a celebration of UCLA’s 70th Homecoming.
The four consecutive live performances, which range in genre
from R&B to folk, will take place from noon to 1 p.m., with pop
duo Lyric completing an encore presentation at 8 p.m.
Horror films for Halloween
In celebration of Halloween, American Cinematheque will present
"Euro Sexo Horror: The Films of Lucio Fulci and Jesus Franco."
The European directors were known for their low-budget horror
and exploitation genres and were responsible for such films as
Fulci’s "The Beyond" and "Zombie" and Franco’s "Venus in Furs" and
"Sadisterotica."
The film series runs from Oct. 31 through Nov. 7. General
admission is $7. For additional information call (213)
466-FILM.
Academy displays movie art
Movie-poster art ranging from "Creature from the Black Lagoon"
to "Dr. Zhivago" will go on display tomorrow at the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The exhibition, titled "The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters: The
Movie Poster Art of Reynold Brown," will feature more than 100
original paintings, pencil drawings, brownlines and posters by
Brown.
The art will be on display through Dec. 21. Admission is free
and open to the public. For additional information call (310)
247-3600.