Flash back to the '80s, when hip-hop artists were producing music from equipment in their garages and selling mixtapes from the backs of their trunks to close friends, acquaintances and anyone who passed by. Read more...
Arts
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February 14, 11:02 pm
Graduate student directs play about psychologist Carl Jung and his struggle to escape solitude
Actors in amorphous costumes will relive the psychological obsessions experienced by a disciple of Sigmund Freud more than 80 years ago tonight, and the play's audience will play a direct role in the experience. Read more...
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Undergraduate actors from the school of Theater, Film and Television will perform “A Dark Sun,” a conceptual play directed by graduate student Alex Levy.
Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle
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February 14, 10:55 pm
Artscapes: A thrifty venture to Annenberg Space for Photography sparks imagination from photographic innovation
Tucked between the enormous skyscrapers of Century City, the Annenberg Space for Photography seems an unlikely home for an arts venue "“ one only accessible after walking through a parking structure. Read more...
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The Annenberg Space for Photography, which opened in 2009, is the first arts center in Los Angeles devoted strictly to the exhibition of photography and digital arts.
Arts, Music
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February 14, 10:50 pm
Balkan quartet Gluck Groupa Pendari adds a comptemporary twist on traditional music
A man emulates a woman's voice while an accordion player rhythmically taps his shoembourine, a tambourine attached to a shoe, on the floor. While the scene may seem like it was taken straight out of "Bonanza," it is exactly the kind of entertainment that UCLA's Gluck Groupa Pendari's performance will include. Also known as the UCLA Gluck Balkan Ensemble, this quartet will be performing Thursday night as part of the Fowler Museum's "Fowler Out Loud" concert series. Read more...
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Courtesy of ERIC WANG and KEN KOONS
UCLA Gluck Groupa Pendari will perform Thursday as part of the Fowler Museum’s “Fowler Out Loud” concert series.
Arts, Film & TV
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February 14, 12:05 am
“˜Dirty Looks’ connects filmmakers across coasts
Tonight, the Hammer Museum will be screening a film series titled "Dirty Looks: Long Distance Love Affairs." The group of films are part of a New York-based roaming screening series that couples East and West Coast queer experimental filmmakers of the past and present. Read more...
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Courtesy of JONESY
“Dirty Looks: Long Distance Love Affairs” will feature the work of artist and filmmaker Jonesy. One of his pieces is the five-minute long “Beauty Must Suffer,” which was created in 2010 in color and with sound.
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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February 14, 12:00 am
Remote Life: Going to the movies a better date choice than watching TV
What better day for me to write about television than Valentine's Day. I love TV, and Valentine's Day is all about love, right? But the more I thought about the mechanics of Valentine's Day and dating in general, the two seemed less and less compatible. Read more...
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Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams star in the romance film, “The Vow.” Films, more than television shows, seem to be be a better date activity.
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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February 13, 11:57 pm
Soundbite: Mike Acerbo
Mike Acerbo wants to live in a fairy tale. As he sings of golden castles, blueberry moons and colorful lights in a lofty croon, the New York City singer and songwriter creates a mystical atmosphere that one would expect to be playing while a storybook heroine stumbles through fog toward her Prince Charming. Read more...
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