Sunday, April 26

CDs, records still bring something to the table

Do you remember the first CD you ever bought? I'm not talking about the one you downloaded on iTunes or burned from a friend, but the first one you actually got up off your bum for and went to the record store to get "“ when the click wasn't from a mouse but from the plastic ring you carefully plucked your shiny new polycarbonate prize from. Read more...

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Customers sift through old posters on Record Store Day at Amoeba Music. The annual Record Store Day celebrates independently owned record stores in the United States and abroad and has been running since 2007.
Courtesy of ALEXANDER GALLAGHERSOLTES


Environmental advocates Julia Butterfly Hill and actress Daryl Hannah to speak on sustainability in Earth Week discussion

On Dec. 10, 1997 environmental and social justice advocate Julia Butterfly Hill first climbed up the California redwood tree named Luna to save it from being logged in Humboldt County. Read more...

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Environmental advocate Julia Butterfly Hill will speak about environmental issues and sustainability today with actress Daryl Hannah of “Splash” and “Kill Bill” today at 7 p.m. in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. (courtesy of Shaun Walker)


Aitan to headline SLAM!’s spring concert to support music in schools

Imagine if there was never any music blasting from the Bruin Plaza stage or that Schoenberg Hall no longer had an orchestra to fill its acoustic clad walls. Read more...

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Aitan will perform as the headliner for tonight’s Student Leader Advocates of Music concert, which will take place in Kerckhoff Grand Salon. The concert will promote SLAM!’s mission to bring music to schools. (courtesy of Lisa Roy)


Seminar to explore film editing process at Egyptian Theatre

Shower. Knife. Scream. Knife. Drain. It wasn't conventional filmmaking in 1960, but it became the recipe for one of the most iconic film scenes in history. But while it was that infamous sequence from "Psycho" that made audiences afraid in their own bathrooms, it's still being used as a valuable teaching tool for film students and aficionados the world over. It's scenes like this that will be on display Wednesday night at the Egyptian Theatre, as film consultant Thomas Ethan Harris hosts "In the Cut: Employing the Art of Editing." This is one in a series of "visual communication seminars," as Harris refers to them, that offer a communal atmosphere to talk about key elements in the filmmaking process. Read more...


Art in the streets: Italian artist Luigi Ontani to lead performance piece around Westwood

When most people go to Westwood Village, they do not expect to see processions of masked figures in colorful gowns. Read more...

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Italian artist Luigi Ontani will be presenting his new site-specific piece, “AmenHammerAmeno,” at the Hammer Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pictured here is his performance “Map Marathon,” at the Serpentine Gallery last year. (courtesy of Mark Blower)