Watching the first few episodes of a new show is often like getting through the first few weeks with a new roommate. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns
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May 20, 10:54 am
ABC comedy show 'Happy Endings' gets a second chance after being in danger of cancellation
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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May 20, 10:54 am
Theater student adapts Latin American author Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez’s novella “˜The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother’ for the stage
Long Story Short: Undergraduate actress explores journey with 'heartless'
May 23, 2011 – Second-year theater student Briana Gantsweg plays a dark and abusive character in UCLA's "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother." Although Gantsweg has little in common with the mean, old woman she plays, she talks about what it takes to get into character.
Long Story Short airs Mondays at 6:00 p.m. on UCLAradio.com. Listen to the whole episode here or visit our broadcast archive.
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"Long Story Short: Undergraduate actress explores journey with 'heartless'"Latin American author Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez surprised Monica Payne in the last two pages of his novella "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother" with a hopeful ending. Read more...
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“The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother” will premiere Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Little Theater at Macgowan Hall. The story follows a Colombian girl who lives with a wealth-obsessed grandmother.
Arts, Music
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May 19, 12:14 am
Production Value
In 15 years of dancing, Abi Ameele has choreographed performances for groups as small as two people and as large as 90. Read more...
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Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and Delta Gamma sorority rehearse for their production performance for Friday’s Spring Sing. The Spring Sing tradition originally began as an annual Pan-Hellenic competition called Greek Sing.
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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May 19, 12:07 am
Game Lab presents first game carnival
UCLA Game Lab members share thoughts behind art of gaming
May 19, 2011 "“ The UCLA Game Lab's 1st Annual Intermural Carnival tonight will give young game designers from all over Southern California a chance to showcase their new game projects and demos. We spoke with cinema and media studies graduate student and Game Lab member Bryan Wuest about the philosophy behind gaming. Game Lab director and Design | Media Arts professor Eddo Stern also chats about some of his shocking"“literally"“game design concepts. [1:31]
"UCLA Game Lab members share thoughts behind art of gaming"King Arthur pulled Excalibur from the stone, Thor wielded his mighty hammer, and the UCLA Game Lab has the Eli Broad sword "“ or at least a couple drawings of it on its walls and door. Read more...
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A screenshot from one of the games presented at the first annual Intermural Game Carnival, which will be among the games featured today at 5 p.m. at the UCLA Game Lab in the first floor of the Broad Arts Center.
courtesy of David Elliott
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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May 19, 12:00 am
“˜A Revolutionary Project’ on Cuba exhibited at Getty
Each of the dozens of photographs in the Getty Museum's "A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now" has a label next to it, except one. Read more...
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Alberto Korda’s print of female soldiers in Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución, the same place where Korda shot his famous image of Che Guevara, is among the photographs on view at the Getty’s “Revolutionary Cuba: From Walker Evans To Now.”
Arts, Music
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May 18, 11:55 pm
Fowler gets loud with Brazilian, Ghanaian beats
Back in high school, Kirk Brundage's jam band opened for the famous Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira. Read more...
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The Brazilian music ensemble BatUCLAda will perform with the Music and Dance of Ghana Ensemble at the Fowler Museum on the UCLA campus today at 6 p.m.
courtesy of KIRK BRUNDAGE
Arts
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May 18, 1:36 am
A cappella groups may need to outsing wind after Spring Sing switches to outdoor venue
After months of preparation, the success of this year's Spring Sing a cappella acts could come down to the weather. Read more...
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The second half of Spring Sing rehearsals. The groups are, in order,
NSU (dance crew)
James Burning (dude with guitar)
DG/PiKapp (Candyland)
Fusion (Jazz Band)
Scattertones (a cappella)
Omechi (Harry Potter)
Courtney Randall (girl with guitar)
thatwasthen (rock band)