Wallace Shawn, the playwright and actor, will speak Saturday at Royce Hall. Read more...
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Actor and playwright Wallace Shawn will lecture Saturday at Royce Hall.
Courtesy of JARED RODRIGUEZ
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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January 21, 12:23 am
SINGLE-MINDED: Save these songs for that awkward day
I was in Italian class, it was early in the morning, and I was tired. Never a good combination when trying to speak a foreign language coherently. Read more...
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Credit: RACECAR LOTTA RECORDS
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 21, 12:20 am
Broadway Bruins
Bruins Care performs musical numbers for charity
January 24, 2011 – Cross-dressing, high kicks, and plenty of vocal riffing. This past weekend marked the third year that Bruins Care has been putting together its musical revue for the UCLA community. [2:44]
"Bruins Care performs musical numbers for charity"A sea of newsboy hats floods the stage. A female performer goes for a toe touch and falls. A group of men, dressed in sparkling attire, learn to "bend and snap," as another performer rips his pants. Read more...
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Bruins Care will perform its yearly musical theater revue for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS today and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Northwest Campus Auditorium. The group will sing songs from “Singin’ in the Rain” and more contemporary musicals, such as “Legally Blonde.”
Arts, Music
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January 21, 12:12 am
World famous cellist to teach master class
At a school like UCLA, it's easy to find oneself jaded by having some of the most prestigious and influential researchers as professors. But when two-time Grammy-winning cellist Lynn Harrell "“ a man whose list of achievements includes playing for Pope John Paul II"“ comes to teach a class, students are likely to be starry-eyed. Read more...
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World-renowned cellist Lynn Harrell will be teaching a master class today in Popper Auditorium in Schoenberg Hall at 2 p.m.
Courtesy of MEGAN RANCIER
Arts
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January 20, 1:47 am
Sparring with history
It's not every day that UCLA doctoral students in history get a stab at working for Hollywood, especially for a show involving sex romps, vengeance and a whole lot of garroting. Read more...
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Aaron Irvin, left, and Jeff Stevens, UCLA doctoral students in history, are historical consultants for the Starz show “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” and its prequel, “Spartacus: Gods of the Arena,” which premieres on Friday.
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 20, 12:30 am
‘Currents’exhibition houses diverse mediums from students of Department of Architecture and Urban Design
An eight-story building model currently on display in Perloff Hall contains the beginnings of an imaginary apartment complex to be constructed in Los Angeles. Read more...
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Work by Colin Prothero and Ryan Wilson are on display at “Currents” in Perloff Hall.
Arts, Arts Columns
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January 20, 12:21 am
Fire in the Kitchen: Guidance makes great crab cakes
Cooking is so much less stressful when you're not by yourself. Read more...
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Crab cakes are fried in canola oil on medium heat after being breaded in macadamia nuts because canola oil has a higher smoke point than olive oil. The excess oil can be soaked up by paper towels.