"Annie Okay" is not a traditional production. Read more...
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Rochelle Fabb (left) and Paul Outlaw play Anna Leonowens and Louis in “Annie Okay,” an upcoming experimental theater piece at the UCLA Hammer Museum.
Arts, Film & TV
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October 14, 11:23 pm
Movie Review: “RED”
While Bruce Willis has never exactly been known for his high-class acting skills, he is back to kicking butt as usual in his role as former CIA agent Frank Moses in Robert Schwentke's film "Red," adapted from DC Comics. Read more...
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October 14, 12:48 am
Insomniac Cinema! screens iconic sci-fi films in Westwood theaters
Although the Village Theatre's marquee boasts the latest Katherine Heigl film, "Life As We Know It," it was not the movie midnight attendees came for on Saturday. Read more...
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A small crowd attends a midnight screening of “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” at the Village Theatre in Westwood as part of Insomniac Cinema!’s weekly series.
Arts
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October 14, 12:30 am
Dipping into Salsa
Salsa is a dance of speed and intensity "“ the two dancers' arms tangle in a twist of turns, hips moving to the beat of the music. Read more...
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Arturo Medrano-Soto, a researcher at UCLA, and Laura Saldarriaga, a fifth-year graduate chemistry student, practice salsa in Bruin Plaza.
Arts, Arts Columns
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October 14, 12:27 am
Fire in the kitchen: _A semi-dangerous experiment pays off with French sandwich_
Food safety isn't a joke. While making my dish "“ croque madame, a traditional French sandwich with egg, I may have pushed not only myself, but also my source to the fine line between edible and mildly dangerous. Read more...
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The croque madame, a French sandwich made primarily of ham, cheese and egg is a fast and easy dish to make. While the sauce is traditionally mayonnaise, a chutney can be substituted and tomatoes added to enhance the taste of the filling meal.
Arts, Lifestyle
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October 13, 12:25 am
The lion wakes tonight
Janss Steps on a Thursday night is silent compared to the muddled roar of Westwood North Village. Read more...
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Claire Wang, a third-year physiological science student, lifts the lion head above her own during lion dance practice. Members of the Association of Chinese Americans Lion Dance team meet at Janss Steps to learn and perfect the traditional moves.
Arts, Lifestyle
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October 13, 12:22 am
UCLA alumna’s pole dancing company defies gravity and expectations
For UCLA alumna Jessica Anderson-Gwin, the pole is another form of the ballet bar. Anderson-Gwin began taking pole dancing classes while simultaneously enrolled in the world arts and cultures program at UCLA and saw the moves on the bar as a form of balletic expression and, most notably, as an art. Read more...
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UCLA alumna Jessica Anderson-Gwin founded JAGGED, a contemporary pole dancing company. (courtesy of Isaac Suttell)