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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
The Victorian era may not have much in common with 1970s; yet when an 1835 Victorian corset is paired with a well-worn pair of Levi's jeans, the unlikely age difference makes the combination for a perfect vintage match. Read more...
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The annual Vintage Fashion Expo brings old styles back to Santa Monica this weekend. Students are admitted free with a student ID on Sunday. (courtesy of Elisabeth Normoyle)
I knew the meat dress became passe when Bruce Willis decides to pay homage to Lady Gaga by wearing a hat made out of beef on "Late Show with David Letterman." The same man who took out terrorists with his bare hands as detective John McClane in the explosion-happy film "Die Hard" is now resorting to marinating his head with the beefy and bloody token shock value of the present, all the while making lukewarm jokes. Read more...
