Sunday, July 26

From crypt to screen

There may be no better way to prepare for the month of October than with a dark theater and a scary movie. Read more...

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The UCLA Film and Television Archive will be showing “Bride of Frankenstein,” the 1935 sequel to “Frankenstein,” as part of their “Out of the Past” series, which showcases remastered classic films. (Photo: The Movie DB)


Artist’s spectre lingers in her art

Eva Hesse, dead at 34, lives again. Although the artist of German origin died in 1970 of a brain tumor, her ghost is currently on display at the Hammer Museum in a phantasmagoric collection of early paintings from 1960. Read more...

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“Eva Hesse Spectres 1960″

"Eva Hesse Spectres 1960," features a collection of 19 rare oil paintings by contemporary German artist Eva Hesse. The untitled, semi-representational works were a precursor to her signature work with minimalist sculptural installations. The exhibition will be on display at the Hammer through Jan. 2, 2011. Read more...


Record label Uh Oh Disco brings new tunes to Westwood

After years of Bruins travelling to Hollywood for the club experience, the club is finally coming to them. Read more...

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Stephen Corwin founded Uh Oh Disco during his freshman year and has watched it blossom into much more than the tiny record label it started as. (Photo courtesy of Houser M.D.)



Santa Monica’s Glow Festival set to illuminate beachside from dusk to dawn

While most all-nighters this year will consist of endless hours spent cramming in Powell, illuminated by the glow of the computer screen, one exception is in order as the quarter begins. Read more...

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The Santa Monica Glow Festival 2010 will showcase interactive beach landscape art on Saturday from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. The exhibits around the pier will include art installations from UCLA alumni Joshua Howell and Aaron Zeligs, who will combine black lights, helium balloons and photoluminescence.(Photo courtesy of Bill Short)


Getty to screen documentary series

In Afghanistan, U.S. soldiers' suspicions of Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger slowly dissipated as the filmmakers spent time with the soldiers. Read more...

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The film “Restrepo,” which later inspired Tim Hetherington’s book “Infidel,” is featured in the Getty’s film series, “Witnesses In Action.” (Photo courtesy of Tim Hetherington)