Whether it's dressing up for a night with the girls, a curious exploration of the new, swanky spot in generous proximity to UCLA or engaging in a casual encounter with a handsome new prospect, a delightful little haven by the name of "The Glendon" or, as I have informally dubbed it, "Le Glen-doh-n," has finally opened. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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April 19, 9:00 pm
Chew on This: The Glendon Bar and Kitchen
Arts, Film & TV
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April 19, 9:00 pm
“˜Reefer Madness’ documentary screening tonight celebrates its 75th year
April 20 is the high holy holiday for stoners across the world (pun definitely intended), and you can bet Snoop Dogg will be celebrating with a joint or two or twelve. Read more...
Photo: Walking Shadows will release the 75th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition of the first anti-drug propaganda film, “Reefer Madness,” today.
Arts, Film & TV
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April 19, 9:00 pm
Avant-game program features experimental shorts that reconceptualize video game graphics
Purgatory, desolation and loneliness aren't the first words that come to mind when the carjacking video game "Grand Theft Auto" is mentioned. Read more...
Photo: Peggy Ahwesh’s 2001 15-minute film “She Puppet” was inspired by Lara Croft, the main character in the “Tomb Raider” video game franchise. The film is one of several that will be screened tonight at the Avant-game festival at James Bridges Theater.
Arts
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April 19, 9:00 pm
Pulitzer Prize-nominated play “˜Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo’ explores deeper issues of miscommunication and life after death
In 2003, during the first year of the Iraq War, The Associated Press ran a small piece which detailed an incident at the Baghdad Zoo. Read more...
Photo: Glenn Davis as Tom (front) and Brad Fleischer as Kev in “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,” directed by Moisés Kaufman, at the Center Theatre Group.
Arts, Music
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April 18, 9:11 pm
Coachella 2010: Mirage of music
Despite a pesky Icelandic volcano eruption, most acts (and most fans) made it out to the California desert for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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April 18, 9:10 pm
UCLA Hammer Museum displaying psychologist Carl Jung’s ‘Red Book’
Illuminated like a medieval manuscript of old, the "Red Book" of distinguished psychologist Carl Gustav Jung is cloaked in a history as legendary as its looks. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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April 18, 9:05 pm
John Bailey appointed the Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence
Students fill the spaces between stage walls, dated sofas and a fake fireplace of the set built on Sound Stage 3 of Melnitz Hall. Read more...
Photo: The 2010 Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence John Bailey is the 11th cinematographer selected for the yearly position of leading lectures for UCLA film students. Bailey worked on films “The Big Chill” and “Groundhog Day.”