Monday, December 1, 1997 Matrixed messages ARTS: Nina Kaufman’s ‘Matrix’ puts dance, music and performance in eight different rooms to create an interactive story of fairy tales and feminism By Alicia Roca Daily Bruin Contributor The audience sits with mouth agape, eyes glazed over and program in hand. Read more...

Monday, December 1, 1997 ‘Rent’ cast looks forward to answering questions FORUM: Actors will be on campus to respond to students’ interrogations By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff After months of creating spiritual and vocal harmony in the season’s biggest sung-through musical, the cast of "Rent" is finally going to talk. Read more...

Wednesday, November 26, 1997 THEATER: Musical relates female trio’s struggle to make it, rise to stardomBy Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff It was 1959 when Berry Gordy opened his studio doors to Detroit’s West Grand Avenue, officially ushering in the era of Motown. Read more...

Tuesday, November 25, 1997 Countess Bore-Itza OPERA: L.A. Opera’s ‘Countess Maritza’ may seem like a disappointment at first, but it ultimately entertains By John Mangum Daily Bruin Contributor If you’re in the market for something musically fascinating and spiritually uplifting, you wouldn’t have found it Saturday night at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Read more...

Tuesday, November 25, 1997 Latest LACMA exhibit focuses on creativity PHOTOGRAPHY: Art show examines various forms, presentation techniques By Dayna Michaelsen Daily Bruin Contributor The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s latest photography exhibit is a feast for the eyes and mind. Read more...

Tuesday, November 25, 1997 ‘Peter and Wendy’ brings magic of Neverland back THEATER Adaptation of story reminisces about childhood using puppets By Kristi Nakamura Daily Bruin Contributor "All at once her own childhood hovered around her and in it the shadow of Peter." One night he came and changed her life forever, with his messy brown hair, unkempt, tattered clothes and still in possession of all his first teeth. Read more...

Tuesday, November 25, 1997 Screen scene "Never Met Picasso" Directed by Stephen Kijak Starring Margot Kidder and Alexis Arquette The feeling one gets when watching "Never Met Picasso" is that it could be a very polished made-for-TV-movie. Read more...