[email protected] Wilco and Schubert isn't a combination that comes to mind when considering an orchestral performance, but for the experimental and classical music ensemble wild Up, this is nothing out of the ordinary. Founded by conductor Chris Rountree, wild Up is essentially one of the Hammer Museum's most recent installations. Read more...
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Vicious, man-eating and disease-carrying rats infest the city of Dunwall, where steampunk meets supernatural in Arkane Studios' new first-person stealth title "Dishonored." Aesthetically similar to industrial 19th century Britain, "Dishonored" puts players in control of Corvo Attano, Dunwall's royal protector and the Empress' personal bodyguard. Read more...
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If there's one thing to put on a Los Angeles bucket list, watching a live theater performance can definitely add a bit of refinement to the typical prerequisites of going to Diddy Riese and watching a football game. Read more...
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“Build” will play at the Geffen Playhouse.
Whether or not theatergoers who come to see "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" at the Geffen Playhouse are knowledgeable about the history of African-American actresses in Hollywood, chances are by the time the curtains close they will not only have gained interest in the topic, but also feel a desire to be friends with the fictional subject of the play. Read more...
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The West coast premiere of Lynn Nottage’s “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark” took place at the Geffen Playhouse on Wednesday. Daily Bruin file photo
A tall, looming skeleton with arms spread open reveals its scrap metal rib cage and welcomes its guests as they shuffle silently through the Haitian art gallery. Read more...
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Shown above is a statue from the Fowler Museum’s “In Extremis,” an exhibit that celebrates life and death in 21st century Haitian art.
Seated in a small venue enclosed by narrow black walls, the stage is dark with white fluttering projections of the famous telltale moth. Read more...
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A couple of young recovering addicts, an actor dealing with the pressures of success and a mother who vowed to abstain from drug use to save her children make up a small part of the audience. Read more...
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The Dionysus Project is a “town hall” panel discussion that uses content from Euripides’ Bacchae and relates it to modern-day addiction.
