Tuesday, May 21

Round 1 of Laugh Bowl II kicks off

Knocks can announce any of a number of things: people clamoring to be let in, jokes or even Mr. Opportunity making his presence known. Read more...

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Second-year theater student Adam Epelbaum was a finalist in the first-annual Laugh Bowl competition against USC. Laugh Bowl II begins Friday.


Alumni thespians put on “Island of Brilliance”

Jill Renner walked hurriedly to a black storefront on Venice Boulevard and, pulling back a large, wooden, ramshackle door, stepped into a small theater space. Read more...

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The cast of Pacific Resident Theatre’s “Island of Brilliance” features current UCLA students and alumni, working with longtime professional actors.


History waltzes into Powell Library for annual dance

NEWS BRIEF: Historical waltz attendees dance through time with rhythm

Though popular dance styles focus on individual, unorganized movement, attendees of a historical waltz event twirled together under the Powell Library rotunda on Saturday. [0:41]

"NEWS BRIEF: Historical waltz attendees dance through time with rhythm"

Imagine a room filled with young ladies decked in Victorian garb and young men in tailcoats and top hats to match, effervescently dancing a waltz across the room. This isn't just a scene out of a Jane Austen novel. Read more...

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Monica Kracy, a fifth-year aerospace engineering student, is the president of the Historical Ballroom Dance Club.


Hammer exhibit confounds gravity

Halloween is over, but a glimpse of the bizarre will remain on hand a while longer at the Hammer Museum. Read more...

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HAMMER MUSEUM
Artist Julian Hoeber’s structure “Demon Hill” is based on “gravitational mystery spots” and is currently installed on the Hammer’s Lindbrook Terrace.


Making ‘Hamlet’ relatable

Just about everyone has been exposed to "Hamlet" at some point, whether by watching "The Lion King" or reading the play in an English class. Read more...

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Hamlet (Terrence Colby Clemons) (left) spars with Ostricke (Matthew Wrather) (right) over King Claudius’ wager with Laertes over a sporting duel. Horatio (Joseph Tower) (center) observes the mismatched banter with the wit-challenged messenger.


The politics of dancing

Flannery Gregg was at dance rehearsal. Read more...

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Marissa Labog and Roberto “Rawbzilla” Lambaren are dancers in Collage Dance Theatre’s upcoming “Governing Bodies” performance at Los Angeles City Hall. The opening night gala will take place Saturday in the Tom Bradley Tower. (COLLAGE DANCE THEATRE)