Allison Ashmore

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• Art Review: “Wolfgang Tillmans”

  Oct. 18, 2006 at midnight

  “Wolfgang Tillmans” UCLA Hammer Museum Open until Jan. 7 (Out of 5) Objects like socks and houses may not be the first things one thinks about when it comes to ...

• Art Review: "Sixteen Tons"

  Oct. 11, 2006 at midnight

  “Sixteen Tons” Broad Art Center, New Wight Art Gallery Open through Oct. 26 With its breadth of variety and experience, the “Sixteen Tons” exhibit is seemingly perfect for the newly ...

• Dancers make mark in urban life portrayal

  April 21, 2006 at midnight

  The fast-paced mode of urban life takes to the stage in a complex modern dance production of undulating bodies, gritty beats and powerful imagery that pierces more than just the ...

• Director refreshes Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’

  Feb. 3, 2006 at midnight

  For many, Shakespeare connotes a daunting, confusing dive into humanity’s deep-seated emotions and desires. But an upcoming student-run production of “Macbeth” will interpret such connotations quite unconventionally. Now in its ...

• PLAY REVIEW: Oscar Wilde adaptation lacks emotion

  Jan. 31, 2006 at midnight

  The truth is rarely pure and never simple, Oscar Wilde informs us in “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern ...

• Grad student blends digital with fine art

  June 13, 2005 at midnight

  Most fine arts students dread completing the thesis that is required for graduation. But Amir Fallah, a graduate art student, saw it as an opportunity for him to further refine ...

• Art department draws up grassroots fund-raiser

  June 2, 2005 at midnight

  Some say a picture is worth a thousand words, but to the UCLA art department, it’s worth more than that. With a pool of drawings and eager art supporters, the ...

• Dance performance in step with tradition

  May 19, 2005 at midnight

  As the dancers twirl for their native land, the audience at UCLA is transported to a traditional world of vibrant color, passionate movement and fluttering sounds of a guitar. Promoting ...

• American beauty

  May 12, 2005 at midnight

  Like the mind-altering combination of characters and the resulting allure of perverse normality should, Eric Bogosian’s new novel leaves you satisfied and wanting more. The playwright will read from his ...

• Still taken

  April 22, 2005 at midnight

  An oddly genuine comedy is celebrating the family unit as the Geffen Playhouse headlines the standard of American comedy standards in a 1937 Pulitzer Prize revival. Currently running through May ...