Saturday, November 7, 2009

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  • Cherryholmes to bring music with bluegrass roots to Royce Hall

    Oct. 23, 2009 at 12:38 a.m.

    As part of UCLA Live’s well-rounded fall season, Nashville-based bluegrass family band Cherryholmes will join genre legend Ralph Stanley on Royce Hall’s stage Sunday night.
  • Take a break from UCLA in la-la land

    March 17, 2009 at 12:35 a.m.

    During the much needed week of relaxation know as spring break, the tens of thousands of students who call themselves Bruins vary widely on what constitutes the perfect spring break.
  • Screen Scene: "Watchmen"

    March 6, 2009 at 12:01 a.m.

    “Watchmen” is not a superhero movie. In a genre dominated by heroes’ hubris, fast-paced action sequences, socialized superpowers and a ubiquitous line between good and evil, the film, though faithfully ...
  • ‘Watchmen’ creates comic book frenzy

    March 5, 2009 at 3:36 a.m.

    For fans, the opening sequence is iconic: Clouds drift by to a moody industrial trudge, the DC logo appears and Jon Osterman’s arm hairs stand on end.
  • Soundbite: "Blood Bank" EP

    Jan. 13, 2009 at 12:01 a.m.

    Like Thoreau and Kerouac before him, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon sees the beauty in isolation.
  • Best of 2008

    Dec. 4, 2008 at 3:07 a.m.

    1. Portishead – “Third” To call this record mature would be to (falsely) imply the immaturity of Portishead’s earlier works. Nevertheless, the trip-hop staple’s first output in 11 years finds ...
  • Soundbite: Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s

    Oct. 14, 2008 at midnight

    Records should come with instructions.
  • Funk, blues and all that jazz

    Sept. 29, 2008 at 12:41 a.m.

    Everything changes at night.
  • Disability groups protest ‘Tropic Thunder’ premiere

    Aug. 18, 2008 at 12:29 a.m.

    Most of the people lingering around Westwood’s Mann Bruin Theatre Monday afternoon didn’t come for the movie – they came for a protest.
  • Disability groups protest 'Tropic Thunder' premiere

    Aug. 12, 2008 at 1:49 p.m.

    Most of the people lingering around Westwood’s Mann Bruin Theatre Monday afternoon didn’t come for the movie: They came for a protest.