Christie McCollum

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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.