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Long Story Short: January 17, 2011

Pamela Woods is the owner of Westwood’s Mystery Bookstore, another business closing its doors this month in the face of tough competition. Woods weighs in on the mystery genre, and the special place that the shop has had in Westwood Village.



Missed the Golden Globes? Daily Bruin’s Film and TV editor Alex Goodman gives his take on January 16th’s ceremony.



And in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, host Devin Kelly talks with Joelle Gamble from the Afrikan Student Union about her personal perspective toward the man and his legacy.



All this and more on this week’s edition of Long Story Short, the Daily Bruin’s weekly news and culture show.



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"Long Story Short: January 17, 2011"

This Sunday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will present the Golden Globes to the best films and TV shows of the past year. Read more...

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Credit: FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES



Screen Scene: “The Dilemma”

The title "The Dilemma" may refer to whether you tell your best friend his wife's cheating on him, but the bigger dilemma in this movie seems to be how it can call itself a comedy when everyone in it is so angry the whole time. Read more...

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Credit: UNIVERSAL PICTURES



“Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area” illuminates history of alternative cinema after World War II

In 1991, experimental filmmaker Ernie Gehr directed a 41-minute film from the outdoor glass elevator at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Read more...

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A still from the short film “Side/Walk/Shuttle,” shot from the outdoor glass elevator at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. The film is a part of the “Radical Light” series, which celebrates alternative films from the Bay Area. (credit: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive)


Local sounds of Flying Lotus, Baths, to enhance atmosphere of “Offworld: Where you are – where you want to be” exhibit

Experimental, digital art by Design | Media arts students meets experimental, digitized hip-hop by Flying Lotus in New Wight Gallery tonight. Read more...

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Los Angeles-based electronic musician Will Weisenfeld, who performs under the moniker Baths, will open for Flying Lotus tonight in Broad Art Center’s New Wight gallery as part of the Design | Media Arts undergraduate exhibition “Offworld.” (courtesy of Will Weisenfeld)


Design | Media Arts students exhibit their talents at “Offworld: Where you are – where you want to be”

Long Story Short: Design | Media Arts undergraduate exhibit Offworld encourages pushing boundaries

The Design | Media Arts department presented its 2011 undergraduate exhibition, Offworld, last Thursday. There were stop-motion videos, an origami folding station and a giant container of inflatable French fries. [1:45]

"Long Story Short: Design | Media Arts undergraduate exhibit Offworld encourages pushing boundaries"

Design | Media Arts students work with a different kind of canvas. The "Offworld: Where you are "“ where you want to be" exhibition offers a look at the multidisciplinary nature of the Design | Media Arts program, which fuses digital technology and art. Read more...

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Design | Media Arts “Offworld: Where you are ““ where you want to be” exhibition opens with a reception tonight at 5 p.m. in Broad Art Center’s New Wight Gallery. (courtesy of Takumi Akin)