Sunday, May 10

Doctors take the musical stage

During the day they save lives, but come evening, the story changes. These medical professionals trade in their stethoscopes and scrubs for sheet music, bows, brass and reeds to become the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra. Read more...

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Members of the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra will perform select classical pieces at the Grand Lounge of the Ebell of Los Angeles tonight at 8 p.m.

COURTESY of STEVE MOYER


Open mic night amplifies Westwood

Sundays aren't a typical night to go out on the town. However, in between finishing forgotten homework, Sundays also offer Bruins the chance to express themselves at "Amplify," Westwood Brewing Company's open mic night. Read more...


Topical filmmaker shines light on sex scandal

In 2007, Alex Gibney and Eliot Spitzer were at the top of their respective worlds.Gibney's latest documentary, "Taxi to the Dark Side," about the use of torture by American interrogators, would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Read more...

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UCLA alumnus Alex Gibney is the director of “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer,” a documentary about the downfall of the former New York governor.



Not just another high school musical

Think back to what life was like in high school. Whether you were the class valedictorian, the class clown, the quarterback, the band kid, the popular kid or the book worm, UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television will allow you to revisit the halls of high school in the fall production "Is There Life After High School?" Read more...

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The cast of “Is There Life After High School?” rehearses Monday night in the Little Theater in Macgowan Hall.


Coastal sound

The members of Best Coast aren't a very wild bunch. Read more...

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Bethany Cosentino, front woman of the surf rock band Best Coast, will perform in Kerckhoff Grand Salon on Thursday along with Young the Giants and Dominant Legs. (WINDISH AGENCY)


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.