The stage of Jan Popper Theater was set with two stools and one table holding six unopened water bottles, and it was soon to be joined by Academy Award-winner Robin Williams. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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March 31, 10:37 pm
Annual Lebowski Fest celebrates quotable cult classic
It's Friday night, and there's a guy dressed up as Jesus walking with another guy in a skin-tight, forest-green dance costume. That's when you know Lebowski Fest is in town. Read more...
Photo: Multiple Lebowski Fest attendees in costume as “The Dude,” originally portrayed by Jeff Bridges in the Coen brothers’ movie, “The Big Lebowski.”
Arts, Music
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March 31, 9:25 pm
Alumna’s album revamps cartoon tunes
The tune "Hello Ma Baby" was written around the turn of the 20th century, but it was immortalized in 1955 by a frog "“ Michigan J. Frog, actually, the vaudevillian Warner Bros. character, who sang it with a top hat and a cane in a cartoon called "One Froggy Evening." Read more...
Photo: Musician and UCLA alumna Megan Lynch performs in Berkeley in March. She released her first album last fall.
Arts
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March 31, 9:16 pm
MFA candidates exhibit their thesis work in a final show
Pursuing a master of fine arts degree is an endeavor of years of creative commitment. Read more...
Photo: Works from photographer Job Piston and other graduate students will be shown in the MFA Art Exhibition #2.
Arts, Film & TV
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March 31, 9:12 pm
Romanian film series screens at the Hammer Museum
The widespread effect of the collapse of the Soviet Union resonates loudly in recent Romanian cinema, achieving international attention and success. Read more...
Photo: The Romanian film “Tales from a Golden Age” will screen at the Hammer Museum.
Arts, Lifestyle
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March 31, 9:08 pm
Blogs-to-books keep written word alive
When I first heard Christian Lander speak about his blog-to-book "Stuff White People Like" on campus last fall, I was shocked by how quickly it all happened "“ and so, it seemed, was he. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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March 30, 9:00 pm
Style: IMPORTED
Cups of tea, fish and chips, bad teeth, awful weather and a fine sense of propriety "“ some things come to mind when you think of Great Britain. But one more thing that makes it oh so great has to be, without a doubt, notoriously chic fashion. Read more...