Thursday, May 7

Making the short list

The Cannes Film Festival may be wrapping up its 11-day run in France this week, but at the Shorttakes Festival in Ackerman Grand Ballroom tonight, they'll only need three hours. Read more...





Concert aims to blow away expectations

How does being stuck in a stuffy room listening to uninspired renditions of unapproachable music originally written by dead Europeans sound? If you're one of the few who finds this description appealing, do not go anywhere near the UCLA Wind Ensemble's annual spring performance. Read more...


Theater Review: “Sliding into Hades”

"Don't turn around!" Orpheus mutters to himself through gritted teeth as he ascends from Hades, the Greek underworld, with his once-deceased wife Eurydice "“ retrieved from death "“ in tow. He knows that if he turns around, he risks losing her forever. Read more...


Downloading may destroy pop culture

I'm pushing for a big Britney Spears comeback. Really, I am. Get Timbaland and Polow Da Don to produce (first single: "Throw Some B's"), have Justin Timberlake guest on a few tracks, put her on the cover of Rolling Stone again. She needs to sell another 10 million. Let's make this thing happen. Read more...