By Kelsey McConnell Daily Bruin Contributor A nun’s story with a promising twist, “Lying Awake” fails to end with resolution and deliver satisfaction. Mark Salzman’s newest work of fiction, “Lying Awake,” has an intriguing premise. Read more...

  Brent Hopkins Hopkins is currently doing hard time in the Federal Jazz Deprogramming Center in Grand Rapids, Mich. Send your thoughts to [email protected]. Whenever I used to hear preachers rail about the evils of music, I used to ignore them as lowbrow simpletons, unschooled and unappreciative about the power of great art. Read more...

  Warner Bros. Pictures (Left to right) Tom Long, Patrick Warburton, Sam Neill and Kevin Harrington star in the new movie "The Dish." By Sandy Yang Daily Bruin Contributor “The Dish” follows the tradition of films that glorify the human spirit and channel it through quirky, charming small-town characters facing adversity. Read more...

  Photos by COURTNEY STEWART Greg White (right) twirls his partner among other learners during a dance lesson last month at West Los Angeles’ The Conga Room. Read more...

  MARY HOLSCHER The UCLA Fowler Museum hosts the exhibit "Making Faces, Playing God" until July 29. By Emily Pauker Daily Bruin Contributor Whoever said you can’t turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse never saw a make-up artist at work. Read more...

  David Holmberg If Holmberg writes a column in a widely distributed newspaper, and no one reads it, did he ever write it? For the answer to this and other filmosophical questions, e-mail [email protected]. Read more...

  Laurelgrove Theatre Charlotte Brooker (left) and Elizabeth Bauman are sisters Dolores and Kathy in "Crying Rocks," running through April 22 in Studio City. By Esther Pasternak Daily Bruin Contributor A good Narragansettian mother would take the correct approach in dealing with a weak newborn baby ““ put the child in a cave and leave the baby there to die. Read more...