Porn is increasingly becoming a part of modern, popular culture. In 2013 alone, users visited Pornhub.com 14.7 billion times. However popular the medium may be though, pornography remains a divisive issue. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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February 18, 12:00 am
Panel to discuss porn’s portrayal in academics
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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February 18, 12:00 am
Opera UCLA revamps ‘Don Giovanni’
This week, 18th-century playboy Don Giovanni returns to the UCLA stage donning a black-and-white suit and fedora. On Feb. 14, Opera UCLA premiered a contemporary production of Mozart’s classic two-act opera “Don Giovanni.” A winner of the Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition, guest director Jeffrey Buchman’s production is showing again at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse this Friday and Sunday. Read more...
Photo: Opera UCLA, UCLA Philharmonia and the Department of Theater collaborate on a modern adaptation of Mozart’s two-act “Don Giovanni” by guest director Jeffrey Buchman. The performance premiered at the Freud Playhouse on Feb. 14 and continues with performances this Friday and Sunday. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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February 17, 11:20 pm
Out of Focus: 1980s ‘Bad Timing’ is forgotten gem
Sex, lies and obsession play out in the somber streets of a rainy Vienna in director Nicolas Roeg’s 1980 baroque masterpiece “Bad Timing.” From its opening scene, in which paintings by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt appear alongside the jazz-tinged music of singer Tom Waits, “Bad Timing” comes on like a fever dream of Freudian psychoanalysis and a popular detective novel. Read more...
Photo: Art Garfunkel of Simon and Garfunkel and Theresa Russell star in Nicolas Roeg’s “Bad Timing,” a thrilling love story between a young psychology professor and his pill-addicted love interest. The film will be screened at The Cinefamily on Friday night. (Courtesy of The Criterion Collection)
Arts
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February 17, 7:53 pm
Concert Review: Justin Martin
As the clock ticked past midnight in downtown Los Angeles, electronic music intensified inside Exchange Los Angeles, with deep bass trills pushing the limits of the sound system and morphing genres together. Read more...
Photo: DJ and co-founder of Dirtybird Records, Justin Martin performed the premiere of his bimonthly residency at Exchange LA Saturday night, with deep bass trills and morphing genres. (Courtesy of Kyle Hendrix)
Arts, Lifestyle
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February 15, 1:17 am
Online dating app Tinder gains popularity among college students
There’s a different kind of swiping happening on campus that doesn’t involve dining halls. Based on a “hot or not” concept, Tinder is an online dating app that matches people within the area by having users swipe right to show interest or a swipe left to reject. Read more...
Photo: Lisa Aragona/Daily Bruin Senior Staff
Arts, Film & TV
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February 14, 12:00 am
Movie Review: ‘Winter’s Tale’
Don’t be fooled – “Winter’s Tale” has no association with the often-adapted William Shakespeare play “The Winter’s Tale,” in which one of the supporting characters is indiscriminately chased off stage by a bear. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Warner Bros.)
Arts, Music
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February 13, 11:07 pm
Student band The Street Hearts to perform Valentine’s Day show
The sound of The Street Hearts will be coupled with the sight of candy hearts at WitZend on Valentine’s Day. This year, the student folk and soul band has been experimenting with the violin and expanding with genres such as jazz, blues and soul, which it will bring to Friday’s concert in Venice. Read more...
Photo: In addition to performing on Friday at the WitZend, The Street Hearts will play their newest single “Darling Don’t Go” at this year’s Spring Sing and will feature a violinist. (Joseph Chan/Daily Bruin)