By LAURA JOHNSON The Current Assistant Editor A funny thing happened on the way to the back lots of networks like ABC, NBC, Fox and CBS starting 11 days ago. As actors and crewmen alike pulled up to their respective TV-land gates, they were swiftly greeted by steamed-up writers picketing in front of the studios. Rally boards were scribbled with phrases like, “We’re not even … [Read more...] about Writers’ strike threatens students’ favorite shows
Spend a night on the town in style
OLESYA SALNIKOVA The Current Assistant I have actually been forgetting to eat — really. Oftentimes, we get so caught up with everything that we “have” to do that we forget to do the simple things that are essential for our very survival, like eating. Then there is the problem of what to eat and how to make it. Instead of moping around your apartment or willing for things to … [Read more...] about Spend a night on the town in style
Newcomers show signs of change
OLESYA SALNIKOVAA&E Assistant Good music is rare; great music is even rarer. Discovering new music that is great is a delicious pleasure that is reserved for the most rare of times. The other weekend, I happened to have one such moment when I accidentally came across a new artist whose music is refreshingly new and, at the same time, reminiscent of guitar and vocal … [Read more...] about Newcomers show signs of change
Finding ‘you’ among the unoriginality
AMY LARSONStaff Writer Growing up, each of us heard again and again that we were unique. We heard it at school, from family, or from whichever Sesame Street character happened to be on television that day. When we were little, it was easy to believe that there was no one in the whole world like us. But now we have grown up. The world was smaller then, and we were much more … [Read more...] about Finding ‘you’ among the unoriginality
Visions of the 60s
SHANNON URTNOWSKIA&E Editor Imagining a colorful world of flowers and psychedelic images isn’t the only way to reminisce about the 1960s any longer — the newest exhibition at the Geffen Contemporary at Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), “Murakami,” is like stepping into a time portal. More than 90 colorful and vibrant works created by artist Takashi Murakami, born in … [Read more...] about Visions of the 60s
