The most important thing I learned from being an editor this year at the Daily Bruin is that sometimes, you just have to be done.

The approaching summer means the end to, or at least the three-month break from, entertainment as we know it.

As they generally are, this week’s art sales were record-breaking. Despite the recession, people still found good news to report, and the media found numerous broken records to report.

Downtown, in the vault of a converted bank building, UCLA music and theater students will be performing the uncensored version of Brecht and Weill’s 1928 “Die Dreigroschenoper,” translated as “3pennyopera.”
In a 1950s revival, the words to the most popular song from the show, “Mack the Knife,” were changed for the cast recording, toning down the violence.

I’ve come to a little bit of an internal crossroads.

Today is my birthday, so I’ve been thinking for a while about all the different fun things one could possibly do on this holiday of holidays.

This weekend at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, a more lasting imprint was burned into my skin than the mere rays of the sun.

It’s been absolutely thrilling to have Harry Potter in the news again.

As much as I love sunny weather, a little part of me is always sad to see the clouds parting.

When your car breaks, you don’t just buy a new car, you fix it. Same goes for toilets, sprinkler systems and refrigerators.