By Maria Gonzalez Twenty years in the making, Josefina Lopez’s “Real Women Have Curves” has stood the test of time, portraying women’s issues, particularly those of Latinas. A gala event was held Friday for the opening of the new CASA 0101 theater, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the play. “The Boyle Heights community was always neglected, and I always wanted to come back and do a cultural revival,”…
By Erik Luna The new action-thriller, “Contagion,” delivers a poor storyline in the midst of a pending biological attack and leaves its audience in a state of confusion. Despite having a star-studded cast the movie fails in many different ways to maintain the audience’s attention. Having so many characters in the movie made it difficult to focus on a main topic throughout the movie. The topic of the movie was…
By Lourdes Espinoza An artistic look back at a day in history of Chicanos during the Vietnam War is captured through an exhibit titled “After The Gold Rush: Reflections and Postscripts on the National Chicano Moratorium of August 29th, 1970.” An opening reception will be held this Saturday, the 17, at the Small Gallery inside the Vincent Price Art Museum from 6 to 8 p.m. After The Gold Rush focuses…
By Megan Perry The Harry Potter series has finally come to an end with the opening of “The Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” released July 14, at midnight. The film broke box office records with $92 million on Friday and totaled $168 million for the weekend. It has been a long time coming since the first movie, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” released in 2001. Joanne Kathleen Rowling did a…
By Maria Gonzalez The Let’s Dance Company wowed the audience with Visions of Dance this past weekend. Visions included performances from the dance department’s classes as well as a showcase of Let’s Dance Company’s 5th Repertoire Concert. Both the beginning and the advanced students delivered brave and incredible performances at the S2 recital hall. Many of the different dances were set to musical classics. “The Waltz” used Tchaikovsky’s “The…
By Christopher Yee The biggest misconception about shaved ice is that it’s the exact same as a snow cone, which is essentially chopped ice. The second biggest misconception is that it’s always as delicate and light as new-fallen snow. Fluff Ice, nestled just inside of the new Atlantic Times Square in Monterey Park, defies both of the above stereotypes with creations that are both distinctly theirs…
By Erik Luna With only a few fight scenes to offer its audience members and boring dialogue, “Priest” is not as interesting as movie trailers made them out to be. The setting is in a post-apocalyptic world where vampires fight against humans. The main character, Priest, is a forgotten warrior of a victorious war against the vampires. Although Paul Bettany is an adequate actor, his performance as Priest…
By Rodolfo Trujillo “The Girl Who Loved the Beatles” is the short, but tender story of a young woman who flees her dull suburban life for the excitement of New York City. The play consists of two unnamed persons, in the summer of 1974 at an advertising agency in New York City. The Beatles have been broken up for four years already, but for a sweet and idealistic…
By Sonia Saavedra Outside, in front of the Dakota Apartment Building in New York City, nine strangers stand in disbelief when they heard the news. “The Day They Shot John Lennon,” by James Mclure and directed by Kelly Hogan, follows nine characters who each react differently to the death of former Beatle John Lennon. Each character has a story to tell. The actors give remarkable and unforgettable performances that…
By Sandy Isidoro Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra is hosting an “Edward Scissorhands” Tribute exhibition with various forms of art, in honor of the movie’s 20th anniversary. The exhibition is filled with various art works from digital to pencil art and all 78 pieces in the exhibition are dedicated to the movie. The exhibition contains beautiful pieces that vary in color, size and even dimension. They all manage to portray the…