Subject: University of California-Los Angeles

• A Towering Fall

  December 18, 2006

• Vintage TV on the Radio Q&A

  February 8, 2008

• Oil Shale Rush Is Déjà Vu All Over Again

  June 23, 2008

• I'm Not Don Cheadle or Judy Collins, But Still...

  July 29, 2008

• Hail to the Chief

  October 15, 1998

• Long Bombs Away

  August 22, 2002

• Piggish for Pigskin

  January 9, 2003

• Today's featured event: Pulitzer Prize winner and East High grad Dan Howe on what God hath wrought

  East High grad and author Daniel Howe will talk about his 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning history tome, What Hath God Wrought -- The Transformation of America: 1815-1848, at 7 p.m. tonight at the Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway. The 928-page book, published in late 2007, covers American history from the Battle of New Orleans through the Mexican-American War. It is part of the Oxford History of the United States series. A professor emeritus at UCLA and at Oxford University, Howe lives in Lo

  March 12, 2009

• Our March Madness picks: A prelude to humiliation...

  A photo-illustration from the University of Pittsburgh website. Each year, I sit down with my daughter Lora -- a rabid sports fan with strong opinions about 9News' Susie Wargin -- to fill out NCAA tournament brackets for both the men's and women's basketball championships as part of a friendly contest organized by my wife's peers in the Archdiocese of Denver school system. We usually do pretty well, although our track record in the women's tourney is better than it is with the men's version. If

  March 18, 2009

• Our March Madness predictions: The men's Sweet Sixteen is looking pretty sweet

  Toney Douglas, in a photo from Florida State's website. The headline on "Our March Madness picks: A prelude to humiliation...," a March 18 blog in which I shared the NCAA brackets filled out by my daughter Lora and me, may prove to be prescient very soon -- but at this point, we're still hanging in there. We correctly named fourteen of the Sweet Sixteen competitors in the men's tourney, and since we predicted that the two exceptions would fall in round three, the possibility of a perfect Elite

  March 23, 2009

• Our March Madness predictions: The men's bracket comes unglued

  Tyreke Evans' 33 points wasn't enough for Memphis -- or my bracket. The men's NCAA basketball bracket assembled by my daughter Lora and me and shared in the blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation..." was looking pretty good through the first two rounds. It's not now. Two of the four sweet sixteen games that took place last night blew up in our faces, and the repercussions will be ugly. Duke, which we had losing in the Elite Eight, was never really in the game against Vill

  March 27, 2009

• Our March Madness predictions: The men's bracket is busted

  Sam Young's 28 points weren't enough to secure a Pitt victory. The NCAA men's basketball bracket assembled by my daughter Lora and me and shared in the March 18 blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation...," was looking shaky prior to the beginning of weekend play. Now it's essentially a heap of rubble thanks to Villanova's soul-crushing, last-nanosecond victory over the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, our choice to win it all. This loss means that neither of the crews we

  March 30, 2009

• Our March Madness predictions: The end is near

  Tyler Hansbrough. The March 18 blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation..." shared NCAA men's and women's basketball picks made by my daughter Lora and me, which fell short of flawless. True, we had Connecticut making it to the women's finals on Tuesday, but not Louisville, which surprised Oklahoma over the weekend. And we didn't choose either North Carolina or Michigan State as competitors in the men's championship game tonight -- although the reasons are a bit complicated

  April 6, 2009

• A "lost" classic, 1961's The Exiles gets its long-overdue theatrical debut

  October 9, 2008

• Buzzy Blues

  A blues enthusiast digs up the backstory on some red-hot mamas.

  March 17, 2005

• The Playwright Stuff

  An Aspen theater fest prepares scribes for the Big Apple.

  January 24, 2008

• The Mexican-Redneck Connection

  Always suspected, now confirmed.

  May 29, 2008

• Killer of Sheep

  Charles Burnett’s revered, rarely seen South Central-set film finally gets its theatrical due.

  April 19, 2007

• Listen Up

  Fast reviews of recent releases

  November 2, 2006

• Trainwreck

  Wednesday, July 26, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070.

  July 20, 2006

• Letter Perfect

  Akeelah spells out a fantasy that feels wonderfully real.

  April 27, 2006

• Short 'n' Sweet

  A ceiling fan and a potted plant in love? Yep, it's Oscar season.

  February 23, 2006

• Formal Ware

  New abstracts are brought together in great shows at + Gallery and Studio Aiello.

  May 12, 2005

• Viva La Diversidad

  The Denver School of the Arts is all about community

  November 4, 2004

• The Next Stage

  Home from Hollywood, José Mercado is putting on a show ­ and showing Denver what North kids can do.

  April 22, 2004

• Harold and Maude

  February 26, 2004

• Busted Broncs

  As college teams bowl for dolors, Shanahan keeps burning.

  December 4, 2003

• Top Draft Pix

  November 6, 2003

• Totally Abstract

  At 100 years old, abstract art still holds its shape.

  May 11, 2000

• Scenic Overlook

  Community College of Denver takes an academic look at fine-art photography.

  October 21, 1999

• The Sweet Smell of Success

  Fading glamour gets the spotlight in Sugar Town.

  September 23, 1999

• Older Is Bitter

  March 27, 1997

• Gone Loco

  April 11, 1996

• Bounce for Bounce

  March 21, 1996

• GIMME THAT BOWL-TIME RELIGION

  December 20, 1995

• NEU ERA

  September 6, 1995

• THE SCHOOL OF HIGHER EARNING

  May 24, 1995

• DOING PENNANTS

  May 10, 1995

• DRIBBLE AND DROOL

  March 15, 1995

• BOLTS OUT OF THE BLUE

  January 25, 1995

• MICKEY RAT

  December 14, 1994

• SOFT-HEARTED WARE

  HOW TO USE YOUR MOUSE TO SAVE A WHALE.

  October 26, 1994

• EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN

  March 30, 1994

• THE EYES HAVE IT

  January 26, 1994

• How I missed my chance to see Michael Jackson live

  An image from the Jacksons' 1984 Victory tour. Regrets: I've had a few. And one of them is not going to see Michael Jackson in concert when I had free tickets to do so. The year was 1984, and to make money while attending UCLA, I worked at the famous (and now long gone) Tower Records branch on L.A.'s Sunset Strip. It was the kind of store where celebrity sightings were common -- soon into the job, my wife stopped asking "How was your day?" in favor of "Who did you see?" -- and perks were plent

  June 26, 2009

• A Rosita by any other name...

  July 9, 2009

• Can Arron Afflalo become the next Dahntay Jones?

  Arron Afflalo. The Nuggets' loss of Dahntay Jones to a free-agent deal with the Indiana Pacers hurt, and not just because Kobe Bryant grew to despise him over the course of the Western Conference Finals this year. His toughness and aggressiveness were just what the Nugs need to become a perennial playoff power. Fortunately, though, the team's braintrust understands that, and made a wise deal to fill his role by obtaining Arron Afflalo from Detroit in a trade that also involved forward Walter Sh

  July 14, 2009

• Speak up! The Colorado Voice Clinic thinks every person has the right to be heard

  July 16, 2009

• My moment with John Hughes

  John Hughes.​When news broke yesterday about the death of director John Hughes at age 59, I couldn't help thinking back on my brief encounter with the maker of iconic '80s teen flicks such as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The year was 1985, and I was living in Los Angeles to attend UCLA and working at the now sadly defunct Tower Records branch on the Sunset Strip, where celebrity visits were a daily occurrence. (The stars I waited on or at least saw the

  August 7, 2009

• Darrell Scott's departure one more nail in dead-man-talking Dan Hawkins' coffin

  You won't be seeing Darrell Scott in black and gold anymore.​First, there was CU Buffs coach Dan Hawkins' astonishing news conference, when he tried to talk (and talk) (and talk) away the sting of the previous week's 20-6 loss to Kansas State. Then, after an even larger humiliation at the hands of the Missouri Tigers, Hawkins focused his post-game remarks on how well his squad had played during garbage time. And now? Running back Darrell Scott, the most highly regarded recruit to come to C

  November 4, 2009