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For one precious hour, students and members of the Irvine community basked in the presence of a pop literature god. Stan "The Man" Lee worked with comic artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko to co-create what would become some of the biggest characters in comics—superheroes like Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, Daredevil and the Hulk.

There is no smoking in the Bren Events Center. The ever-watchful security force made sure that nobody even lingered in the aisles between seats for more than a few seconds at Rockstar Energy Drink's "Get A Life Tour" last Thursday night. Who knows what they would do if they caught someone with a lit cigarette?

A talented group of 15 dancers and choreographers from the UC Irvine Department of Dance showcased this year's production of "Physical Graffiti."

Just to clarify, "Measure for Measure" is a play by a little- known playwright named William Shakespeare and, if you haven't checked him out yet, you should.

Indio is a quiet desert town 125 miles east of Los Angeles, but for three days out of the year, it is what Prince dubbed "The coolest place on Earth." (And he would know.)

THE CRITIC: "In The Manner of the Adverb" is part one of the MFA thesis show, and it showcases a partiality toward a clean, controlled aesthetic via drawings, paintings, film, photography and digital work. This spare visual sense is tempered with a conceptual intensity that informs the execution of each work, and fills the quiet space with potent references.

Not only does "Iron Man" epitomize everything a superhero movie should be, but it has what summer blockbusters aspire to: a fun blend...

The sun is shining and the breeze is balmy—spring has definitely arrived. Some days, the heat is sweltering enough to drive a girl into the ubiquitous shorts and flip-flops uniform. What can you do to get out of a hot-weather fashion rut, especially on a college student's budget?

It's been a long path for Animal Collective. The band takes its inspiration from whatever it finds interesting at the time, proving to be one of the most resourceful acts in modern music.

Bollywood is known internationally and more specifically in the United States for making movies with lavish song-and-dance numbers. Many audiences around the world turn to Bollywood for its escapist plot lines. Although this list contains some majestic song-and-dance movies, there are also some thoughtful and insightful surprises.

"Grand Theft Auto IV" falls short of the pedestal on which it's been put on. Is "Hollywood" really the direction games should be going in?

Michael Straus, an experimental saxophonist, performed a multimedia saxophone event called "What Are You Looking At?" as part of his Spring 2008 West Coast mini-tour on Wednesday, April 30 at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts. The show consisted of six pieces that intertwined saxophone with computer-generated sounds, stereophonic tape and video and live electronics.