Novelist opens UCLA season
     UCLA Live opens its 2006- 07 season and Spoken Word Series with award-winning English novelist Zadie Smith, whose bestselling, critically acclaimed 2001 debut, "White Teeth," earned the then-23-yearold comparisons to Salman Rushdie, John Irving and Martin Amis.
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Learn to square dance
     Swing, line dancing, Latin, hip-hop and other dance styles emphasize the individual or dance pairs. Square dancing is all about having a wonderful time with the seven other people in your square and the many other dancers around the room.
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Telethon needs more volunteers
     The Muscular Dystrophy Association's 2006 Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon will be broadcast live on KCAL 9 in L.A. on Sun. and Mon., Sept. 3 and 4. The local show airs from 6 p.m. Sunday to 6 p.m. Monday.
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