Between half a dozen Advanced Placement classes, tests, essays, obsessions over class rank, SAT prep, basketball practice, piano lessons, etc., high school students are worse off than ever. One documentary says it doesn't have to be that way. Read more...
Photo: The stress that young students face due to the pressure of performing well on standardized tests is one of the issues presented in “Race to Nowhere.”
The Arab world and the Brazilian world will collide this weekend, beginning this afternoon with a lecture in Haines Hall and continuing Saturday with a concert featuring sounds from each culture at Schoenberg Hall. Read more...
Photo: UCLA ethomusicology professor A.J. Racy studies the intersection of Arab and Brazilian cultures in the music of Middle Eastern immigrants in Brazil.
If you walk anywhere near Fowler Museum tonight, you might think you're hearing the rumbling destruction of a small earthquake coming from inside. Read more...
The combination of strobe lights, DJs and indie bands sounds like a typical night at the clubs. Add science discussions and a Tyrannosaurus fossil to the mix, and you have a Friday night at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Read more...
Photo: Crowds gather at the Natural History Museum in downtown Los Angeles for performances from live DJs and bands on the first Friday of each month.
In addition to the Oscars, there is another award show that continues to change the face of the movie industry, the Spirit Awards. Read more...
Photo: Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster star in “The Messenger,” written by alumnus Alessandro Camon and nominated for both a Spirit Award and an Oscar. The Spirit Awards will air Friday at 8 p.m.
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, and for some reason, both my ballot and my invitation must have gotten lost in the mail. Read more...
I had a best friend in first grade. She was tall and had blonde hair. Back then, I thought we were going to stay friends forever. She moved away when I was 8, and I never saw her again. Read more...
