The idea of a film festival usually conjures up images of high-profile directors, actors doing red-carpet walks, and scores of hungry critics waiting for their chance to watch the anticipated movie program. Read more...

It is unnerving to walk out of a museum exhibit feeling less knowledgeable and worldly than when you walked in. But that is surprisingly the effect after one hour in a gallery consisting of only 10 pictures. Read more...

When I hear people discussing music, sometimes the idea comes up that the use of sampling, as in hip-hop, is less valid than music played live. Read more...

Back in 2000, Alice Sebold read her memoir "Lucky" to an audience of only 20 people at the then-fledgling UCLA Hammer Museum. Fast-forward to 2003, and Sebold was reading her best-selling novel "The Lovely Bones" to a sold-out theater at Royce Hall. Read more...

Melnitz Movies is about to get louder, and it's not because of THX. African drummers will be performing at Melnitz as part of a screening of "War/Dance," the award-winning documentary about Uganda's refugee population. Read more...

When J.K. Rowling revealed that Albus Dumbledore was gay, I admit, I was surprised. Read more...

UCLA alumni and environmentalists Judith Love Cohen and Robyn Friend stand in front of an audience and describe carbon capture, geological storage and methods to decrease carbon footprints. Read more...