Chaos and control are two concepts that people usually view as separate from one another. But these dichotomies are explored and reconciled by art Professor Jim Welling and four visiting art professors in the photography exhibit “Chaos or Control” in Perloff Gallery, on display through June 7. Read more...

Summer Exhibitions Santa Monica Museum of Art Through Aug. 19 Once a Westside trolley station, Bergamot Station is now an art complex. Within the center’s facade of industrial aluminium siding resides the Santa Monica Museum of Art, which recently debuted three distinct collections by Ken Brecher, Mariella Bettineschi and Alvaro Siza. Read more...

Not that this is a big shock or anything, but I download music pretty much all the time. So when I heard that MTV was going to step into the MP3 retailing ring today, ready to face off Rocky-style with Apple’s iTunes, I was intrigued. Read more...

Tonight, those who choose to enter Ackerman Grand Ballroom will experience a revolution. Created by and for UCLA students, this revolution is a multimedia event produced by UCLA Fashion and Student Trends, a campus organization that provides students with the opportunity to take on different roles as they work together to create, among other things, a completely sweatshop-free fashion show. Read more...

The video game industry is booming. It’s riding a $30 billion wave of consumer interest, which, these days, exceeds the profits of movies at the box office. Read more...

Nicole Smith, a world arts and cultures student, handed out tickets for her one-woman performance last summer to attendees of the Jacob’s Pillow dance festival as they sat on the lawn. Read more...

“Stadium Arcadium” Warner Brothers Records A lot has happened since the Red Hot Chili Peppers burst onto the streets of Los Angeles with their chaotic brand of punk-funk rap-rock 24 years ago. Read more...