Wednesday, July 1

Revolutionary runway

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...


Soundbite: Red Hot Chili Peppers

“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...



Dancing to her own beat

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...


TV execs must drop “˜Heaven,’ return to “˜Mars’

For fans of television, mid-May is both an extremely exciting and potentially harrowing time of year. On one hand, shows are delivering exciting season-ending arcs. On the other, mid-May is also the time that networks put together their schedules for the next television season. Read more...


No stopping hem

After seven different releases of its debut album, you’d think orchestral country-folk group Hem would have given up on music. But the band hasn’t, and a few false starts only paved the way for its current prolificacy. Read more...