Tuesday, June 30

Drawing a cartoon canon

For many people, seeing great art means a trip to the museum, not a glance at the Sunday funnies. This Sunday, however, the funnies won’t just be in the daily newspaper. Read more...


Alum brings new sound to old music

For guitarist Payam Larijani, Bach is the new Pearl Jam. Larijani, a UCLA alumnus, will play a free classic guitar concert at 4 p.m. today in the Powell Library as part of Powell Music Concerts in the Rotunda. Read more...



Enlighten the night

After an extensive world tour, many musicians would use their homecoming to take a break. UCLA Professor Jens Lindemann had a better idea. A pre-eminent soloist and the lead trumpet of the Canadian Brass for five years, Lindemann plans to host an evening of chamber music from his journeys, aptly titled “A Little Night Music with Jens Lindemann and Friends,” on Nov. Read more...



Victory in defeat

“One Bright Shining Moment” is the kind of movie title that might bring to mind uplifting Hollywood fare about victorious underdog sports teams or landmark court cases. Read more...


All quiet on the artist’s front

The death toll of the war in Iraq is high ““ and getting higher. Over 2,000 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the conflict began in March 2003, and this pales next to the number of dead Iraqis, which has been estimated by some to be in the tens of thousands. Read more...