UCLA Live director David Sefton certainly has a challenge before him in making the new season better than last year’s, considering it brought Yo-Yo Ma, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Christopher O’Riley to Royce Hall. Read more...

From hit titles such as “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” to famous faces such as John Goodman, this year’s lineup for Westwood’s Geffen Playhouse is sure to attract attention from all types of Los Angeles theatergoers. Read more...

New York City, Chicago and New Orleans are all cities strongly associated with jazz. But a jazz photography exhibit on display in the Charles E. Young Research Library lobby, running through Sept. Read more...

When M.K. Asante Jr. published his first book “Like Water Running Off My Back” in 2002, he was eager to establish himself as a serious writer with all the right answers. Read more...

For music lovers, a past fantasy may have been to own and operate a record store. It would be a place to pass on only the best music: your favorite music. Read more...

Robert Bucksbaum loves movies ““ perhaps too much for his own good. It’s a Wednesday afternoon, and Bucksbaum is in over his head between screenings at the Majestic Crest, the venerable Westwood theater he currently owns and runs. Read more...

Despite being label mates with the highly successful Interpol, pop/rock group the New Pornographers never expected popularity. Not one to follow trends, their dedication to their own sense of good music has made them one of the most talked-about new bands. Read more...