The Latin American Student Association, in an effort to expose and share the different aspects of Latin American culture, will have a free outdoor festival this Saturday from 10 a.m. Read more...

“Palindromes” Directed by Todd Solondz Wellspring Media A palindrome is a word whose spelling is the same backward as it is forward. Aviva, the name of the 13-year-old protagonist, is not only a palindrome in this literal sense but also in the fact that she is portrayed by eight different actors, including Jennifer Jason Leigh, throughout “Palindromes.” But writer and director Todd Solondz uses the plethora of different characters to add more than a little color to his film; the interchanging of Aviva between two women, four teenage girls, a 12-year-old boy, and a 6-year-old girl highlights how audience judgments and biases alter the perception of a character who, like a palindrome, is ultimately unchanging. Read more...

So I’m taking it easy, thoroughly enjoying my pre-dinner snack of orange pineapple juice and a Ziploc bag full of jelly beans, when my playlist jumps to A Tribe Called Quest’s “If the Papes Come.” As is always the case with Tribe, I immediately feel a good deal cooler than I have any right to. Read more...

With rock ‘n’ roll blaring in the once-serene courtyard, jazz and electronica reverberating through plastic and bronze, and burgers next to “Breadface,” students are in the Hammer. Read more...

Cartoons are not just for children ““ a notion that the Tin Hat Quartet confirms with its performance of original scores to animations done by Russian filmmaker Ladislaw Starewicz. Read more...

Who else caught a glimpse of the heaps of screaming short guys, holding hands and yelling things in Greek, running around Westwood? The scene I saw this weekend can only mean one thing: last week was Rush Week on campus. Read more...

Nothing is more terrifying than the truth. Or so reads the tag line for Hollywood’s newest horror flick, “The Amityville Horror,” which opens in theaters Friday. Read more...