Not one, but two filmmakers will be honored in this year’s annual Festival of New Work, hosted by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Read more...

“Il Trovatore” Composed by Giuseppe Verdi Dorothy Chandler Pavilion When an opera is on the list of standards for operatic repertoire, artists may find themselves looking for ways to give it a personal spin while preserving the originality of the piece. Read more...

The German philosopher Friedrich von Schelling once said that architecture is frozen music. This week, the Getty Center and the Los Angeles Philharmonic will complicate the analogy a bit and continue their groundbreaking collaboration on the Building Music Project, a series of symposia, panel discussions, lectures, and performances exploring the relationship between architecture and music. Read more...

Wilco “A Ghost Is Born” Nonesuch Every year, a handful of albums vie for places on critical top-10 lists, while some rare masterworks are so universally loved that their placement at the top is a crowning and not a contest. Read more...

“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” Directed by Alfonso Cuarón Warner Bros. Pictures All the signs are there: Harry Potter is growing up. This third installment in the series of films based on the immensely popular books by J.K. Read more...

It all started something like this: Coworker: Let’s go skydiving. My head: Don’t say yes, don’t say yes. My mouth: Alright, let’s go. My head: Oh, crap. Read more...

They don’t call it the University of Construction at Los Angeles for nothing. The allure of architectural face-lifts strikes again at Geffen Playhouse. Within the next year, the playhouse will undergo detailed structural upgrades that even ABC’s “Extreme Makeover” cannot compete with. Read more...