You won’t find much about rap music in Jeff Chang’s new book ““ which would be pretty normal if it weren’t a history of hip-hop. Chang, who earned his master’s degree in Asian American studies from UCLA in 1995, will be taking his promotional tour of “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation” to the Kerckhoff Hall State Rooms (131-135) on Feb. Read more...

From Los Angeles to Vienna to London and back, UCLA World Arts and Cultures Professor Peter Sellars has dedicated his life to spreading artistic vision. Only returning to Los Angeles to teach his Monday night four-hour course titled “Art as Social Action,” Sellars preaches that art is not just a medium for beauty or entertainment ““ it truly can enact change. Read more...

For better or worse, the Grammy Awards can be extraordinarily difficult to watch. With an annual viewership of almost 30 million and a long, successful history, the Grammys are the oldest and most respected of any music awards show. Read more...

Valentine’s Day is neither the litmus test for love nor Hallmark’s devil spawn. There’s no need for all the angst surrounding the frilly pink holiday. If you have a date, enjoy. Read more...

When a holiday that usually entails either a sappy or self-empowering celebration falls in the middle of midterms on a Monday, the idea of indulging in festivities is most likely limited or eliminated altogether. Read more...

Picture a dinner party with Katherine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead and Golda Meir. It’s interesting to imagine their conversation, and Tovah Feldshuh probably has a keen sense of what the evening would be like. Read more...

For many, the Restoration comedy might be an entirely unknown concept, or just a vague foreign mode of drama linked to images of limp wrists, bleached wigs and dainty, black-buckled heels sported by both genders. Read more...