After the conquest of India by the British Empire in 1857, India’s representation in the Western world had been forever changed. The photographs displayed in the UCLA Fowler Museum’s deeply historical new exhibition “Traces of India: Photography, Architecture, and the Politics of Representation, 1850-1900″ explore how the portrayal of a vast nation has been packaged and sold. Read more...

“The Sound of Music” James Bridges Theater Sunday 2 p.m. It may be an arbitrary ranking, but there’s a reason the American Film Institute put this Julie Andrews star vehicle on their list of the 100 best American films ever made. Read more...

Liars “They Were Wrong, So We Drowned” Mute Imagine the noise of a factory falling apart, groaning toward anarchy as machines tear themselves from walls and explode in a flurry of destruction. Read more...

Being kings and queens of jazz is not the only thing Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald have in common. Read more...

It’s both a good and a bad thing that one of the most beautiful spots in the Grand Canyon is also one of the most difficult places to get to. Read more...

Looking solely at the premise of “The Girl Next Door,” it would seem to be treading on well-worn territory: A goody-two-shoes high school boy breaks out of his straight-arrow persona with the help of a sexy girl. Read more...

So what if you forgot to book a trip to that southern Mexican beach? Contrary to popular knowledge, Tijuana isn’t just a place to score cheap valium; it’s also the place closest to Los Angeles where you can bet with drunkards on a demented extreme sport called jai alai. Read more...