Each year thousands of students come to UCLA to advance their education, but education isn’t the university’s only attraction. Los Angeles is home to one of the world’s largest entertainment industries, and for some students, homework isn’t the only thing on their mind. Read more...

A Sounds Eclectic Evening, KCRW’s third annual benefit concert, was held Saturday at the Universal Amphitheatre. The show was a shining example of how the Santa Monica-based National Public Radio affiliate, once undeniably at the forefront of cutting-edge music from around the world, has settled into a complacent role as a purveyor of conventional music and uninspired emerging artists. Read more...

The curtains are once again set to open on the annual Francis Ford Coppola One-Act Marathon at UCLA. Named after UCLA alum and world-renowned film director Francis Ford Coppola, the pioneering program, now in its sixth successful year, is unique in that it seeks to pair UCLA graduate film directors with their playwriting counterparts from the theater department. Read more...

It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to say that Francis Ford Coppola is arguably the most famous, if not the most successful alumnus ever to have walked through the hallowed halls of UCLA’s prestigious School of Theater, Film and Television. Read more...

“Shyness is Nice” Alliance Theatre Now through Dec. 21 Playwright Marc Spitz tells the story of two shy 30-year-old virgins on a mission to get laid. Read more...

A mountain of a songwriter came to UCLA last Thursday. Phil Elvrum, playing under the new moniker Mt. Eerie, strummed and sang his way through a warm, intimate performance at Kerckhoff Grand Salon in the early afternoon. Read more...

GLASGOW, Scotland — All the telltale signs were there: nappy braids, purple Muppet-fur shoulder bags, and “McShit” T-shirts. Time to put away the G.O.P. geriatrics, kids; Michael Moore’s in town. Read more...