Where can you go in Los Angeles to witness Jews from all over the world performing centuries-old traditions and celebrating life-cycle events? Just venture a little ways up the hill from UCLA to the Skirball Cultural Center’s exhibit of Zion Ozeri’s photography, “Portraits of an Eternal People: A Jewish Family Album,” and you’ll find them. Read more...

Christian Marclay went to art school to learn how to be a sculptor. However, he left the Massachusetts College of Art in 1980 as one of the early pioneers of turntablism. Read more...

Ennio Marchetto, Italian comedian/quick-change artist/illusionist began his colorful career as a costume designer for Carnevale, Venice’s famous spring-time masquerade, but now he parades his designs onstage in an original show where he spoofs pop-culture icons. Read more...

Electronic music is often associated strictly with the subcultures surrounding it, from hip-hop clubs to raves to basement turntable parties. But, particularly in Los Angeles, growing respect is being given to electronic and dance music as art worthy of attention in its own right. Read more...

In Bali, everyone is an artist. Participation in the performing arts is, according to the tenets of the Hindu religion, essential to the spiritual well-being of each individual in the community. Read more...

The UCLA Hammer Museum’s new theater will be named after Billy Wilder, as a result of a $5 million donation made by the legendary filmmaker’s wife. Read more...

Before he donned the infamous Spider-Man costume, Tobey Maguire earned a reputation throughout Hollywood as a young actor who could effortlessly portray society’s outcasts. Maguire undertook a multitude of such roles, ranging from the teenage boy nostalgic for a time that never was in “Pleasantville” to the estranged but promising novelist in “Wonder Boys.” Unlike many of his fellow young actors, Maguire was reluctant to take on roles that would guarantee him Hollywood success and the adoration of millions of teenage girls. Read more...