The four women who make up the band Raining Jane are an eclectic group, with interests and time commitments ranging from volleyball to cello performance. But they still have time to promote humanitarian causes with their music. Read more...

Films are usually seen in dark theaters, but new artists want to take that experience into the museum. “Can you make the museum into a comfortable viewing space?” said Santa Monica Museum of Art curator Elsa Longhauser. Read more...

Cody Chesnutt doesn’t beat around the bush; he lets you know he looks good in leather. “You put the leather jacket on and the collar up and you feel invincible,” said Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Read more...

UCLA art students are getting a glimpse of what life could be like once they exit the comfortable womb of their college years. The art department’s annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition opens today in the New Wight Gallery, which gives students the opportunity to have their work evaluated by a respected member of the local art community. Read more...

Missy Elliott “Under Construction” Elektra Records It’s hard to pull off raunchy and eccentric and make neither come off as forced or contrived, but Missy Elliott makes it so real you wish she weren’t so good at it. Read more...

The Datsuns is another “The” band, like The Strokes or The Hives, that has stopped in Los Angeles for a show fuelled by messy hair, old clothes and dirty guitars. Read more...

Over the summer, my cousin had me tutor her in English. Mind you, she isn’t in elementary school or high school, she was Popeye applying to medical school, and I was going to be her MCAT can of spinach. Read more...