UCLA students are merging theater and film, word and image to bring fresh stories to the dark heart of Los Angeles. Beginning tonight and running through Dec. Read more...

UCLA’s jazz studies program has at times been eclipsed by its more prestigious neighbors, Cal Arts and USC. But just try telling members of the Isaac Darche Trio that they represent a lesser institution. Read more...

“The Syringa Tree” The Pasadena Playhouse Through Dec. 1 (626) 356-7529 3.5 Paws Watching a fully-grown adult portray a young child onstage usually has about as much appeal as a dog trained to dance in tap shoes and a hat. Read more...

It’s not often that film students get their “big breaks” immediately after college, but producer Lance Williams’ career as a professional filmmaker has taken off though he’s still a UCLA student. Read more...

At the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood, Carolina Pineda, an 11-year-old fifth-grader at Grant Elementary School, pines for a future career in singing. Daniel Cruz, a 9-year-old fourth-grader at Vine Street Elementary School, simply hopes for a chance to learn how to play “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” on the piano. Read more...

Although studying dance at UCLA may not prepare you for a Britney Spears video, the latest work in the MFA choreography program’s “Upstarts Series” proves that it’s not just about theory, either. 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...