By naming themselves Super Furry Animals it would seem a band is trying to cultivate a cuddly, friendly image. The Furry Animals quickly dispelled that notion Monday night at the Palace. Read more...

German composer and director Heiner Goebbels is something of a mad scientist of theater. His new production, which comes to the Freud Playhouse tomorrow, is a dreamy, visionary piece that incorporates the writings of Gertrude Stein, Japanese folk music and Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds.” When asked about the tone of “Hashirigaki,” he has a simple response. Read more...

Entering the mind of another human may seem impossibly sci-fi. But the UCLA Hammer Museum and its three new exhibits make the process fun and easy. Read more...

Jurassic 5 “Power in Numbers” Interscope Records After introducing itself to mainstream audiences with its 2000 LP debut “Quality Control,” underground hip-hop sextet Jurassic 5 returns with “Power in Numbers,” a sophomore effort that lacks the power and excitement exuding from its predecessor. Read more...

Despite the beginning-of-the-year bustle, the play is still the thing. At least it is for the UCLA Shakespeare Reading and Performance Group. In existence since 1993, the group is a motley crew of Bruins varying in age, race, discipline and association with the university, but with one thing in common: the love of theater. Read more...

A tub of some cheap, oily, fried chicken and porn. These are some of the many simple pleasures that males with a smidgen of lukewarm blood flowing in their veins enjoy. Read more...

Second-year Will Froelich has no idea what the Fowler Museum of Cultural History is. Peter Young doesn’t know that the museum is free to UCLA students. Read more...