“And I hope you haven’t forgotten me,” said the beaming Ravi Shankar after introducing his accompanying musicians on stage. And, of course, the audience hadn’t. Playing at Royce Hall Thursday night to a multiethnic crowd of elderly folk, hippies, college students and children, Shankar’s music proved its lasting power, unlike the acid trips that his audiences wrongly latched onto his art decades before. Read more...

Watching HBO one night, I caught a segment of “Project Greenlight,” the brainchild of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s production company, “LivePlanet,” which hopes to give new filmmakers a chance by having them make a film with TV cameras in pursuit. Read more...

No, “Lipstick Traces” is definitely not about make-up. In fact, it’s about the punk revolutionary Johnny Rotten and the aftershocks of the Sex Pistols. It’s a time-travel play exploring the punk movement through the ages. Read more...

No, “Lipstick Traces” is definitely not about make-up. In fact, it’s about the punk revolutionary Johnny Rotten and the aftershocks of the Sex Pistols. It’s a time-travel play exploring the punk movement through the ages. Read more...

While everyone’s excited for the new school year and on top of their schoolwork for now, it’ll be just a matter of time before the big-time procrastination begins. Read more...

“Moonlight Mile” Writer/Director: Brad Silberling Touchstone Below the movie poster for the new film “Moonlight Mile”, reads “expect the unexpected.” Considering that the film portrays a family dealing with the loss of a daughter and fiance, the last thing one might expect is comedy. Read more...

A classical violist who is diverse enough to have spent six years with one of the most successful electronic instrumental groups in Japan is rare. UCLA has snagged just that, however, with the addition of Paul Colletti to the music department faculty. Read more...