“Toska” at Lee Strasberg Creative Center (323) 650-7777 Through April 28 Don’t believe anything. Nothing is as it seems in Juan Carlos Malepi’s “Toska.” In this whirlwind, mind boggling and convoluted play, viewers are left with a sense of confusion as well as total satisfaction as it successfully employs horrific scenes of insanity along with zany characters living in a mental hospital. Read more...

By David Chang Daily Bruin Contributor The dancers, the hip-hoppers and even the drug dealers made their pilgrimage to the desert of San Bernardino to pay homage to the only rap act that mattered Saturday at Audiotistic. Read more...

  Anthony Bromberg Since writing this column, Bromberg has disappeared, so you can e-mail Nick Drake at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Anthony Bromberg So, the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Read more...

By Beverly Braga Daily Bruin Contributor Addressing issues of sexuality and relationships is nothing new, but the organizers of the “Best of gay/lesbian/transgendered shorts” hope to bring such relationships into a different light. Read more...

  EDWARD LIN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff The cast of "Tightshorts" is currently working on producing their first episode, which debuts April 19 at 11 p.m., on UCLAtv channel 29. Read more...

  UCLA Film and Television Archives Nicholas Ray and Gloria Grahame together on set. Mayra Marquez Daily Bruin Contributor An era characterized by suspicion and cynicism in film following World War II is resurrected at the James Bridges Theater in two concurrent film series sponsored by the UCLA Film and TV Archive. Read more...

  Big Hassle Media The World/Inferno Friendship Society are Vaudeville punks, they’re smirking because they like to play the music. By Shana Dines Daily Bruin Reporter Not many bands have names that are meant to help improve people’s lives, but The World/Inferno Friendship Society is supposed to do just that. Read more...