By Chris Young Daily Bruin Contributor Besides the Laker game, there was another big event in downtown L.A. Wednesday night. Three generations of musicians congregated at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to recreate the sounds of a past era in Los Angeles: Central Avenue, the vanguard of Los Angeles’ jazz scene in the first half of the twentieth century. Read more...

We’ve all heard the aphorism that says if you can’t take the heat, you ought to get out of the kitchen, right? Well, apparently all of us except for Fiona Apple. Read more...

“Center Stage” Starring Amanda Schull and Peter Gallagher Directed by Nicholas Hytner Years have passed since we had a sexy group of young people dancing… in a movie, that is. Read more...

David Gray “White Ladder” ATO Records The windows are open and the rumbling trucks roll past the small house in London where David Gray is recording his fourth, self-financed album. Read more...

By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Staff It’s five o’clock and time to kick back, go to the local pub, meet some friends, network with new business contacts and drink juice. Read more...

L.A. Guitar Quartet will perform at Royce Hall The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, an instrumental ensemble whose recent self-titled release debuted in the top 15 of the Billboard Classical-Crossover charts and remained there for six months, will perform at 8 p.m. Read more...

By Aphrodite Manousos Daily Bruin Contributor Anti-pop Consortium, Sonic Sum and Mike Ladd all came out Tuesday night to the El Rey for a celebration of indie hip hop and in protest of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s conviction and placement on death row. Read more...