By Stephen Richardson As a budding young bookworm, Michael Silverblatt was attempting to wriggle away from reality, rather than toward enlightenment. But since 1989, he has hosted KCRW-FM’s "Bookworm," a weekly program in which he speaks with contemporary authors. Read more...

By John Irvin The camera shows what appears to be a female figure seated on a chair. She is wearing tight pants and stockings, and she is blindfolded. Read more...

By Brian Remick If for only an hour or two, it seemed that the reign of hard rock over the Palace temporarily ceased with the presence of a small Australian band named Frente! Read more...

By Barbara E. Hernandez Daily Bruin Staff The month of September holds special meaning to Jews, a month centering around Judaism’s high holidays, a time of moral analysis and the celebration of the new year. Read more...

By Nisha Gopalan Not since the Revolting Cocks’ "Beers, Steers & Queers – Drop Your Britches Mix" has a band so provocatively incorporated the subject of sodomy into a song – until now. Read more...

By Michael Tatum With John Cale, you just never know. One minute he’s putting his academy trained musical skills to work with renowned classicists like Leonard Bernstein and John Cage. Read more...

By John Mangum Proceedings did not get off to a promising start at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion the evening of Sept. 27. The occasion was a performance of Mozart’s "Don Giovanni" mounted by the Los Angeles Music Center Opera. Read more...