Earlier this month, I went to see “Theater of the New Ear” at Royce Hall with a friend of mine who had recently graduated from UCLA. Read more...

UCLA Live director David Sefton certainly has a challenge before him in making the new season better than last year’s, considering it brought Yo-Yo Ma, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Christopher O’Riley to Royce Hall. Read more...

From hit titles such as “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” to famous faces such as John Goodman, this year’s lineup for Westwood’s Geffen Playhouse is sure to attract attention from all types of Los Angeles theatergoers. Read more...

It couldn’t happen in Los Angeles, but in New York, the rich and poor live next to each other. On many streets, at many corners, elaborate marble buildings clash with decrepit brick ones, lobbying for a position on Manhattan’s desired soil. Read more...

New York City, Chicago and New Orleans are all cities strongly associated with jazz. But a jazz photography exhibit on display in the Charles E. Young Research Library lobby, running through Sept. Read more...

"In the Reins" Iron & Wine and Calexico Overcoat Records Collaborations are usually hit or miss in the music industry and the result of Iron & Wine and Calexico’s team-up in 2005, “In the Reins,” is definitely a miss. Read more...

When M.K. Asante Jr. published his first book “Like Water Running Off My Back” in 2002, he was eager to establish himself as a serious writer with all the right answers. Read more...