“Authors and Actors: Signed Books From the Collection of Lawrence Grobel” Powell Library Rotunda Nov. 1 – Dec. 23 More than 50 signed books will make up this exhibit of a practical who’s-who in contemporary pop culture. Read more...

“War on Their Minds: Voices of American Kids” Directed by Jennifer Glos About 150 children ages 4 to 18 from all parts of Southern California were questioned on the subject of war for this film. Read more...

Good Charlotte/ Sum 41 Universal Amphitheatre Oct. 30, 7:15 p.m. How could you pass up this opportunity to catch two of the biggest MTV punk pop bands around? Read more...

A little less than a year ago, seven UCLA graduate film students were given the opportunity of a lifetime. Showtime Network, which has 35.9 million subscribers, offered to air and partially fund a film from each student in a joint project with UCLA titled “Images of War in the 21st Century,” which will air in prime time the night before the presidential election, on Nov. Read more...

“Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession” James Bridges Theater Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. In many ways, the Z Channel was HBO’s predecessor, as this documentary shows by interviewing many, many filmmakers about their love of the now-gone premium cable network. Read more...

Everyone knows of a garage band that eventually got out of the driveway. Now there is ProperGander Productions, a backyard theater group that has left the lawn for a real stage. Read more...

Although probably not planned this way, the only things visible when the house lights dim at the beginning of “La Casa de Rigoberta Mira al Sur” (“The House of Rigoberta Looks South”) are the lit screen suspended above the stage on which English translations of the Nicaraguan play performed in Spanish will appear and the familiar green exit signs that line the interior of the Freud Playhouse. Read more...