With this year’s Plea for Peace tour ““ founded by singer/songwriter Mike Park in 2000 ““ bands like Cursive, Decahedron, Darkest Hour, Saul Williams, EE, Planes Mistaken for Stars, as well as Park will be performing to bring people together for a political cause. Read more...

MTV would like to project that every concert tour is completed with a huge bus, four-star hotels, and arenas filled with hysterical fans. But what about the smaller, struggling bands that tour just as much as the big guys, sans the bus, the hotel, and well, maybe even the plethora of fans? Read more...

To rock ‘n’ roll whizzes, 1955 is recorded as a year of cornerstones. The movie “Rock Around the Clock” single-handedly liberated an entire generation’s ears, torsos and imaginations, inventing the rock ‘n’ roll movie. Read more...

It’s probably safe to say that enough students at UCLA have had or will at some point have some kind of personal encounter with a movie star. Read more...

Ross Anthony The UCLA Store Today, Noon-1:30 p.m. The motivational speaker and self-appointed film critic will read from his teen novels like “The Infinite Adventures of Rodney Appleseed” and will sign copies following the talk. Read more...

Sleater-Kinney The El Rey Theatre Today, 8 p.m. The original kick-butt girl band will make a stop in Los Angeles as a part of an extremely limited spring tour, so catch ’em while you can. Read more...

This past Saturday at Zen Sushi, the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry presented “Puppet Slam 2004,” an off-the-wall show full of creativity, laughs and strings. Talented puppeteers in the show included Matt Brooks, Scott Land and nationally recognized Paul Zaloom, who has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Hand-in-a-Sock Award from Dummies International. Read more...