When it comes to the issue of misconceptions of Chinese culture and dance, Josephine Louie, artistic director of “Lotus Steps, 2004,” recounts the time when the bare midriff of a child dancer performing in the show was brought into question. Read more...

Indian Cinema Lecture Fowler Museum April 22, 7 p.m. UCLA English Professor Joseph Nagy and Assistant Professor Yogita Goyal explain why Bollywood is becoming increasingly prominent in the United States. Read more...

The survival of independent publishing in a corporate mass media climate is a classic David and Goliath story, except in this case, the underdog may not succeed against all odds, and must instead learn how to coexist with his giant opponent. Read more...

As those familiar pointy white tents were being pitched all over campus this week in preparation for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, I couldn’t help but get to thinking about how we deal with literature here at the dB Magazine. Read more...

For a composing musician, genre can be a sensitive subject. Take ethnomusicology graduate student Martha Mavroidi, whose Balkan jazz ensemble will perform tonight at the Fowler Museum. Read more...

If there’s one thing that Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” saga has taught us (other than that squishing someone’s eyeball between your toes is a little creepy), it’s that with the right music a good film can become a great one. Read more...

For most 10-year-olds, riding bikes and long division are the most important things in the world. But for fifth-grader Dakota Fanning, reading scripts and memorizing lines is what occupies her time. Read more...