“The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982″ attempts epic revelations in its placard commentaries on and interpretations of individual artists’ work. Forced commentaries aside, however, the photographs themselves demonstrate the form’s capability to capture humanity at its most inane moments. Read more...

When Victoria Vesna and Jim Gimzewski began engineering the interactive, all-ages exhibit “nano” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts’ Boone Children’s Gallery, they did not anticipate aggressive children breaking the cameras and microphones or getting lodged in the tunnel-like kaleidoscope. Read more...

Currently on exhibit in UCLA’s Fowler Museum through May 30 is “Power of Thought,” an art collection of drawings and works on cloth by the late Jessie Oonark, whose vivid depictions of Arctic inhabitants and animals drew their inspiration from the Inuit culture in northern Canada. Read more...

Two and half years ago, Chris Colthart stepped off his plane into the silver sparkle of Hollywood sunshine. With no job, no car and a freshly left-behind band, the 28-year-old guitarist of indie-rock band The Faraway Places had little more than any average newcomer to the land of milk and honey’s biggest dream-propagating city. Read more...

Costume design is an elusive art in film, where the correct clothing is essential to the audience’s abandonment of reality for two hours and buying into the characters created on the silver screen. Read more...

“Culture Crossing” Kinross North Room 126 Thursday ““ Saturday, 8 p.m. Graduate and undergraduate World Arts and Cultures students rehash the whole multi-cultural thing in a student-produced performance that explores hybridity and understanding. Read more...

Nikkei Student Union, a campus group dedicated to promoting Japanese American culture, is reaching deep into its pockets to provide an evening of free entertainment. On Monday, NSU will present its 17th Annual Cultural Night, weaving together disparate elements of Japanese American culture. Read more...