Rebecca Kapen Fowler Museum Nov. 20, 6 p.m. Fowler Out Loud! presents the concertmaster of the UCLA Philharmonic Orchestra in an evening of solo and chamber works for strings. Read more...

Short films ““ once Hollywood’s version of the three-minute pop song ““ are getting longer and longer. But “Movie Snacks” plays it right. For the price of nothing ““ in money, that is ““ and almost no time, students can catch some of UCLA’s most hidden tiny triumphs. Read more...

In the time-honored tradition of busting windmills and head spins on sheets of cardboard spread over sidewalk pavement, the Hollywood Palladium will host this weekend’s Los Angeles Urban Dance Festival, showcasing brand spanking new styles by international and home-grown talent. Read more...

“L’Auberge Espagnole” Ackerman Grand Ballroom Nov. 20-21, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Although it’s admittedly difficult to read subtitles during screenings in the Ballroom, any film that co-stars Audrey Tautou (miss “Amelie” herself) is worth sitting through. Read more...

When the pumpkin pie is gone and the post-meal coffee has been drunk, it’s an awkward point in any Thanksgiving meal. Eventually the question will come, assuming everyone at your table hasn’t fallen asleep from eating too much turkey: Now what? Read more...

Jay-Z “The Black Album” Roc-A-Fella Say it ain’t so, Hov. If the hype is to be believed, “The Black Album” will be Jay-Z’s last ““ his final claim at hip-hop’s best-ever crown before he hangs up the mic and calls it quits. Read more...

While already successful, “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” has some ironing to be done ““ with or without “fashion savant” Carson Kressley’s help. In fact, as the series began its second season Tuesday on Bravo, Jai Rodriguez, the “culture vulture” of the show’s “Fab Five” (the five gay men who make over a different straight man each episode) acknowledges that sometimes he still doesn’t have a clear view of what to do with the straight men. Read more...