It’s difficult to find common ground in the writings of Alice Sebold and Glen David Gold. Her dark first-person narratives on unsettling topics differ from Gold’s fantastically colorful historical fiction. Read more...

Photography has been used to document and display since its invention, but it took the innovative minds of the 1960s and 1970s to shift the practice of taking photos into a full-fledged artistic movement. Read more...

At about 4:30 p.m. last Sunday, the sun was already so low on the horizon that the pedestrians on the Venice boardwalk had to squint to look toward the ocean. Read more...

Names like Kim Gi-duk, B. Shigley and Hyo-Lee may mean practically nothing to an average American. However, they are all famous celebrities in the Asian entertainment industry, and they are all featured in the current issue of Asia Pacific Arts ““ a UCLA-based magazine devoted to both Asian-American and Asian arts and entertainment. Read more...

After a half-hour sandwiched between strangers in the crowded Viper Room, Rich Robinson and his band finally took the stage. With the Black Crowes on hiatus, Robinson has begun a solo project ““ a guitar-driven quartet with a keyboardist that plays familiar-sounding classic rock. Read more...

When life handed him lemons, Arnold Mesches did one better than make lemonade ““ he made “contemporary illuminated manuscripts.” The octogenarian artist, who was the subject of extensive surveillance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 27 years, managed to acquire the secret files of his life and transform them into art. Read more...

“Giselle” has got a brand new bag. On Sunday, UCLA’s Theater Underground, an independent, student-run organization that provides the means to stage student productions, presents a modernized rendition of the 163-year-old ballet “Giselle,” infusing the classical with contemporary dance styles and music. Read more...