Cody Chesnutt doesn’t beat around the bush; he lets you know he looks good in leather. “You put the leather jacket on and the collar up and you feel invincible,” said Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Read more...

UCLA art students are getting a glimpse of what life could be like once they exit the comfortable womb of their college years. The art department’s annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition opens today in the New Wight Gallery, which gives students the opportunity to have their work evaluated by a respected member of the local art community. Read more...

Missy Elliott “Under Construction” Elektra Records It’s hard to pull off raunchy and eccentric and make neither come off as forced or contrived, but Missy Elliott makes it so real you wish she weren’t so good at it. Read more...

Singing sopranos, Bulgarian folk music and a mix of European Renaissance music are just a few of the performances the UCLA Fowler Museum is featuring to spice up its image. Read more...

The Los Angeles Convention Center, normally populated by boats and cars, played host last weekend to aspiring screenwriters instead. The 2002 Screenwriting Expo brought together people from across the country to learn about, and then compete in, the art of screenwriting. Read more...

The Datsuns is another “The” band, like The Strokes or The Hives, that has stopped in Los Angeles for a show fuelled by messy hair, old clothes and dirty guitars. Read more...

Over the summer, my cousin had me tutor her in English. Mind you, she isn’t in elementary school or high school, she was Popeye applying to medical school, and I was going to be her MCAT can of spinach. Read more...