“The Syringa Tree” The Pasadena Playhouse Through Dec. 1 (626) 356-7529 3.5 Paws Watching a fully-grown adult portray a young child onstage usually has about as much appeal as a dog trained to dance in tap shoes and a hat. Read more...

It’s not often that film students get their “big breaks” immediately after college, but producer Lance Williams’ career as a professional filmmaker has taken off though he’s still a UCLA student. Read more...

At the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood, Carolina Pineda, an 11-year-old fifth-grader at Grant Elementary School, pines for a future career in singing. Daniel Cruz, a 9-year-old fourth-grader at Vine Street Elementary School, simply hopes for a chance to learn how to play “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” on the piano. Read more...

Although studying dance at UCLA may not prepare you for a Britney Spears video, the latest work in the MFA choreography program’s “Upstarts Series” proves that it’s not just about theory, either. 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 four women who make up the band Raining Jane are an eclectic group, with interests and time commitments ranging from volleyball to cello performance. But they still have time to promote humanitarian causes with their music. Read more...