Taiwanese television stations in the 1990s broadcasted Falun Dafa persecutions in Tiananmen Square in China, where the meditation practice is shunned. First-grader Joyce Kuo, a practitioner of the meditation, was worried while watching the images on television in her home in Taiwan because she knew her family could receive negative attention. Read more...

Photo: Students in UCLA’s Falun Dafa club practice qigong meditation, which is banned in China. The club’s new exhibit, “The Art of Truthfulness,” plans to challenge negative stigmas surrounding the practice. (Burcu Turkay/Daily Bruin)

Students around the world may be able to stream recordings of “Dracula,” “Pride and Prejudice” and Shakespearean plays. In October, the L.A. Theatre Works entered Audio Theatre 2.0 into the My LA2050 Grants Challenge, which will award up to $100,000 to community projects that receive the most online votes from the public. Read more...

Photo: L.A. Theatre Works’ project Audio Theatre 2.0 could allow access to a large collection of recorded shows for its audience, such as “Pride and Prejudice” and “Tooth and Claw.” The #MyLA2050 grant will announce the winners on Dec. 6. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)