It's where music with a message collides with the power of education "“ the fourth annual Mighty Mic benefit concert will be held tonight at 7 p.m. in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Read more...
Photo: The hip-hop duo Zion I is one of the acts for Mighty Mic, a benefit concert aiming to educate the audience about conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Richard Wyatt Jr. looked at the Fowler Now newsletter and was surprised to see the mural he painted as a 14-year-old one summer at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Artists Richard Wyatt and Guillermo Anderson painted a mural in 1971 for the UCLA African American studies center. The mural is now on view at the Fowler Museum as part of the “Art, Activism, Access: 40 Years of Ethic Studies at UCLA” exhibit.
John Caldwell is seemingly a jack-of-all-trades in the study of media: he is a cinema and media studies professor, filmmaker, author, editor, keynote speaker, producer and director. Now he is also the recipient of the UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching award for 2010, commending him for excellence in his field. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Academic Senate has selected cinema and media studies Professor John Caldwell for the 2010 Distinguished Teaching Award. Past students and colleagues have praised Caldwell for his energy and enthusiasm.
Tonight, the UCLA Department of Theater will be putting a modern edge on classical Greek drama. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Department of Theater will present “Elektra,” directed by graduate student Monica Payne, beginning tonight at 8 p.m. at Macgowan Hall.
The members of McKinley High School glee club, the fictional subjects of the hit FOX television show, "Glee" wanted to make artistic expression socially acceptable at their school. Read more...
Photo: Fans of the FOX show “Glee” stand in line at the Grove to wait for a special screening of an upcoming episode on Saturday, April 10. The show returns from hiatus tonight at 9:28 p.m.
If you think you can't change your destiny, think again. Read more...
Photo: Set on the personal lives of carnival performers and based on the William Lindsay Gresham novel of the same name, “Nightmare Alley” will be playing at the Geffen Playhouse from April 13 to May 23.
The war in Iraq has inspired a number of movies and documentaries, covering everything from the search for weapons of mass destruction to the role of oil, varying in their degrees of political commentary and sensationalism. Read more...
Photo: A still from the documentary, “Fighting for Life,” which profiles the Uniformed Services University and military medics working in the war in Iraq. The documentary will be screened tonight at the James Bridges Theater on campus.
