Despite the benefits of absorbing a culture other than one’s own, it’s hard to find the money and time to visit another country. Fortunately, the UCLA ethnomusicology department is attempting to bring the musical experience of the Middle East to Westwood. Read more...

If Volkswagen’s Touareg SUV is all that comes to mind at the mention of the Tuareg people, a visit to the Fowler Museum at UCLA is in order. Read more...

It’s my party, and I’ll eat if I want to. Tomorrow I turn 21. This wonderful rite of passage will be marked by a marvelous celebration (read: insane party), complete with mudslides, martinis and pot stickers. Read more...

“Marie Antoinette” Director Sofia Coppola Columbia Pictures Marie Antoinette, the storied 19-year-old Queen of France, is probably most well-known in history classes across the world for her early and tragic death at the fall of the Versailles court, and for uttering the careless catchphrase, “Let them eat cake.” However, “Lost in Translation” director Sofia Coppola leaves the trademarks and any conventional historical-film practices behind in her adaptation of the young queen’s life. Read more...

The days of radio just might be numbered. Or, that is, radio as we know it. According to a New York Times article published in September, the amount of time 18 to 24-year-olds spend listening to the radio has decreased by 15 percent since 1999. Read more...

LADYTRON CONCERT Today, noon Bruin Plaza, FREE As far as musical uppers and downers are concerned, Ladytron has found a way to integrate energy on the stage with its electronic mood-based ethos. Read more...

Scott Dikkers and Peter Hilleren “Destined For Destiny: The Unauthorized Autobiography of George W. Bush” Scribner As we near Election Day, many people feel that the U.S. Read more...