Cellist Maya Beiser prefers not to have an orchestra or even a piano back her up during her solo performances because she’d rather do the solo lines, vocals and accompaniments herself. Read more...

Everyone has different visions of the afterlife: what God looks like, if Hell is the flaming pit of despair many believe it to be, or whether such things even exist. Read more...

It’s 1:30 on a Friday afternoon and the city is buzzing outside on Wilshire Boulevard. While people everywhere are rushing to finish their work weeks, those inside the UCLA Hammer Museum are bustling as if the work week has just begun. Read more...

“Rory O’Shea Was Here” Directed by Damien O’Donnel Focus Features It is a rare occurrence when films do justice to people with disabilities ““ they often either portray them as patient martyrs or as cartoon-like sidekicks. Read more...

Few students would place “exhibit at a major museum,” at the top of their post-collegiate to-do list, as this lofty goal is rarely attainable during someone’s lifetime. Read more...

Antony And The Johnsons “I Am A Bird Now” Secretly Canadian Records A single piano chord, and then it emerges: the sound of a slinky Billie Holiday in makeup and purple pants. Read more...

For many, the Restoration comedy might be an entirely unknown concept, or just a vague foreign mode of drama linked to images of limp wrists, bleached wigs and dainty, black-buckled heels sported by both genders. Read more...