In Los Angeles, a night out dancing usually entails some pleather, a DJ and a venue with a name like The Boogie. But this Saturday night in the Powell Library Rotunda, members of the UCLA community can travel back to a time before the art of freaking had ever possessed the hips of the teenage population. Read more...

High-speed horse collisions. Exotic python encounters. Grueling workouts in 100-degree weather. For the cast and crew of the film “Alexander,” surviving dangerous situations like these almost became second nature. Read more...

The age of the “dinner and a movie” date is long gone. And if you ask me, it’s about time people started to take notice. Divorce rates starting to tip the scales at a little over 50 percent? Read more...

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love SpongeBob SquarePants, and those who do not. For those who love him, the passion goes quite far. Read more...

The founder of Muslim music group The Ensemble Al-Kindi wasn’t always a Muslim. When French musician Julienne Eddine Weiss did decide to convert to Islam, it was because of his fascination with the culture of the religion, rather than interest in its laws. Read more...

Sex meets sentiment tonight at Royce Hall, when UCLA Live brings Jane Birkin to perform a tribute to her late ex-husband, the legendary French musician Serge Gainsbourg. Read more...

The Francis Ford Coppola One-Act Marathon generally features film directors who are crossing over into theater. But Michael Aspinwall, the director of the musical “High School!” said “(his) background is shady.” Aspinwall graduated from UCLA in 2004 with a degree in theater performance and is currently working on his masters degree in theater education and critical studies. Read more...