For unconventional classical music ensemble Bang on a Can, the context of the works it selects to perform holds nearly the same importance as the quality of the works themselves. Read more...

The electro rhythms of French pop-rock group Air will fill Royce Hall on Nov. 12-13 as the soundtrack to Ballet Preljocaj’s “Near Life Experience.” Whimsical rock musicians Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin of Air, who wrote the music for “The Virgin Suicides” in 2000, have composed a completely original soundtrack for the bold new ballet by Angelin Preljocaj. Read more...

Not too long ago, I found myself participating in a history-steeped college tradition”“ sitting around with a bunch of guys doing nothing before a night out ““ when someone’s cell phone went off. Read more...

Hundreds of Los Angeles celebrity magazines won’t give you half the intimate details of watching some of the most important artists of the country in their open conversations at the UCLA Hammer Museum. Read more...

FILM&TV: “Alexander” History is so much hotter when your teachers are Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie and Jared Leto. Take a sneak peek at the new film that chronicles the legendary epic that is the life of this sexually adventurous Macedonian conqueror as he travels all the way from Babylon to India, killing anything standing in his way and sleeping with everything else. Read more...

This year’s UCLA Wind Ensemble is the best one yet ““ at least that’s the claim made by conductor Dr. Thomas Lee. But students will get a chance to find out for themselves on Nov. Read more...

Janet Jackson’s baring performance at the Superbowl. Britney kissing Madonna at the VMA. Risqué moments like these seem almost commonplace now, but in the 1940s, sex was all action and no talk. Read more...