To be original, to be creative, to hold an influential role in the time line of art history sometimes means not having your work appreciated at the time it is produced. Read more...

Those who pass by the Ackerman conference rooms every Thursday night might be wondering why people are walking around with guitars and from where the sound of amps and rock tunes are coming. Read more...

Just the other day, I was whiling away my evening like any normal college student, watching Animal Planet instead of studying. The particular program I had the pleasure of viewing on this occasion was titled “Ultimate Zoos.” It made sure to deliver on its promise, presenting some zoos that were indeed rather ultimate, including one of the world’s largest hippo aquariums and the Arctic Ring of Life polar bear exhibit in Detroit. Read more...

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...

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...

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...

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...