Frank Gehry, I.M. Pei, Michael Graves, … UCLA? In the past, winning Architecture Magazine’s prestigious Progressive Architecture Award has often been associated with outstanding achievement on an individual artistic level. Read more...

On any given day, some UCLA students will gripe about the endless amounts of reading and papers assigned to them by their professors. But then again, most of these assignments do not include a mandatory viewing of the Grammy Awards or selecting two articles to read from Billboard magazine on a weekly basis. Read more...

Classes in costume design, playwriting and Thai Chi are not a part of the average freshman’s experience. But they are part of the “freshman experience,” a term coined to define the required curriculum for UCLA undergraduate theater students. Read more...

“The Assassination of Richard Nixon” Directed by Niels Mueller ThinkFilm Everyone wants a piece of the American dream. In 1974, perhaps that dream involved a loving family and a Cadillac El Dorado. Read more...

The Main Drag “Simmer In Your Hotseat” Endless Recordings Somewhere under Chuck Klosterman’s desk, the gods of indie rock are making like bunny rabbits and cranking out stunning debut albums. Read more...

TIME magazine reported this week that the secret to living a long life is all based on one thing: optimism. That’s right, think positive thoughts and you can cure cancer, ward off heart disease and even prevent arthritis. Read more...

Imagine the chance to speak with Francis Ford Coppola, one of the godfathers of filmmaking, about his directorial choices. Imagine sitting in a small room with Baz Luhrmann as he reveals what it was like to work with Nicole Kidman, or with Jason Alexander as he discusses what he went through to create the character of George on “Seinfeld.” Opportunities like this are often just that ““ products of the imagination. Read more...