You won’t find much about rap music in Jeff Chang’s new book ““ which would be pretty normal if it weren’t a history of hip-hop. Chang, who earned his master’s degree in Asian American studies from UCLA in 1995, will be taking his promotional tour of “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation” to the Kerckhoff Hall State Rooms (131-135) on Feb. Read more...

From Los Angeles to Vienna to London and back, UCLA World Arts and Cultures Professor Peter Sellars has dedicated his life to spreading artistic vision. Only returning to Los Angeles to teach his Monday night four-hour course titled “Art as Social Action,” Sellars preaches that art is not just a medium for beauty or entertainment ““ it truly can enact change. Read more...

For better or worse, the Grammy Awards can be extraordinarily difficult to watch. With an annual viewership of almost 30 million and a long, successful history, the Grammys are the oldest and most respected of any music awards show. 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...

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...