WAC. It’s a funny sounding acronym for an offbeat major that creates original works and new artists each and every year. From June 10-12, the world arts and cultures department, along with Highways Performance Space, presented their Student Festival of Works, the final WAC production of the year. Read more...

When the seven members of the UCLA Trumpet Ensemble took their place on stage during the National Trumpet Competition, there wasn’t a music stand or piece of sheet music in sight. Read more...

Believe it or not, the one development in recent times that has had the most impact on the music world isn’t Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction. It’s file-sharing. Read more...

It may not be so obvious from his appearance now, but UCLA Live Director David Sefton was once a punk rocker in Liverpool, England. Although after considering the avant-garde nature of his work, the idea is a lot more conceivable. Read more...

Once, the defiance of gravity was exclusively the domain of those skilled with paper and pencil. And while animators have always had the ability to bring their most incongruous ideas to life, transcending the limitations of time and space have now become a pedestrian feat for live-action filmmakers thanks to a now well-established technique called computer-generated imagery. Read more...

Having just received the Spotlight Award from the School of Theater, Film, Television and Digital Media this year, graduating film student Jared Drake is eager to start a career in directing among Hollywood hotshots. Read more...

“VHS rules,” proclaimed fourth-year religious studies student Walter Morales. “I’m so over DVDs. I’m bringing back VHS.” Good luck. As enthusiastic as the old-school Morales is about leading a VHS return to glory, the cold hard truth is that the DVD has replaced VHS as the OWW (Only Way to Watch). Read more...