Hardcore music has been a male-dominated scene since its inception in the early ’80s, but Candace Kucsulain, 23, vocalist of Detroit thrashers Walls of Jericho, isn’t going to let that get in her way. Read more...

Isaac Julien UCLA Hammer Museum April 15, 7 p.m. The art council chair for spring quarter in the UCLA Department of Art, this British filmmaker will tell us what his job entails and why it exists. Read more...

Musicians from Marlboro Schoenberg Hall April 17, 8 p.m. A sampling of top talent from the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont includes pianists Murray Perahia and Richard Goode and violinist Jaime Laredo. Read more...

With the UCLA film department’s upcoming undergraduate application deadline on April 30, students who dream about becoming the next big thing in Hollywood will soon be scrambling to get their materials in on time. Read more...

Sam Beam is out of a job. But what he’s lost in salary, the former film professor at the Miami International University of Art & Design, is making up for with record sales. Read more...

“Big Fish” Ackerman Grand Ballroom April 8-9, 7 and 9:30 p.m. If you missed Tim Burton’s lesson in fantasy filmmaking when it was competing with Oscar films in December, you can catch it now. Read more...

Musicians come from all walks of life, even from the sports world. But the results are, as they were in Shaq’s rap career, often less than great. Read more...