Declare Yourself Westwood Plaza Feb. 26, 10 a.m. ““ 2 p.m. Non-profit campaign comes to UCLA to get students to register to vote. DJ J.Period and spoken word artists will assist with entertainment while you’re filling out your paperwork. Read more...

In the overgrown jungle of L.A. garage rock and testosterone-based performance, a new bird is quietly piping, but she doesn’t need to yell to be heard. Read more...

“21 Grams” Ackerman Grand Ballroom Feb. 26-27, 7 and 9:30 p.m. If you’ve seen all the Best Picture nominees already and are sick of new theatrical releases, you may want to check out “21 Grams,” which not only includes the best cinematography not nominated for this year’s Oscars, but also one of the better non-nominated performances by Sean Penn, who may be stronger in this film than he was in “Mystic River.” Tickets are $2 at the door. Read more...

Just walk around campus, and it’s clear that many students are literally hooked to their iPods, yet Turkish musician Latif Bolat sees them as an evil that is killing off musical tradition. Read more...

Charles Bissell is a natural born rock singer. His chords don’t have an effortless cool like Lou Reed’s, but instead a kind of natural brashness, an every-word-counts urgency that can turn even the most pedestrian lines into a keening credo. Read more...

As illogical as it may sound at the outset, Los Angeles-based band My Barbarian is in fact the logical result of the combination of an actor, a filmmaker, a video director, a playwright and a trained artist. Read more...

WILL Win: Tim Robbins, “Mystic River” SHOULD Win: Tim Robbins, “Mystic River” While Robbins may at times be a controversial figure due to his anti-war activism, one thing there is no fighting about is this UCLA alum’s chance of coming home a winner. Read more...