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...

Electrelane Troubadour April 9, 9 p.m. The four-girl experimental group from Brighton comes with its hypnotic tricks, powerful choral arrangements and kraut-rock roots. Prepare to be awed. Read more...

High school students dropped off by their parents, snobby art school aficionados and thirty-something business men were all milling around the House of Blues on Sunset Boulevard on March 29. 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...

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...

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...

Outstanding young musicians find inspiration, camaraderie and experience by playing in the American Youth Symphony orchestra, a group with arguably the best talent performing locally next to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Read more...