“Miracle” Directed by Gavin O’Connor Walt Disney Pictures I know almost nothing about sports, but I love sports movies. “Miracle” is a big, old-fashioned, red-blooded sports movie that wears its heart on its sleeve, the kind that makes grown men cry. Read more...

Some people dance to the beat of a different drum. For students in one particular on-campus percussion class, that drum is from Africa. An eight-week African drumming class led by Fred Jones is one of the many cultural programs offered by UCLA’s Department of Cultural and Recreation Affairs. Read more...

Isamu Noguchi Japanese American National Museum Feb. 7 through May 30 To celebrate what would be Noguchi’s 100th birthday, an exhibition of modern Japanese ceramics organized by the Smithsonian is the perfect gift for the artist and museum-goers. Read more...

At military funerals today, it’s not an unusual sight to see a person playing “Taps” with a digital bugle, or to hear a recording of the famous tune playing on a boom box. Read more...

Film School The Cooperage Feb. 6, 8 p.m. With a moody and dynamic palette of sounds, Film School is sure to win over the hearts of arty pretentious types everywhere. Read more...

“The Animation Show” may prove to be the perfect compromise for students appalled by the shock value tactics of “Spike & Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation,” yet too intellectually pretentious for Saturday morning cartoons. Read more...

“Hidalgo” Ackerman Grand Ballroom Feb. 10, 8 p.m. If not for the pretty overt pro-American sentiment, this almost looks like a David Lean movie, Omar Sharif and all. Read more...