One of the hottest new bands in Los Angeles owes a lot to some of the oldest. Keith Slettedahl is the lead singer and songwriter of The 88, who perform at noon today in Westwood Plaza. Read more...

Carlo Ginzburg is a great showman. The renowned UCLA history professor knows how to keep the audience guessing by limiting the details of his upcoming speech on replication. Read more...

Twin brothers “Frit” and “Frat” Fuller, two newly appointed faculty members in the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures, are leading a dance class at Focus Fish studios in Santa Monica. Read more...

Spundae at Circus finds its own niche in Los Angeles’s crowded nightlife landscape ““ it provides an opportunity for the mainstream and the rave subculture to find common ground. Read more...

The George Piper Dances, or “Ballet Boyz,” attempted to push the boundaries of ballet and contemporary dance this past weekend at Royce Hall. Known for their reality-TV-like clips projected in-between dance moves, the Boyz fed the public’s obsession with seeing celebrities at their most human level.  Whether it was the company’s founders falling on their backs trying to master a piece of choreography, consistently getting lost looking for the theater at each stop on their tour, or practicing arm positions in the bathtub, the audience relished every chance to laugh. Read more...

Asking a musician whether he prefers teaching or performing is like asking a first year student his major. It’s one of those questions everyone tries to avoid having to answer. Read more...

One of the great things about Clint Eastwood is his uncanny ability to infuse stoicism and apathy into the protagonists of his films, whether he’s in front of the camera or behind it. Read more...