Drummer Paul Hawley has just played in what he calls one of the top three Hot Hot Heat shows of the band’s short career. About 1,400 fans came to see his band and the Walkmen perform a double bill at Seattle’s Graceland, a venue with a 1,200 person occupancy. Read more...

What is it like to work for a genius? For Daniel Roberts, a dancer with the legendary Merce Cunningham Dance Company, speaking about his job is often easier than actually doing it. Read more...

Merce Cunningham not only creates respected work, he collaborates with people whose work he respects. Sculptor Charles Long was asked by the modern dance choreographer to create sets for “Way Station,” a piece that will be performed by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company Friday night at Royce Hall. Read more...

Each weekday thousands of UCLA’s academia sit in front of their TV sets, winding down from their horribly gruesome lives in order to watch all three re-runs of “The Simpsons.” That’s right ““ for many of us, 6, 7:30 and 11 p.m. Read more...

Film Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s 1959 film “Suddenly, Last Summer,” starring Elizabeth Taylor, screens at the James Bridges Theater 7:30 p.m. today as part of the “Out of the Past” UCLA Film and Television Archive series showing film restoration efforts. Read more...

Everyone knows his name, everyone knows his comedic style and, everyone knows about his success. Neil Simon has dazzled audiences with a number of funny, offbeat Broadway plays, Oscar-nominated screenplays, and even a Pulitzer- Prize-winning drama. Read more...

Hunter S. Thompson “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century” For the ever-reclusive gonzo scribe Hunter Thompson, “Kingdom of Fear” is his most intimate work. Read more...