Like a congregation of lapsed Catholics suddenly faithful in the face of distressing times, literary lost sheep packed into the Skirball Cultural Center on April 10 to listen to writer Alice Walker read selections from her first collection of poetry in over a decade. Read more...

DKNY, BCBG and FCUK: Get ready to meet your newest competitor in the world of fashion: FAST. Cue the lights. Polish the catwalk. It’s time to sashay and shantay with the newest creations from student designers at this year’s Fashion And Student Trends’ fashion show, “Addiction,” Monday, April 21 in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Read more...

Michael Chabon, serving as the guest editor of Dave Eggers’ literary journal “McSweeney’s,” transformed the journal throughout. Abandoning the familiar shape, font and overall style of previous issues, the 10th installment of the journal is Chabon’s personal brainchild. Read more...

With three quick snaps of her fingers and a sharp fling of her thick black hair, Alice Tong, 22, set the night into motion. Tong, an ethnomusicology graduate from UCLA and jazz singer fresh to the L.A. Read more...

“A Mighty Wind” Directed by Christopher Guest “A Mighty Wind” and no fart jokes? That’s right, mockumentaries have to work harder than that to get laughs, but seeing how few belly laughs there were in this blasé comedy, a well-placed fart joke couldn’t have hurt. Read more...

Armed with the heavy fuzz of reverb guitar and vocal harmonies reminiscent of early ’60s acts, The Raveonettes are forcing a new sound out of the roots of American rock ‘n’ roll. Read more...

Oh, to be young and talented. Or in the case of the dancers of Nederlands Dans Theater II, performing April 12 and 13 in Royce Hall, to be young and employed by the junior branch of one of the most well respected dance companies in the world. Read more...