The Carl Wilson Foundation, founded by Beach Boy member Wilson’s sons Jonah and Justin after their father died of cancer, is having its annual benefit this weekend. Read more...

What do you do when you’re a prisoner of war? Well, if you were French composer Olivier Messaien in a concentration camp during World War II, you’d write “Quartet for the End of Time,” a piece for piano, clarinet, violin and cello that sounds as important and ethereal as its title suggests. Read more...

The dead and the living unite in Royce Hall tomorrow at 2 p.m. as UCLA Live presents Buster Keaton’s “The Navigator” accompanied by organist Chris Elliott. Read more...

Russian cinema has had its share of luminaries, from Andrei Tarkovsky (“Solaris”) and Sergei Eisenstein (“Battleship Potemkin”). Less known but just as important is Alexander Dovzhenko, whose films are being screened at the James Bridges Theater tonight. Read more...

If any word makes people’s ears perk it’s the word “free.” Whether it’s free food, free movie passes or free Socialist propaganda given to you on Bruin Walk, hey, it’s free ““ so stock up. Read more...

“Mr. Show’s” Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are full of brilliant ideas, and now they’re taking them on the road. “You’re gonna get to see a solution to the problem of the mentally handicapped on death row,” he said of Friday’s performance at Royce Hall. Read more...

Last time we saw our dynamic duo, they were busy getting a tour of a major movie studio, only to find out that there are no great comedic stars left in movies. Read more...