By Azadeh Farahmand Daily Bruin Contributor Those who cannot afford the time, expense and anxiety of air travel to Latin America can instead enjoy free exposure to a diverse range of Latin American stories and sceneries brought to the UCLA James Bridges Theater. Read more...

  Annie Leibovitz Armistead Maupin will appear at UCLA’s Schoenburg Hall. By Phoebe Bronstein Daily Bruin Contributor Author Armistead Maupin’s life has lead him as far from his southern roots as one could imagine. Read more...

Click on the image to see an interactive version By Mary Williams Daily Bruin Senior Staff Every holiday has its emblem. Christmas has Christmas trees, the Fourth of July has fireworks, and Thanksgiving has hand turkeys. Read more...

By Azadeh Farahmand Daily Bruin Contributor It is perilous to be an artist or intellectual in Iran, outspoken about one’s critically political and social sensibilities. For Tahmineh Milani, making films about the contemporary plight of Iranian women and publicly challenging the authority of the theocratic state have brought about both thrills and terror.  And Milani’s arrest late last summer by Tehran’s Revolutionary Court brought her to a wide national audience. Read more...

  Drive-Thru Records New Found Glory headlines a nationwide tour for the first time, stopping at the Hollywood Palladium this Friday. By Shana Dines Daily Bruin Contributor Despite the common misconception that all punk sounds the same, there are many varieties of the multi-faceted genre of music. Read more...

  Courtesy of Marplot Poets Marplot Poets Farnoosh Fathi (left) and Edy Pickens pose at Gallery 2211 in downtown L.A. at a Sept. 15 poetry reading. Read more...

By Ben Baroncini Daily Bruin Contributor Here’s the scenario: an undergrad at UCLA decides that a life of pinching pennies and flipping burgers just isn’t cutting it anymore. Read more...