Brent Hopkins Hopkins is currently doing hard time in the Federal Jazz Deprogramming Center in Grand Rapids, Mich. Send your thoughts to [email protected]. Whenever I used to hear preachers rail about the evils of music, I used to ignore them as lowbrow simpletons, unschooled and unappreciative about the power of great art. Read more...

  DANIEL WONG The Chen Art Gallery is located in Torrance, housed in the Sunrider International building, and is open each week, Tuesday through Thursday. By Janet Nakano Daily Bruin Contributor Tucked away in a towering executive building, sprawled out over nine acres of land, lies a hidden treasure of Chinese art and artifacts. Read more...

  UCLA Performing Arts In her only Los Angeles recital, Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha will perform at Royce Hall on Thursday at 8 p.m. Concerts in Powell Rotunda The UCLA Gluck Fellows Group will perform a concert in the Powell Library Rotunda on Wednesday from 4 to 4:45 p.m. Read more...

  MacGillivray Freeman Films "Journey into Amazing Caves" is a new IMAX film about the mysterious world of underground passages and labyrinths. By Jacqueline Maar Daily Bruin Contributor Going where no man has gone before, cavers explore unknown, and often uncharted, territories, hidden deep within earth’s crevices. Read more...

By Kelsey McConnell Daily Bruin Contributor A nun’s story with a promising twist, “Lying Awake” fails to end with resolution and deliver satisfaction. Mark Salzman’s newest work of fiction, “Lying Awake,” has an intriguing premise. Read more...

  Photos by COURTNEY STEWART Greg White (right) twirls his partner among other learners during a dance lesson last month at West Los Angeles’ The Conga Room. Read more...

  MARY HOLSCHER The UCLA Fowler Museum hosts the exhibit "Making Faces, Playing God" until July 29. By Emily Pauker Daily Bruin Contributor Whoever said you can’t turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse never saw a make-up artist at work. Read more...