By Sona Stepanian Daily Bruin Contributor Using an upside-down American flag embellished with the symbol for anarchy as a backdrop, Rage Against The Machine stormed the stage of the Hollywood Palladium Wednesday night. Read more...

By Brandon Wilson Daily Bruin Contributor You might call it Gershon’s Giggle Theory, or perhaps the Giggling Gina Principle, but by any name at all, actress Gina Gershon has a nearly foolproof barometer to which all her prospective directors must be subjected. Read more...

By Alicia Cheak Daily Bruin Contributor It’s small and inconspicuous. Nestled among the other art galleries on the Broadway strip in Santa Monica, The First Independent Gallery (FIG) was created in ’93 by a group of six UCLA art professors. Read more...

By Cecily Feltham Daily Bruin Contributor A woman who saw Sankai Juku on tour in 1986 said, "It was fantastic. I fell asleep". She wasn’t being sarcastic. Read more...

By Kristin Fiore Daily Bruin Senior Staff Musicians have many idiosyncrasies ­ biting the heads off of chickens, wearing shoe polish on their face during shows or making stage hands pick out all the brown M&Ms ­ and let’s not even get into Perry Ferrell. Read more...

By Brandon Wilson Daily Bruin Contributor There are two things that British filmmaker Mike Leigh is obviously tired of discussing with reporters. First is his trademark method of creating screenplays with a set of actors after months of intensive improv with the collective group. Read more...

By Susan Lee Daily Bruin Contributor If pictures were worth a thousand words, the Kerckhoff Art Gallery might resemble a giant encyclopedia collection. From the outside, the gothic architecture of Kerckhoff is striking. Read more...