As a high school student, Joe Villa had no idea a set of used turntables and DJ lessons from an older student would change his life. Read more...
Photo: John Wooden Center DJ instructors Wil An (pictured here) and Joe Villa will lead the mixing and battling DJ workshop as part of Hip Hop Appreciation Month.
Twenty thousand hysterical fans cry out in a star-struck ecstasy. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Karen Chuang landed a job as a backup dancer for Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday: RELOADED” tour, moving away from her younger Disney roles and validating her talent as a mature and versatile performer.
The crosstown rivalry will be put aside for a night of music as two groups consisting primarily of USC alumni get ready to perform at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Andris Mattson, Amber Navran and Max Bryk met while studying jazz performances at USC before forming the band Moonchild in the summer of 2011. Since then, they have opened for Stevie Wonder at a benefit concert. The group is set to perform tonight in the Kerchkoff Coffeehouse.
After taking a one-year hiatus from songwriting to invest her time volunteering in state prisons, Thao Nguyen, lead singer of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, returns with “We the Common,” an album that holds true to Nguyen’s carefree tunes and cheerful vibes but is also reflective of her recent experiences. Read more...
On Sunday, L.A. Times food critic, Pulitzer Prize winner and UCLA music history alumnus Jonathan Gold will appear at the Hammer Museum to discuss the evolution of food culture in Los Angeles, mainly Asian cuisine in light of Chinese New Year. Read more...
Photo: L.A. Times food critic Jonathan Gold revealed his identity after years of choosing to remain anonymous in order to preserve the reputation and validity of his reviews.
Mixing the artful complexities of “Traffic,” the occasional wit of “Ocean’s Eleven,” and the medically thrilling tones of “Contagion,” “Side Effects” seems like an appropriate send-off of specialty techniques and styles for director Steven Soderbergh before going on his publicized, indefinite hiatus. Read more...
David Shields’ crippling stutter pushed him to become a writer to cure his language troubles. It is literature that eventually developed his connection to the world. Read more...
Photo: In author David Shields’ new book “How Literature Saved My Life,” he debates the actual importance of literature.
