A royal family and the court walk onto the stage, clad in rich ornamental accessories that accentuate their regal demeanors. Suddenly, a duke’s attendant drapes himself in a white cloth and transforms, right in front of the audience and his companions, into a shepherd, and the show goes on uninterrupted. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Department of Theater will perform its rendition of the 18th-century play “Double Falsehood.” Written by English playwright Lewis Theobald, the play focuses on love, mistrust and relationships.

On stage, a flute lightly sounds, followed by a piercing beat of a chu-daiko drum. Another beat sounds out, and another, in a quickening progression. “Each beat has a sound that livens you up and you’re just taken aback by how big it is,” said Kayla Asato, fourth-year communications student and Kyodo Taiko co-director. Read more...

Photo: Fourth year film student Reid Taguchi performed at last year’s NSU Culture Night with the Kyodo Taiko drumming group.

Josh Johnson, a saxophone player, received a Thelonious Monk compilation for Christmas in seventh grade. Little did he know that years later, he would be developing his repertoire as a jazz musician in the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, learning from some of the greatest living jazz musicians of our time. Read more...

Photo: A highly selective band of seven jazz musicians, the Thelonious Monk Institute Ensemble will perform Thursday as part of UCLA Fowler Museum’s Fowler Out Loud concert series.