Arts + Culture

Q&A with UCLA’s Cheryl Keyes about her latest musical project “Hollywood and Vine” — a foray into “nu-disco” and “trans-Atlantic house.”

New major is an extension of the jazz studies concentration, established in 1996 by jazz icon Kenny Burrell.

In this Q&A, director of the UCLA Game Lab Eddo Stern discusses the lab’s origins and what projects they’re sending to the Victoria and Albert Museum.

UCLA group presents “LA Escena,” the city’s first Hispanic classical theater festival Sept. 21–23.

The characters’ extraordinary abilities are pure science fiction. Or are they?

California Preservation Foundation recognized the Clark for preserving its treasured aesthetic while upgrading for safety and accessibility.

Arcadia Fund grant will help open access to rare manuscripts from St. Catherine’s Monastery.

“World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean,” an exhibition that challenges fixed and familiar notions of places like Africa, opens Oct. 21.

Dean Teri Schwartz and Nadja Swarovski served as producers on “Waterschool,” which shines a light on the need to safeguard the world’s fresh water.

“South of No North: Gato Negro Ediciones,” is a dynamic installation of risograph prints and runs until Dec. 9.

Former UCLA Film & Television Archive staffer Rosa Gaiarsa shares insights on working with the inherently unstable film stock, which is prone to decomposition.

Of the 32 artists featured in this year’s exhibition, 11 are Bruins and 10 of those got degrees from the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.

In a panel discussion hosted by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, the creator and actors from the award-winning FX drama talked with two who worked in counterintelligence.

In her esteemed career, Barbara Drucker has left an indelible mark not just on UCLA and the art world, but in Los Angeles schools where she reshaped arts education.

The show of works from the permanent collection runs until Sept. 9.

The legendary bandleader sparked serious conversations about race, politics and music by performing with an integrated band.

The schedule, which runs from September 22, 2018, to May 10, 2019, offers 42 events and 59 performances, with one U.S. and seven West Coast premieres, plus two exclusive programs.

The proposed minor would create new opportunities to engage students across all majors on campus, and it would extend the campus’s existing strength in Iranian studies.

The exhibition “Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths” contains more than 225 pieces will travel internationally after debuting at UCLA.

Singer-songwriter Eva B. Ross, a UCLA alumna, will perform at the closing concert, as will the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA and Superdevoiche, the UCLA Balkan Women’s Choir.

Four UCLA professors offer their thoughts on the prize going to a non-classical or non-jazz record for the first time ever.

Six of Newton’s original compositions, including two world premieres, offer a glimpse into his evolution as a composer at the free concert on April 22.

UCLA event features designers from “Coming to America” and “Black Panther” talking about bringing fictional African countries to life on screen.

A $2 million gift left by the late actor will support students in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Experts at a Zócalo/UCLA discussion say the mega-hit will inspire more inclusion if the industry internalizes its many lessons.