Arts + Culture

Student Affairs’ Brian MacDonald discusses the convention’s UCLA ties and how fandom can inspire student success.

The scholarship aims to support high-potential students studying in the school’s music industry program.

Exploring the UCLA Library Special Collections archive reveals the wit, legacy and private world of a filmmaker who lived life on her own terms.

Learn about the Library’s ongoing work to describe and catalog rare Islamicate materials.

The exhibition at UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library is curated by art history doctoral candidate Mal Meisels.

Esperon is the first sitting UCLA student to win a resident fellowship with the LA Philharmonic.

The industry needs to reflect new realities, according to UCLA’s latest Hollywood Diversity Report.

Sydney Richardson and Jorge Parra Jr. turn personal histories into powerful, creative statements.

In honoring his father, UCLA professor Aomar Boum and his daughter interwove family and national histories.

Read about how Wilson’s path — and those of his bandmates and friends — intersected with UCLA over the years.

The repatriated items include ceremonial glass spearheads and a kangaroo tooth headband worn by a revered elder.

From a surprise piano performance to opera to ensembles, UCLA students and local artists brought musical connection to the historic moment.

Six of UCLA’s leading scholars and artists from across disciplines showcased the incredible depth, breadth and impact of Bruin scholarship and innovation. 

From the June 5 ceremony and the June 4 Bruin Talks symposium to UCLA’s arts, cultural and scholarly offerings, this is your guide to inauguration week.

A new study sheds light on what the increasing use of distortion tells us about human evolution and the formation of new social groups.

The free public programs run through Sept. 28 at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.

Uprooted from Los Angeles, a husband and wife chronicled 17 years through tanka poems.

The exhibition, which runs from May 4 through Jan. 11, 2026, invites visitors to reflect on how urban spaces can be reimagined through collective action.

A renowned musicologist widely recognized for his seminal scholarship on Czech and Eastern European music, Beckerman will begin his role this fall.

Mona Jarrahi, Suk-Young Kim, Jingyi Jessica Lee, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni and Park Williams are among a group of 198 new fellows chosen from more than, 3,500 applicants.

Over nine screenings, the series features a diverse lineup that spotlights the best contemporary and classic feature-length films from Iran and the Iranian diaspora.

The inaugural performance of “Climate Notes” takes place April 27 at 4 p.m. in Schoenberg Hall.

Distinguished professor Raymond Knapp explains how music revives the past, using “Sondheim at 90” as an example.

Executive chef Christa Carretero shares her passion for culinary arts.

The UCLA alumna, who was also an inaugural activist-in-residence at the university, will premiere ‘The Underbelly’ in 2025.