Arts + Culture

Actor Henry Winkler, who played “The Fonz” on the long-running sitcom “Happy Days,” recently talked with UCLA students about the process he goes through in co-authoring the popular “Hank Zipzer” series of children’s books.

The star-studded fundraiser featured tributes to artist Mark Bradford, musician Joni Mitchell and a performance by pop singer Sia.

“Round Trip: Bicycling Asia Minor, 1891” opens Dec. 14 and features 42 black-and-white photos from the historic trip.

After 10 years of research at UCLA, the first mobile website to function as a storytelling trail guide to help people explore the past, present and future of certain downtown L.A. neighborhoods —  as they walk, bike or skateboard in those locations — was unveiled.

At a “Thinking L.A.” event copresented by UCLA and Zocalo Public Square, a panel that included two UCLA professors discuss the transformation of downtown L.A. and whether it lives up to the current hype.

A $2.5 million gift from Tadashi Yanai will help transform UCLA’s Department of Asian Languages and Cultures into one of the world’s leading centers for the study of Japanese literature and culture.

Natividad “Nati” Cano, Grammy-winning mariachi leader and former director of the Music of Mexico Ensemble at UCLA, died Oct. 3. Cano played a major role in bringing mariachi music from local cafes to concert halls around the world.

In a new mainstream biography, Kara Cooney sets out to rehabilitate the image of the pharaoh Hatshepsut, a woman whose successes were later erased or reassigned to male forebears.

The Center for the Art of Performance is presenting a week-long interactive art installation on Royce Quad to build understanding between veterans and civilians. It’s being offered in conjunction with a multimedia theatrical production, “Basetrack Live.”

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s 2014-15 theater season features 13 events, including The Two Cities Project, and the Francis Ford Coppola One Act Marathon.

From concerts by guest performers and student ensembles to stunning exhibitions, the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture has more than 75 public events coming up this quarter.

Outreach around the study includes a Twitter campaign seeking thoughts on the importance of diversity on TV and in film.

‘Robert Heinecken: Object Matter,’ which runs from Oct. 3 through Jan. 18, captures his eclectic body of work that transformed photography from an instrument of reportage to a tool for deconstructing social norms.

In his latest documentary, “Bitter Honey,” UCLA anthropologist Robert Lemelson tracks the abuses suffered by wives trapped in polygamous marriages.

The Fowler Museum at UCLA presents "World Share: Installations by Pascale Marthine Tayou," a large-scale immersive environment that combines the artist's sculpture, drawings and poetry with Fowler artworks and recorded sound.

Gerald Wilson, 96, a music legend who enlivened packed jazz history classes at UCLA with his memories of working with Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles and other jazz icons, died Sept. 8 at his home in Los Angeles two weeks after contracting pneumonia.

UCLA professor Jennifer Steinkamp won a national award for ‘Murmuration,’ her video installation in a Long Beach courthouse that was inspired by decision making, Egyptian mythology and the motions of flocking birds.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block welcomed approximately 900 people to Royce Hall Tuesday night for the Los Angeles premiere of “Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football.”

A Q&A with Allison Carruth, associate professor of English at UCLA, who is helping to lead a massive effort that launches this Saturday to draw the public to the Los Angeles River.

Directing graduate student Mark Columbus' short coming-of-age film will screen at the 41st annual Telluride Film Festival.

The UCLA Hammer Museum’s public engagement curator writes about her experiences going from what was then a unique role at any museum to what she's proud of having accomplished.

Willeke Wendrich first developed an interest in ancient Egyptian archaeology as a 20-year-old undergraduate student. Now an esteemed faculty member in UCLA’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, she’s made a career out of her lifelong passion

Hidden away in the history department student lounge on the sixth floor of Bunche Hall is one of UCLA’s greatest treasures, but not many people knew it until an emeritus history professor pointed out its significance and landmark status.

UCLA public policy alumna Snejana Daily spent a year traveling the world to tell the stories of people facing challenges across the globe in a 10-part series currently airing on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Her commitment to nonprofit work was strengthened after she suffered the loss of her husband in Iraq.

A documentary about the 2011 UCLA quidditch team's bid for the sport's world cup started as a five-minute film class project. "Mudbloods” will open in select theaters this fall.