Arts + Culture

Performers from UCLA and Crenshaw High School honored the late civil rights leader at the 34th MLK Oratorical Contest.

From body doubles to nudity riders, the portrayal of on-screen “sex” is hardly ever comfortable for performers.

A restored version of ‘We’re Alive’ — made by 3 UCLA film students — premiered Jan. 28.

Here’s how to check out live musical performances and multidisciplinary collaborations taking place at Royce Hall, Freud Playhouse and The Theatre at Ace Hotel. 

“Amir H. Fallah: The Fallacy of Borders,” which features more than 25 works from the UCLA alumnus, opens Jan 29.

UCLA musicians, others to perform Dave Brubeck’s ‘The Gates of Justice’ on campus and in the community.

Madeline Utter edited the website’s entry about the movie as part of a disability studies course project.

The first UC to guarantee on-campus housing for all undergraduates. Studying hate. NCAA championship in women’s soccer. “Sweater weather” on the moon. What a year.

The globetrotting 92-year-old was recently honored with a retrospective by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

The selections are “a testament to the rich, diverse stories told by talented UCLA filmmakers,” said May Hong HaDuong, director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

The exhibition will be the first and most extensive American museum show in half a century dedicated exclusively to Riley’s drawing.

The programs, which are open to the public, run from January through March at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.

Renee Tajima-Peña, who will present her landmark 1987 documentary at the Academy Museum on Dec. 4, discusses her filmmaking and activism.

The new Lynda and Stewart Resnick Cultural Center will present exhibitions and collections in spaces designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture.

The trailblazing screenwriter’s teleplay will be shown at the Hammer Museum at UCLA for the first time in decades.

Martha Gonzalez, who graduated from UCLA in 1999, reflects on her journey from Boyle Heights to 2022 MacArthur fellow.

UCLA staff members recommend works for education and entertainment to celebrate throughout November.

The Hammer Museum hosts the Los Angeles presentation of the annual showcase, Nov. 30 through Dec. 15.

California legislators have invested $15 million in the Latina Futures, 2050 Lab and $1.5 million in the Hollywood Diversity Report.

She is the featured artist of the inaugural Judith L. Smith Voice Recital Series.

The latest Hollywood Diversity Report from UCLA signals potential challenges ahead in writers’ rooms.

Harter, a professor emerita at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, died on Oct. 8 from congestive heart failure.

Otto-Knapp was a professor of painting and drawing at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. She died on Oct. 9.

The program awarded a total of $139,380 to faculty in fields ranging from architecture and urban design to African American studies, and from gender studies to music.

The school’s new series will feature leading figures in jazz, opera and classical music, along with symposia, lectures and other events.