A number of prominent speakers, including Gen. Wesley Clark and Gov. Bill Richardson, will gather to speak about U.S. foreign policy Tuesday.

Slowly, streams of blood-red dye begin to appear in a river,
representing the bloodshed of World War II. The redness then
transforms into long, flowing pieces of beautiful, red kimono
cloth.

Of the 18, mostly Chinese, artists whose work is being featured
this week in a Kerckhoff Art Gallery exhibit titled
“Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance,” only one
currently resides in China.

At the age of 63, rock “˜n’ roll legend John Cale
wants to get funky. The former Velvet Underground creative force
has been many things throughout his long career: a child prodigy on
classical piano and viola who moved to New York at the age of 21
with the help of composer Aaron Copland; an avant-garde minimalist
who collaborated with John Cage; and a violent punk rocker who once
cut off a live chicken’s head on stage and threw it into the
audience.

Talking on his manager’s cell phone from somewhere in
Washington, D.C., at noon last Saturday, Afro-Cuban jazz pianist
and composer Omar Sosa sounded tired. His voice, worn out and husky
with a heavy Cuban accent, made it hard to decipher what he was
saying at times.

A group of young hip-hop musicians who call themselves the
Renegade Soldiers met last Saturday afternoon in a well-furnished
apartment on Selby Avenue off of Little Santa Monica Boulevard.

There is evidence now that seems to confirm that Jack White is
from another planet. It’s not just about his appearance
anymore. (White has put off many with his ghost-white complexion
and untamed, wiry black locks ““ think Edward
Scissorhands.)
At one point during the White Stripes concert on Aug.

Live and on the air early one Friday afternoon, Malik Gaines,
keyboardist for the band My Barbarian, instructs listeners on how
to make a homemade percussive instrument.

It’s true what they say: The best things in life often
come unexpectedly. One day at the beginning of fall quarter last
year, recent graduate Monica Sheftel was practicing in the gamelan
room of the music building with a group that performs music from
Ghana when she met an Indian man named Abhiman Kaushal.

For Adam Bhatia, the transition from shy “Star Wars”
enthusiast to award-winning trumpet player has been a long time in
the making. The graduating trumpet performance student unveiled the
fruits of his labors on June 7 at his senior recital, and played so
exuberantly that one could have easily forgotten that it was a
classical music performance.