A&E

FILM: Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Hesher, a complicated young man who changes his friend’s life forever.

FRESH: The sophomore album from post-hardcore band Sleeping with Sirens is spectacular.

While summer is the time the biggest blockbuster movies release, the opposite is usually true for video games. This year is no different. While there are a few exciting releases coming out in the months ahead, the majority of the year’s biggest games will be released in October and November.

FIZZLING: The experimental band’s latest outing provides an intense listening experience.

FEVER: Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince bring sexy back in Pomona with their signature gritty rock.

DISNEY: Scottish folk singer KT Tunstall lights up the House of Blues in Anaheim with her guitar-driven tunes.

REUNITED: The Cars manage to recapture their ’80s sound, but the voice of Benjamin Orr is still missed.

KABOOM: Originally a trailer, “Hobo With a Shotgun” has become a feature film, and the result is glorious.

RING: “Jumping the Broom” manages to put a creative twist on the conventions of romantic comedy.

It was 3 p.m. on a cloudy afternoon this past Saturday when I arrived at the “California Scenario” sculpture garden in Costa Mesa with my peers and Professor Bert Winther-Tamaki from my Art History 198 seminar class. For weeks I had anticipated this field trip to this sculpture garden that I had no previous knowledge of, for I would be able to experience one of the many artworks of Isamu Noguchi, widely considered one of the most celebrated and memorable artists of 20th-century American sculpture.

SUPERHERO: Marvel’s god of thunder marks his cinematic debut and the summer with a stifled bang.

DRAMA: The Tony Award-winning play has arrived in Los Angeles, and it is not to be missed.