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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents “From Latin America to Hollywood: Latino Film Culture in Los Angeles, 1967–2017,” a series of film screenings, live conversations, oral histories, publications and a dedicated website exploring the shared influences of Latino and Latin American filmmakers and the work they created or presented in Los Angeles during the past half-century.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present “From Latin America to Hollywood: Latino Film Culture in Los Angeles, 1967–2017,” a series of film screenings, live conversations, oral histories, publications and a dedicated website exploring the shared influences of Latino and Latin American filmmakers and the work they created or presented in Los Angeles during the past half-century.

The community-centered storytelling series Unheard LA is back for a third season, and we’re kicking things off this March in North Hollywood. This vibrants arts and culture community is home to the largest Thai Buddhist temple in Los Angeles, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the NoHo arts district.

Latin American culture is as rich and diverse as the people who inhabit the lands that stretch from the tip of South America to Mexico. California State University, Northridge is proud to celebrate the cinematic contributions from this region at the 4th Annual Latin American Film Festival. The three day event will feature films highlighting some of Latin America's most talented filmmakers. The festival will screen Latin American films selected to represent their countries at the Academy Awards in 2018.

The pros and cons of Proposition 37, a state ballot initiative that would require some genetically modified foods to be labeled as such, will be the topic of a panel discussion from 3 to 5 p.

The California Academy of Sciences has held a seminar to attract young women into the male-dominated world of science. In January, Harvard University's President Lawrence Summers made controversial comments suggesting that innate gender differences prevent women from getting top science and engineering positions. Member station KQED's Rachel Martin reports.

Linda talks with William "Hal" Riddle, a former character actor who is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They talk about the process of voting for the Academy Awards, and what he took into consideration as he cast his ballot. Riddle, now 78 years old and a resident of the Motion Picture and Television Fund retirement Community in Woodland Hills, California, says that there's a lot more to voting than just filling out a card.

A building heralded as the greenest museum in the world opens Saturday in San Francisco. Italian architect Renzo Piano tucked the building into the hills of Golden Gate Park — in both form and function, the museum fits into the natural world surrounding it.

Recognized as one of the world's largest and most prestigious exhibitions of antiquarian books, this eagerly anticipated bi-annual fair gives visitors the opportunity to see, learn about and purchase the finest in rare books, manuscripts, autographs, graphics, photographs and more. The Book Fair presents volumes from five centuries of printing, as well as original manuscripts, many of which predate Gutenberg, and also celebrates the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" with a special exhibit