Daily Bruin File Photo Billy Higgins performs a jazz number at a concert in Royce Hall last year. He died Thursday at the age of 64. Read more...

  Villard Books Angela Nissel is the author of "The Broke Diaries." By Andrea Dingman Daily Bruin Contributor Being broke pays. Angela Nissel might not be putting her medical anthropology degree from the University of Pennsylvania to much use, but she’s already made quite a name for herself as the author of “The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke,” just released from Villard Books. Read more...

  Mindas Robert Standley, left, and Jeff Charlton star in the Actors Co-op presentation of Shakespeare’s "As You Like It." By Kristen Lara Daily Bruin Contributor Long before the likes of “Notting Hill” and “Pretty Woman,” William Shakespeare engaged his audiences with a multi-faceted romantic comedy that continues to charm audiences today. Read more...

  Cyrus McNally Cyrus is a fourth-year neuroscience student who currently believes in nothing, Lebowski. But he isn’t going to cut off your Johnson. So e-mail him at [email protected]. Read more...

   Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals “Live From Mars” Virgin Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals “Live From Mars” Virgin Never has a concert been this cheap, enduring or universally performed. Read more...

  MICHAEL JENNINGS Bobby Rodriguez, director of the Latin Jazz Ensemble at UCLA, leads students during a rehearsal for the World Jazz Ensemble. By Kate Bristow Daily Bruin Contributor Pulsing Brazilian rhythms, mystical Eastern flutes and icy Caribbean steel drums are only a few of the musical phenomena that the ethnomusicology department’s World Jazz Ensemble creates. Read more...

  New Line Cinema Garry Shandling (left) and Warren Beatty star in the disappointing comedy "Town & Country." By David Holmberg Daily Bruin Staff If there was any belief that actors age like fine wine, “Town & Country” lays that myth to rest. Read more...