By Kelsey McConnell Daily Bruin Contributor Little Orphan Annie is all grown up. Nikka Costa, daughter of producer Don Costa, once was a little red-head singing as if she was on Star Search. Read more...

  Photos courtesy of Santa Monica Festival 2001 This year’s theme for the Santa Monica Festival 2001 is "A Celebration of Our Community Roots." By Darcy Lewis Daily Bruin Contributor A sense of community is sometimes lost in a city the size of Los Angeles, but it can be found in abundance at the Santa Monica Festival this Saturday. Read more...

  Ira Glass, host and producer of public radio’s “This American Life” will speak at Royce Hall on Friday. By Michelle Baran Daily Bruin Contributor There’s something about the media in the U.S., it seems, that just thrives on repetition. Read more...

By Chris Young Daily Bruin Staff Music and mathematics have been linked together before, usually in right-brain-left-brain pop culture. But world music group Axiom of Choice demonstrates an innovative synthesis of a mathematical idea with collective group improvisation. Read more...

  USA Films Matt Dillon and Liv Tyler star in Harald Zwart’s "One Night at McCool’s." “One Night at McCool’s” Starring Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, John Goodman, Paul Reiser and Michael Douglas Directed by Harald Zwart Eve has once again wrongly tempted man, but this time she’s five-foot-ten, blue-eyed, pouty-lipped, and her brassiere is showing. Read more...

  UCLA Performing Arts The Harry Smith Project will include an all-star lineup of musicians including Elvis Costello at Royce Hall. By Kelsey McConnell Daily Bruin Contributor His hair looked as if it was attempting to flee his head and his clothes would never know an iron, but the mind under the wild appearance of the late Harry Smith was responsible for inspiring a generation of writers, artists and musicians. Read more...

  JANA SUMMERS Karl Denson of Tiny Universe, plays the flute during their set at the House of Blues Monday night. By David Holmberg Daily Bruin Contributor Medeski Martin and Wood do not play jazz rock funk fusion ““ they embody it. Read more...