KATHRYN OGLE David Koff and Darcy Staniforth perform improvisational comedy in Social Extortion. By Chris Young Daily Bruin Staff Improv comedy lives just a few minutes away from Westwood, at the Empty Stage Improv Theatre on Pico and Veteran, where every Friday night comedy troupes summon their muses. Read more...

BOOK REVIEW Title: Caves Author: Micheal Ray Taylor Publisher: National Geographic Price: $35 Pages: 215 Original by CONNIE WU/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Web Adaptation by JUSTIN HONG By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Senior Staff Caves fascinate many people, and, with “Caves: Exploring Hidden Realms,” it’s not too hard to see why. Read more...

  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...