Cypress Hill “Skull and Bones” Columbia Records Leave it to Cypress Hill to get blunted and keep its rhymes sharp. The South Central L.A. rap group is back with its fifth studio album, “Skull and Bones,” a double-disc set that marries the Hill’s pot-purveying antics with rap-rock thrash. Read more...

Hammer teaches art of video C.O.L.A. artist Susan Mogul, whose autobiographical works focus on community, family and relationships, will teach video art to high school students in the creation of video diaries from 10:30 a.m. Read more...

By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Staff Think about “Hamlet” and “The Lion King.” The story is a familiar one: good king rules kingdom wisely, evil brother kills him and snatches throne, good king’s exiled son returns to exact revenge and restore order, son gets sidetracked on quest for a golden sheep. Read more...

By Barbara McGuire Daily Bruin Contributor Many people believe that there is a preordained destiny for everyone. For Boris Eifman, founder of the Boris Eifman Ballet Theater, that destiny is choreography. Read more...

By Sharon Hori Daily Bruin Senior Staff When theater student Marc Fellner had to sell tickets to a production of “Romeo and Juliet” last summer, he vowed not to sit behind a booth for eight hours in the mall. Read more...

By Trisha Kirk Daily Bruin Contributor Long before Zorro liberated the peasants and DC Comics brought Batman to life, there was another masked avenger who took up the struggles of the innocent. Read more...

By Barbara McGuire Daily Bruin Contributor With boy bands like *Nsync and The Backstreet Boys bombarding the music scene, it’s quite possibly one of the great wonders of the world who the first really was. Read more...