With no school on Friday, it's a good opportunity to take advantage of the highlight of this week's entertainment offerings: the 2008 Latin American Film Festival at Boardman's Art Theatre. Kumars Salehi has the details inside. Plus Laura has the latest on CDs, Gordon checks out the new video games, Sindha has the lowdown on local concerts, and Kumars fills us in on other movie openings and DVD releases.

Throughout this week the Gargoyle will present a series of diary entries by five members of this year's spring play, Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." The opening performance will be 7 p.m. Thursday at the North Attic Playhouse, followed by 7:30 p.m. shows Friday and Saturday. Senior Michelle Gao kicks off our series with reflections on the start of tech week.

Any high school student will tell you that reading a Shakespeare play can be difficult. But what about performing one? Almost 40 Uni students have spent the last two months finding out firsthand what that's like. They will perform one of Shakespeare’s great comedies, “Much Ado About Nothing,” as this year’s spring play. Check inside for more about the 2008 production.