These are the experiences we experience, the memories we create. The small defining moments we seek that make our day that much brighter. It is the meeting point of where the velvety texture of butter hits the tip of our tongue and dissipates over thousands of taste buds, or the sound of Frank Sinatra gliding across the air waves and breaking the chaotic bustling of aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers, mothers and fathers embracing for the first time in years. The Matter of Taste, the theatre and dance department’s final Granada Artist-in-Residence performance this year, is a collection of stories which capture the essence of what the human experience is all about. It’s a place where we sit, talk, listen, laugh, shed tears and most importantly-eat.

MUSIC Rovar17, Emese, Sixteen Sixteen, Sagan Genesis Tonight, 7 p.m., $5 Cypress House, 1114 Cypress Ln. Hungarian artists Rovar17 and Emese will perform at the Cypress House along with Sixteen Sixteen from The Closet and Sagan Genesis of Davis’ The Womb. There will also be DJ sets in between the performances, so get ready to dance. Band of Horses Tonight, 8 p.m., $30.50

TODAY Meat Lab Sale 1 to 5:30 p.m. Cole C Facility The UC Davis Meat Lab offers sales that are open to the public every Thursday and Friday afternoon. Only cash and checks are accepted. Biomedical Engineering Seminar 4 p.m.

Any student would want the person next to them in class to be trustworthy, approachable and willing to admit it when they’re wrong. Why should their expectations for the leader at the front of the room be any different?

Formal three-year paths are growing, which promise priority registration for classes and special counseling to get past bureaucratic roadblocks. The programs may appeal to UC students who complain that budget-related course reductions have made it difficult to enroll in the classes they need to graduate in four years.

A recent study at Columbia University shows that pesticides might cause ADHD in children. The findings of the study did in fact indicate that children with higher levels of organophosphate metabolites were more likely to meet the diagnostic criteria for ADHD.

Thanks to UC Davis and UC Berkeley scientists, visual search isn’t limited to Android users any longer. With the help of crowdsourcing, computer vision and ‘a bit of magic,’ iPhone application oMoby is the newest addition to visual search.

Genetically engineered crops (GEC) are continuing to help the environment and society, according to the National Resource Council’s recently released report.

Under ASUCD Entertainment Council’s new leadership, more mainstream entertainers may step onto the UC Davis campus next year. Outgoing EC Director Thongxy Phansopha selected his successor: Perry Sanesanong, a junior textiles and clothing major and promotions intern for the past year. Sanesanong is conducting interviews this week to select the rest of the EC staff.

The city lacks adequate land to support business growth over the next 25 years, particularly in knowledge-based industries, according to a city of Davis report. The study, still in draft form, reviewed business growth in Davis in recent years, analyzed the potential value of knowledge-based business growth and, based on several calculations and studies, projected business growth over the next 25 years.

On Feb. 25, residents of Lajamanu, Australia reported seeing “hundreds and hundreds” of live fish fall from the sky into their front yards. The next day, again in the late afternoon, another school of fish descended upon the small town.

I guess I’ll preface this column by apologizing for how all over the place it will probably sound. I attribute this to the fact that I’m currently locked in my room trying to write while my roommates are in the living room screaming about “The Bachelorette.” As much as it pains me to feed into female stereotypes by admitting that, I felt it was necessary because I can’t even hear myself think.