If you’ve been reading this column with any semblance of regularity, then you must have figured out one thing about me: I see a ton of movies.

Why shop organic?

THIS WEEK IN DAVIS: Shelley Short; Cinco de Mayo Dance Party feat. Zapato Viejo & Friends; RJD2; Trio 7; American Bach Soloists; Yolo Mambo.

The Whole Earth Festival is about returning to our roots and bringing the community together through the basic necessities of music, dance and food. And just as the tradition has upheld its integrity by promoting alcohol-free and zero-waste festivities, it’s all about the entertainment.

Challah For Hunger; Shinkoskey Noon Concert; Student Services and Fees Administrative Advisory Committee; Biomedical Engineering Alumni Seminar; Hepatitis B Awareness Week Screening: Mulan; Spectrum: Dancing For Autism Awareness; Asian American Association Film Festival.

By teaming together, UC campuses have negotiated a system wide insurance coverage bent on saving students’ money. The new plan – effective fall 2011 – will come with an increase in benefits, a reduction in student coverage fees and future savings.

From analyzing access to critical medications to exploring the development of diabetes, many UC Davis students presented health and medical-related research at the 22nd Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference on Friday and Saturday.

Imagine a device that can turn almost any hollow item into a speaker. Entrepreneur and UC Davis Class of 2006 graduate, Jason Lucash, combined his love for music with modern technology and the ancient Japanese art of paper folding to start his company, OrigAudio.

What is the one place to simultaneously learn about electron microscopes, the qualities of a perfect leader and how owning a dog can extend one’s life by seven years?

Every Wednesday evening during the spring, Picnic in the Park occurs in Davis’ Central Park. This weekly event, paired with the farmers market, brings hundreds out to the grass to listen to live music, eat local food or just hang out.

On May 9, Peter J. Shields Library will turn its Nuevo Latino Cuisine exhibit into an afternoon of culture, food, history and education.

Unitrans’ Memorial Union (MU) bus terminal was originally designed in the 1970s. Because the needs of passengers have changed, Unitrans officials are planning to build a new terminal that is safer and more efficient.