Arts & Culture

Well-known co-op coins design aesthetic all its own An outdoor study space was the first area to catch my eye at the Davis-famous “Turtle House,” which is located on 2nd Street and gets its name from the large turtle figure that hangs on the top porch. Old, rusting desks surrounded a long table made out […]

Jennifer Hirshfield explains importance of being present, painting politics It’s in your newsfeed, it’s part of your dinner conversation; it’s seemingly unavoidable. Politics is everywhere — in 2017 more than ever — so when painter and Davis alumna Jennifer Hirshfield tied her smock and picked up her paintbrush, she disregarded her teachers’ warnings to keep […]

Sustainability, empathy drive Blanco’s motivation From plant biology to comparative literature to theater to chemistry, third-year design major Bronte Blanco has truly tried it all.   “I would get super inspired by the things I was learning, but nothing really stuck,” Blanco said. “I was bad at acting, but I liked stage managing, so I […]

Film features same beloved songs but offers few changes Disney continues to feed our need for nostalgia by releasing yet another live-action version of an iconic classic, and, this time, it’s Beauty and the Beast. Looking back, it’s easy to see some problematic issues with the princesses we may have worshipped as kids: Jasmine marries […]

Orchestra heightens José González performance at Mondavi Center Indie-folk music is known for its characteristic soft acoustics and rich vocals. For Davis concertgoers, this is precisely the mellow sound that fans anticipated when José González took the stage at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, March 3. Contrary to […]

Students in baroque ensemble play instruments quintessential to seventeenth, eighteenth century At first glance, the UC Davis Baroque Ensemble might look like a smaller version of a symphony orchestra. The Baroque Ensemble recreates music dating back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries using string instruments like the cello, viola and violin. To play in this […]

Self-proclaimed podcast geek dorks out about crime, Supreme Court, Pepe the Frog Podcasts are not a new concept by any means, but their rise to popularity has ushered in the emergence of high-quality and stellar programs. And I, a lover of various media, have quickly jumped on the bandwagon of podcast-listening; I have found an […]

UC Davis winter a cappella showcase Need a break from the Davis rain and studying? Come watch UC Davis’ longest-standing a cappella group, The Lounge Lizards, perform at its annual concert, No Instruments Attached. The event, which is on Friday, March 10 in Science Lecture Hall 123, will feature other UC a cappella groups such […]

Buddy Guy, Billy Cox, Johnny Lang, among others at the Mondavi Center With its roots grounded in slavery, blues music is the basis of the modern American sound. Braided deep under the soil, the history of blues music stabilizes all that grows forth: the hefty trunk of rock and roll; the sprawling branches of soul; […]

The queen of mixing and matching Kexin Zhao, a second-year material science and engineer major, believes in the practice of mismatching. She is an advocate of wearing comfortable clothes and stepping outside one’s pattern comfort zone. Zhao combines different aspects of her life into her style, such as making her old high school choir jacket […]

What to look forward to in the coming month José Gonzalez & The String Theory Where? Mondavi Center When? Friday Mar. 3, 8 p.m What is it? José Gonzalez, a Swedish-born singer-songwriter, is an artist well-known for his emotional and captivating performances. Acclaimed for his popular cover of the song Heartbeats by The Knife, Gonzalez […]

New museum offers Davis community a night of art, culture For students who have yet to visit the recently opened Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, the museum’s interactive “3rd Thursday” events provide the perfect opportunity to explore UC Davis’ newest on-campus museum. 3rd Thursdays are hosted at the Shrem Museum on […]