Arts & Culture

The Organic Coup offers healthy chicken sandwiches Davis recently opened up its first organic fast-food store, The Organic Coup, located in the old G Street location of Vampire Penguin and Bon Mange. The interior, however, has been extensively renovated and looks nothing like the interior of the previous stores. The store has a farm-like style, […]

Lupita Nyong’o, David Oyelowo, cast of child actors shine in this uplifting movie Queen of Katwe is based on the true story of Phiona Mutesi’s life, a young girl growing up in the Ugandan slum of Katwe who discovers she has an extraordinary talent for the game of chess. The film begins with Phiona (Madina […]

A Review of Glaspy’s new album, her performance at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass When I discovered that Margaret Glaspy — the talented, toothy-grinned musician that occupied my Spotify for the entirety of July — would be playing at San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, there was little that could stop me from attending. So with my […]

Moliere’s renowned comedy as performed by The Art Theater of Davis The Art Theater of Davis will be presenting the one-act comedy, The Impromptu at Versailles, from Oct. 21 to 29 at the Pence Gallery on D Street. The play, originally written by French playwright Molière in 1663, is a much-loved meta-theatrical satire. The production […]

EC tackles ticketing confusion, racial tension while booking major hip-hop artist “EC’s back!” laughed Jessie Wong, fourth-year psychology major and promotions director of ASUCD Entertainment Council (EC). “Even though we never really left.” Wong makes a point. For years, EC has been heavily criticized for the lack of big-name artists performing on campus. And in […]

Review of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children   This story is a match made in heaven for Tim Burton: spooky powers, eerie villains and everything peculiar with a star-studded cast to boot. With a release just in time for Halloween, this is one film I definitely recommend for anyone wanting a little adventure. This […]

The story of my first EDM concert This past Saturday, I attended Spooked, a Halloween-themed EDM concert which also happened to be my first EDM concert ever. I went in not knowing what to expect but the loud and energetic music was surprisingly effective at releasing stress and I actually ended up having an enjoyable […]

Verge Center of the Arts to host workshops in month leading up to museum opening The Jan and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum, in conjunction with the Verge Center for the Arts, will host a series of workshops throughout the month of October leading up to the museum’s grand opening on Nov. 13. The Manetti Shrem […]

Star Trek actor to give talk on LGBT activism, experience as Japanese American George Takei is known to many as Captain Sulu from the original ‘Star Trek,’ but in the past few years, he has found a new source of fame as a social media phenomenon. Takei has garnered more than 1.8 million followers on […]

Becky Mandelbaum wins prize for her book, Bad Kansas UC Davis creative writing master’s student Becky Mandelbaum was recently awarded the prestigious Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, a prize that has helped launch the careers of many renowned writers. “My collection, Bad Kansas, is a book of stories primarily set in Kansas,” Mandelbaum said. […]

Davis band talks shoegaze, laziness and their new EP “We all live together — and you would think that’s a good thing — but because there’s no scheduled practice, and people don’t have to be somewhere, we get kind of lazy,” explained Mitchell Rotter-Sieren, the drummer for Davis band Starrsha. “Lazy” came up surprisingly frequently […]

Helen Koo creates clothing help those with movement disorders UC Davis Assistant Design Professor Helen Koo received the $40,000 UC Davis Award for Innovation and Creative Vision for her work in smart clothing. The award was established to promote and support exploration, creativity and advances in research. Koo is the first recipient of the award, […]