Arts & Culture

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, […]

Prepare for Oscar season by catching up on these much-anticipated movies As we inch closer to the end of the year, we approach Oscar season. This means that we are closer than ever to the release of Oscar-bait movies. Be prepared to cast your votes by catching up on these four much-anticipated films.   Fantastic […]

English Department to host year of readings from prize-winning authors The English Department’s yearlong series of readings from renowned writers will commence on Oct. 12 with a reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rae Armantrout. The series is sponsored by the English Department’s graduate program in Creative Writing and brings contemporary writers to campus to read […]

Yearlong celebration of Indian arts explores Indian arts from different aspects The UC Davis Department of Religious Studies is collaborating with the Mondavi Center to host a yearlong celebration of Indian arts, titled “India in the Artist’s Eye,” from Sept. 30 to April 13. This celebration includes a series of photography exhibitions, concerts, lectures and […]