Arts & Culture

Improv group, Birdstrike Theatre, delivers laughs and entertainment on Friday nights If you are wondering what test anxiety, “drunk Joe Biden” and penile measurements have in common, you may find the answer at one of Birdstrike Theatre’s Friday night shows. Birdstrike Theatre held its first show of winter quarter on Friday, Jan. 8 from 8 […]

UC Davis wins performance through a national competition from Chainsmokers and Tilt. The Chainsmokers, the electronic dance music (EDM) DJ duo responsible for such hits as “#Selfie” and “Roses,” will be playing a crowd-funded concert for Davis students and guests on Feb. 4 at Ace of Spades in Sacramento. The performance will be the duo’s fifth […]

You can’t see the forest for the Yūrei. Having known about The Forest, starring Natalie Dormer, for over a month prior to its Jan. 8 release, I was sorely let down. The film centers the dark history of the Aokigahara forest at the base of Mount Fuji, famed for its high number of suicides. With […]

UC Davis graduate reads from her debut novel, The Cycle of the Six Moons: The Starriest Summer. On Jan. 24, the Avid Reader will be hosting a former UC Davis student as a guest reader. Adelle Yeung will be introducing her first novel, The Cycle of the Six Moons: The Starriest Summer. The Starriest Summer […]

Staying fashionable amidst the gloom. The rain and the gloom that have been plaguing Davis don’t seem conducive to high fashion. It’s tempting — and let’s be honest here, we all do it — to throw on a sweater, some leggings, a pair of rainboots and call it a day. However, some students at Davis […]

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s violent vision of the American West Academy Award-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu pares the violent history of the American West down to its essence in The Revenant. The film stars a bedraggled Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass, an American frontiersman left for dead by his men after being severely mauled by a […]

Investigating the difference between NorCal and SoCal style. Though both are within the same state, the Northern and Southern regions of California sometimes feel like different planets. These two regions have their own distinct weather, music and culture, so it’s only natural that they have distinct fashion senses as well. After growing up in Los […]

Delta Lambda Phi hosts largest drag show in Northern California. This Saturday, the brothers of Delta Lambda Phi (DLP) will host Davis is Burning, the largest drag show in Northern California. DLP is a social fraternity that accepts all men regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Mason Schmidt, a third-year international relations […]

An interview with Eric Bravo, creator of animated short “The Outsiders” As a managerial economics alum at UC Davis, Eric Bravo didn’t anticipate that he would ever be writing and producing his own cartoon short for Nickelodeon. But Bravo, who graduated in 2013, built on his internship at Nickelodeon and pitched his cartoon idea to […]

The Aggie compiles a list of seasonal classic movies There is nothing quite like sitting on the sofa with the fire burning in the fireplace and hot cocoa in your hands as you watch some of your favorite holiday classics. Santa dropped by The California Aggie in his sled to help everyone out with this […]

New Pixar movie feels too formulaic and familiar In his first full-length film, director Peter Sohn comes up short when tasked with leading Pixar’s newest animation, The Good Dinosaur. Due to Pixar’s long history of producing classic movies, audiences have come to expect that a certain standard be met when it comes to the company’s […]

Winter a cappella concert to feature holiday music, contemporary hits and more. This Friday, Dec. 4, the a cappella groups of Davis will be coming together for AlottaCappella, hosted by the Liquid Hotplates. The concert will be held in 123 Science Lecture Hall at 8:30 p.m. and promises to be a night of music-filled fun. […]