Arts & Culture

Winter Charity Concert at the International House to include live music, food, spoken word and more On Dec. 3, Global Citizens will present the Winter Charity Concert at the International House. The concert, hosted by fourth-year biological sciences major Shayan Azizi, will include live music, samples of different cuisines, dancing and spoken word. Some of […]

Michael B. Jordan continues to impress with his new performance in Creed. In the new movie Creed, the young duo of director Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station) and up-and-coming actor Michael B. Jordan have been tasked with a tall order: to link the bridge between old and new Rocky fans. Just like in the Rocky movies, […]

Theatre and dance department excels in their production of Russian play This month, the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance put on a production of Government Inspector, written by Nikolai Gogol and adapted by David Harrower. The play focuses on how the officials and citizens of an unnamed Russian town react to news that […]

UC Davis Craft Center instructors hold crafts fair in Central Park. Winter break is coming full speed ahead, and with the holiday season comes the often stressful process of gift shopping. The Square Tomatoes Craft Fair, held biweekly in Central Park on Sundays during the holiday season, provides a fun and friendly environment to purchase […]

The true story of how a group of journalists exposed one of the world’s oldest and most trusted institutions. One of the best films of the year, Spotlight, is a spellbinding masterpiece and poised to be a favorite at this year’s Oscars. Director Tom McCarthy (Win Win, The Visitor, The Station Agent) presents a refreshing […]

UC Davis student finalist in pizza box design competition This past October and November, the Capitol Public Radio station and Hot Italian restaurant, which is set to open a Davis location this fall, collaborated with the local community to host the third annual Print Radio Competition. The contest asked entrants to create a pizza box […]

Estonia-based performance art group to come to Davis. On Saturday, Nov. 21 from noon to 4 p.m., Third Space Art Collective will host Non Grata, an Estonian-based performance art group, at their downtown gallery, located on 946 Olive Dr. Non Grata will be hosting a workshop on performance art, which will focus on “creating collective […]

Riveting adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s best-seller evokes a powerful sentiment in young and old alike. Room is not the conventional fast-paced thriller that moviegoers are accustomed to seeing. However, its daring take on the horrors of humanity through the innocent eyes of childhood make it an unforgettable motion picture. Director Lenny Abrahamson (Frank) does so […]

Author of The Martian answers questions about his best-selling novel. When most people think about The Martian, it’s likely they think of the blockbuster movie starring Matt Damon. However, they might not know that The Martian was adapted from a novel written by American novelist Andy Weir. Weir was born in Davis, and the Davis […]

Jewish Voices for Peace and and Students for Justice in Palestine host event with poet Remi Kanazi Today, Nov. 18, Jewish Voices for Peace (JVP) and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) will be hosting a workshop event on campus with Palestinian-American poet and activist Remi Kanazi. The workshop will include poetry, spoken word and […]

Busting out the scarves and sweaters. With temperatures dropping and fall weather finally showing its face, Davis students have begun pulling out their sweaters and scarves. I went out this week in search of a fall look that embraces the weather and was not disappointed. Alexandra Yan, a second-year majoring in neurobiology, physiology and behavior, […]

New football movie full of clichés and cheesy dialogue. In his directorial debut, Angelo Pizzo fails to wow audiences with the generic underdog story, My All-American. It seems as if he’s taking his pen while going down the proverbial list of must-haves in your cliché sports movie and checks every box along the way. Overcoming […]