Arts & Culture

Free concert to feature Giraffage and Rudeboi On Fri., May 29, the Entertainment Council will host the third annual Lawntopia, a free concert headlined by electronic music artist Giraffage and featuring hip hop artist Rudeboi as the opening act. The concert will take place on the Memorial Union quad and there will also be food […]

Get your art fix this week in Davis MUSIC AND OPEN MICS Open Mic Night IV May 21, 6 to 8 p.m., free UC Davis Coffee House Come support fellow Aggies in doing what they do best, and maybe sip on a cup of Joe while you are at it! Though the acts are to […]

Your weekly dose of all things art in Davis MUSIC AND OPEN MICS Live Music Sessions – The Concert May 14, 7 to 9 p.m., free Vanderhoef Quad Aggie Studios and the ASUCD Entertainment Council have teamed up to put on a free concert that will feature local artists performing different genres of music. The […]

Have you ever wondered if there is an outlet at UC Davis for your interest in the fashion industry? Search no further because the Student Fashion Association (SFA) is full of individuals who share a love for the wondrous realm of clothing, textiles, beauty, accessories, entertainment and pop culture. To wrap up their events for […]

Today begins a series of celebrations for the Cross Cultural Center’s (CCC) 25th anniversary. Throughout the last 25 years, the CCC has aimed to encourage and empower the UC Davis community. It has served as a channel through which students of color could voice their concerns and has stood as a pillar, lending support to […]

According to the 2010 U.S. census, the African American population makes up 12.6 percent of the nation’s citizens. However, black people make up only 3.3 percent of the UC Davis student body as of Fall 2014. Black Family Day, put on by the Cross Cultural Center (CCC), will take place on Saturday at the quad […]

Stories on Stage Davis to feature student fiction writers It’s not easy being a writer: the hours are long, the work is solitary and grueling, and you don’t often get a lot of acknowledgment. But on this upcoming Saturday the literary community of Davis will gather at the Pence Gallery to acknowledge and celebrate the […]

Shifa Community Clinic to host Culture Show   Every spring quarter, the Shifa Community Clinic hosts a culture show to celebrate the diversity and talent within the UC Davis community. The 2014-15 academic year marks the clinic’s fourth year hosting the event. Themed “In the Arms of Healing,” this year’s culture show will occur on […]

Poet and musician Rasar to be featured at this month’s SickSpits Open Mic Night Since its founding in 2005, SickSpits Poetry Collective has been an avenue for creative expression and connection in the UC Davis community. Originally under the name iLL-literacy, the club has changed hands many times. Since the roots of spoken word are […]

Studio 301 to put on musical in 24 hours Students in higher education commonly face a never-ending onslaught of stress and high expectations. Institutionalized school systems and high-hoping parents initiate this pressure from an early age. Children are taught that the goal is to win and settling for anything else is unacceptable. All of this […]

Guest review of Kendrick Lamar’s new album When I lived in a dirty, scuffed-up co-op with 15 other college students, our anthem was Kendrick Lamar’s “Fuckin’ Problems.” We would blast it when waking up in the morning, we would yell it across bike paths at passing housemates, we would even play the Kidz Bop version […]

In loving memory of the inclusivity and resilience of Maya Angelou ThePoetry Unsigned By Marina Brown I climbed four floors of frozen stairs last January to leave a vase of roses too close outside your iron door. I am still walking away not knowing if your hands shook lifting them in or bled picking up […]