Arts & Culture

MUSIC   Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Nov. 18, 8 p.m., prices vary Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts Grammy-winning trumpeter Irvin Mayfield will lead the 18-piece New Orlean Jazz Orchestra through New Orleans musical classics and works by Basie and Ellington. There will be a 7 p.m. pre-performance talk in Jackson […]

Preparation for Vagina: OurStories 2015 has begun. Hosted by the Women’s Resources and Research Center (WRRC), Vagina: OurStories is an annual performance that lets the UC Davis community voice its diverse gendered experiences. The production pays homage to Eve Ensler’s play, The Vagina Monologues. To get ready for showtime, the WRRC holds writing circles every […]

ThePoetry-ThePoets&ThePoetesses   The Poetry “How Does it Feel?” By Manjot Bhathal Are you sane now? Disengaged from the world. How does it feel to be so far from the ones you loved? Do you feel happy, or are you feeling numb again Because you said you had enough but feelings still remain. Is the fight […]

On the UC Davis campus, public art is more than just a part of the scenery. Art unifies the campus, inspires myth among the student body and is the result of some very rich history. The majority of the campus’ sculptures are a result of an art-in-public-places campaign by the Nelson Gallery Price Amerson and […]

This week ASW roamed the Quad in search of dapper dudes. I looked specifically for male students who appeared to have put some thought and effort into expressing themselves by showcasing their personal style identity through daily dress. As a female design student and long-time fashion maven, I always assumed that men had it much […]

For many months now, the UC Davis Department of Design has collaborated on a project called ThinkDavis. ThinkDavis embodies the creative collaboration of design undergraduates and professors to build an installation for this year’s Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art and Design showcase in Chicago (SOFA Chicago). Hosted every fall, SOFA Chicago is the premier art fair […]

Beginning Thursday, The UC Davis Theatre and Dance Department will be presenting its fall production of The Gambling Lady (The Basset Table). The play is being directed by the Granada Artist-In-Residence Fidelis Morgan. The Gambling Lady follows the life of Lady Reveller, a young woman who runs a gambling table and whose addiction to gambling […]

We are still unsure if the universe has an end, but human life does, so why not live it to the fullest? — at least that’s what physicist Stephen Hawking believes. Hawking is one of the most well-known scientists of our time and is particularly famous for his theories regarding black holes and their existence […]

AggieTV’s first original movie series – BLiND – is making waves. Written and directed by former AggieTV member CJ Hwang, the series premiered its third episode last Friday on the AggieTV Youtube page. The production is a five-part film that focuses on a group of four students attempting to survive a zombie apocalypse on the […]

On Nov. 7, Davis Senior High School (DSHS) will debut its fall musical, Into the Woods. According to Gwyneth Bruch, director of drama, this will be the school’s most musically complicated show yet. Into the Woods is based on the book of the same title by James Lapine. It was adapted into a musical with […]

The Pamela Trokanski Dance Theater (PTDT) mixes dancers of every age, skill and experience level with a unique theatrical narrative to explore a theme. This year’s season opener, “Learning to See”, marks the company’s 30th active year. Trokanski founded the local studio and the three companies (PTDT, Apprentice Company and Third Stage Company) that come […]

On Nov. 9, world famous photographer Gene Kennedy will be exhibiting some of his work at the 1855 Gallery, which is located in the Davis Cemetery. Kennedy is most recognized for his photography of the contemporary American landscape, particularly his black-and-white documentary images of suburban land development in Northern California. This upcoming presentation will consist […]