Arts & Culture

Stand up comedian Paula Poundstone will be performing Feb. 21 at the Crest Theater in Sacramento at 7:30 p.m., with ticket prices starting at $27.50. Poundstone, who, in addition to her stand up career, has contributed to NPR’s nationally syndicated weekly news quiz show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me and published a book entitled There […]

The new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis, will have its groundbreaking ceremony at 3 p.m. on Mar. 1. The museum, two years in the making, will complete the South Entry to campus, accompanying the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science and Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center […]

MUSIC The Spring Quartet Feb. 21, 2014, 8 p.m., prices vary Mondavi Center, Jackson Hall The Mondavi Center will be hosting the Spring Quartet, a jazz group made up of Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding and Leo Genovese. DeJohnette (drummer) and Genovese (pianist) are both internationally-known jazz masters, while Spalding and Lovano have won […]

In Full Bloom. When I think “spring,” the quintessential things that come to mind are pastels, lace, chiffon, tulle, bright pops of color, silks, nautical and of course, florals. In this week’s edition of Campus Chic, I decided to choose the beautiful Narvy Preap, a second-year design major, as our “Muse of the Week” because […]

On Feb. 20 at 8 p.m., the Poetry Night Reading Series at the John Natsoulas Gallery, hosted and coordinated by Andy Jones, will feature poet and UC Davis lecturer Francisco X. Alarcón and the Writers of the New Sun, a literary collective based out of Sacramento. Alarcón, whose body of work includes 12 volumes of […]

Covers and Mashups One of the great things about music is that it builds off of itself. As artists come and go, musicians’ influence upon each other occurs naturally. There is no question that modern music would be entirely different had it not been for classics from the ’90s, ’80s, ’70s and ’60s; even 18th-century […]

On Feb 14., Valentine’s Day, KDVS is holding an event featuring the bands Farallons, Taughtme, Pablo and Big Buff at the music, art and retail venue Third Space. In a collaboration between KDVS and Third Space, DJ Drew Evans, host of the KDVS Monday morning radio show “Apartment 5,” and Chandler Lavin, director of materials […]

MUSIC Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio Feb. 13 through Feb. 15, 8 p.m., $19 to $42 Mondavi Center Organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, with guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg and drummer Jamire Williams, will be playing sets for three straight days this week. Smith played with guitarist George Benson in the 1960s before embarking on a solo recording career. […]

On Feb. 15, student-run theater group Studio 301 Productions will present “A Night of Shorts!” The program consists of two radio plays, Help Me, Doctor and Lion Hunting, and a one-act piece, Sure Thing, all of which are directed by undergraduates. Studio 301 is now in its 10th season, having started in 2004. It is […]

Looking for something new to do with your date this Valentine’s Day? How about getting serenaded with your favorite love songs? If so, then UC Davis’ all-male a cappella group, The Afterglow, has just the event for you. On Feb. 14, The Afterglow is hosting their third annual “Lights Low” concert, a romantic-themed annual show […]

Circus Oz, the animal-free, national circus of Australia, will be performing at the Mondavi Center on Feb. 8 and 9. Founded in 1977 — six years before Cirque du Soleil — the comedic and contemporary theater has toured worldwide time and time again, to critical acclaim. This will be their second performance at UC Davis. […]

PlayStation Now Sony recently sent out beta invites for PlayStation Now, the company’s upcoming streaming service in which PlayStation 4 owners can play old PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 games on the new console. I highly doubt one of those invites will be coming my way, but count me among the excited PS4 owners. […]