Arts & Culture

From May 16 to June 1, The Art Theatre of Davis will present the play Hedda Gabler by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. This is the new theatre company’s second production and will be directed by local actor and dancer Timothy Nutter. Hedda Gabler was published in 1891 in Germany. The play follows a wealthy, newly […]

MUSIC ORMF XIV May 17, 12 p.m., Sudwerks (2001 Second St.) $10 pre-sale, $15 at the door The new installment of KDVS’ annual music festival will feature 18 different bands on two stages. The festival will feature Love Cryme, Gentlemen Surfer, Michael RJ Saalman, Tha Dirt Feelin’, Dank Ocean, Whiskey Business and more. FULL DISCLOSURE: […]

Nostalgia for the year 1994 It’s a strange thing to see an era you remember being regurgitated by the nostalgia machine. The last couple of years have been a constant stream of early ‘90s anniversaries: Nevermind! Dazed and Confused! My So-Called Life! It’s not like we didn’t see this coming, of course — culture tends […]

Music Ross Hammond May 14, 6.30 p.m., free The Corin Courtyard Jazz guitarist Ross Hammond’s 11th and most recent album, Cathedrals, was released in June 2013. Finish Ticket May 10, 7.30 p.m., free West Village Apartments See indie pop rock group from San Francisco, Finish Ticket. The band was recently signed to Atlantic Records. Literature […]

On May 10, Finish Ticket will be performing at UC Davis West Village. The free show begins at 7:30 p.m. The San Francisco-based band has been storming the West Coast and recently signed to Atlantic Records. Finish Ticket was started by twins Brendan and Michael Hoye and their friend Alex DiDonato. In 2012, brothers Gabe […]

The 45th annual Whole Earth Festival (WEF) will take place this Mother’s Day weekend, May 9, 10 and 11. The event, which aims to celebrate health, the environment and expression, will be hosted on the Quad and will showcase a variety of local and visiting artists, dancers and musicians. Whole Earth manages to pack the […]

Live Through This Twenty years ago, Hole released what would be their definitive record: Live Through This. Live through what, exactly? Well, just about everything you can imagine: being ripped into doll parts, resisting kill me pills, struggling with abandonment, breaking, burning, being walked on, disrespected, taunted, threatened and coping with suicide. Death and life […]

From May 9 to May 18, Davis’ undergraduate theater group Studio 301 will be presenting the Tony Award-nominated Broadway hit Seussical the Musical (Seussical). This show will mark Studio 301’s annual musical production. Seussical is based off of multiple children’s books by the late author Dr. Seuss. The musical incorporates bits and pieces from Horton […]

Man and Woman Theatre, a new theatre company that will focus on one-man, one-woman plays, will perform their first production in Wright Hall’s Arena Theatre from May 2 through May 4. The play, Gruesome Playground Injuries, written by 2010 Pulitzer finalist Rajiv Joseph, focuses on the relationship between two people, Doug and Kayleen. This is […]

MUSIC UC Davis Symphony Orchestra: Berlin, Leipzig and Stockholm May 3, 7 p.m., Prices vary Mondavi Center, Jackson Hall The UC Davis Symphony Orchestra will be performing works by Weber, Mika Pelo and Mahler for a performance that will offer a sampling of compositions from the titled European cities. LITERATURE AND POETRY SickSpits Poetry Slam […]

Editor’s note: Tanya Azari is the SickSpits’ president in addition to the opinion editor at The Aggie. On May 7, UC Davis’ Spoken Word Collective, SickSpits, will host their annual Poetry Slam, a competitive spoken word reading. The event boasts special guest and two-time World Poetry Slam champion Buddy Wakefield, as well as spoken word […]

The California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art (CCACA) is returning to Davi s for the 26th time. Lectures, demonstrations and 45 major shows of both student and professional ceramic work will take place in Davis from April 25 to 27. The conference is the legacy of Robert Arneson who was a renowned ceramics […]