Arts & Culture

Mobile Metamorphosis Last December, I joined the exclusive club of hip, cool kids and their fancy smart phones. More specifically, I acquired an iPhone, and in turn gained access to an extensive library of mobile games. Two years ago I wouldn’t have cared about that, but perspectives shift over time. Apathy best describes my past […]

THE Albums of the Nineties The ‘90s were the Golden Age of alternative rock, with MTV and powerful radio stations like Los Angeles’ KROQ delivering to large audiences music that didn’t fit into mainstream formats. Now with the benefit of years of hindsight, it’s a good time to look back and appreciate what I believe […]

LITERATURE AND POETRY Poetry in the Garden April 24, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., free UC Davis Wyatt Deck Local poets Heera Kulkarni and Kenya Mitchell are set to perform original readings at this daytime event. There will be an open mic for anyone who would like to participate after the featured poets. Author Event: […]

April 19 cannot come sooner for music aficionados and vinyl collectors alike. The third Saturday in April, also known as Record Store Day, will have customers waiting patiently outside local shops to score limited releases of rare vinyl. Record Store Day appeared in 2007 as means of highlighting the culture that encompasses local music shops, […]

Local author Rick Palkovic, along with his family, will sign copies of his new book, Limit 55, a micro-fiction collection published in a miniature book, at The Avid Reader on Saturday, April 19. Rick, who wrote all of the stories in the collection, said that the idea for the collection came from his brother Mark, […]

It’s that time of year again — the annual KDVS Fundraiser is taking over 90.3FM. The radio station will be asking for donations from listeners from April 21 to April 27. As well as special programming, KDVS will host events in Davis in conjunction with local businesses. Drew Evans has been a DJ at KDVS […]

POETRY Poetry Night Reading Series: Hannah Stein April 17, 8 to 9:30 p.m., free The John Natsoulas Gallery The Natsoulas Gallery holds bi-monthly poetry readings and open mic nights. This week, Hannah Stein, a popular Davis-based poet, will feature her works, among them her most recent poem “A Broken Music,” which focuses on music, history […]

Nirvana vs. Pearl Jam — The Relentless Debate “Who’s better?” — how often do we hear that question posed? Whether the discussion revolves around sports, music, politics or pizza, we live in a culture that loves reducing the issue down to two competitors: Beatles v. The Stones, Jordan v. Kobe, Republican v. Democrat. And so […]

The Annual Picnic Day Design by Design exhibition in the Design Museum will be displaying selected entries submitted by UC Davis undergraduate design students. Sponsored by the Birgitta and Helge Olson Design Award and the UC Davis Design Museum, the exhibition of undergraduate design pieces will be on display at the Design Museum beginning April […]

Facebook’s Virtual Reality While I was busy relaxing during spring break, Facebook created quite a buzz with its acquisition of Oculus VR for $2 billion, the company responsible for the Oculus Rift. The Oculus Rift is a virtual reality head-mounted display which has yet to see a commercial release. Developer kits have been out there […]

The UC Davis Fashion and Design Society (FADS) will be hosting their annual runway fashion show in Freeborn Hall on Picnic Day, April 12. This year’s show is called “Raw Edge” and will feature 16 new collections from advanced design students at UC Davis. A small group of UC Davis design students spent the entire […]

April 12 is UC Davis’ 100th Picnic Day, which will feature a huge variety of events on and off campus. A thorough schedule can be found at picnicday.ucdavis.edu. ART 2nd Friday ArtAbout April 11, 5 to 11 p.m., prices vary Downtown Davis This is a special pre-Picnic Day edition of the 2nd Friday ArtAbout which […]