Arts & Culture

Some of the top fashion museum exhibitions that should be on your radar    By BETH MUNRO-MORRIS — arts@theaggie.org    Whether you’re mapping out stops on your summer travels, planning a sophisticated date or simply seeking a rainy-day refuge, the fashion world awaits behind inside museum walls. Fashion capitals like New York, London and Paris […]

Trends provide the season with structure, but do they end up subtracting from summer’s traditional sense of spontaneity?    BY JULIE HUANG – arts@theaggie.org   Summer is nearly turning to fall, but the summer trends of 2025 were in the works as early as spring, as people planned their wardrobes and vacations. As the season […]

From worst to best, the episodes from season 7 of ‘Black Mirror’ will be sure to leave your mind boggled   By BELLA PETERSON — arts@theaggie.org    The newest season of “Black Mirror” left its loyal audience stunned with a mixture of both negative and positive reactions. Some believe that this beloved show has lost […]

The beloved weekend-long Earth Day celebration returns with an array of music, activities and more    BY SHREYA KUMAR — arts@theaggie.org    Each spring, the UC Davis Quad transforms into the Whole Earth Festival (WEF), a student-run event that raises awareness for sustainability and the environment. The large-scale festival began as a small art project […]

No longer the center of books, movies or television, unicorns have been slowly fading from fantasy — is it time for their magical return?    By SAVANNAH ANNO — arts@theaggie.org It’s 2016. You’re in middle school, and your friends are posting photos of themselves holding plastic Starbucks cups filled with an icy, purple-pink mixture. Blue […]

A review of this past season’s most exciting horror releases.   By BELLA PETERSON — arts@theaggie.org    This summer, we’ve seen no shortage of releases in the horror genre — both returning titles and newer stories. With this fresh surplus of movies for horror fans to enjoy, it’s difficult to know where to begin. Here’s […]

Investigating the beloved manifestation method that everyone’s talking about   By NATALIE SALTER—arts@theaggie.org    Since its creation in 2010, image-collection social media site Pinterest has risen to a position of immense popularity in the culture. A visual-focused platform that allows users to create “boards” full of carefully curated pictures — from outfits to artwork to […]

As video game visuals become more and more lifelike, the question arises: Is that even what the masses want?    By BELLA PETERSON — arts@theaggie.org    When it comes to discussing video games, the graphics quality plays a considerable role in the conversation. As more years pass and more games are released, it’s not hard […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for music, movies and more    By SAVANNAH ANNO — arts@theaggie.org   Song: “Obvious” by After (2025) Like summer in a bottle, “Obvious” is a dreamy, romantic track from the two-man band After’s debut EP. The extended play record — fittingly titled “After EP” — is an ode to Y2K […]

The bewitching singer-songwriter’s third album takes her music in a wilder, more vulnerable direction   By NATALIE SALTER — arts@theaggie.org    The contemporary dating scene — one so emotionally barren that the term “situationship” has emerged to define almost every romance — tends to make true love look like a distant, almost illusory prospect. Is […]

The final season of “You” asks viewers to consider their own role in condoning Joe Goldberg’s actions    BY JULIE HUANG – arts@theaggie.org   The fifth and final season of “You” was released on April 24, bringing viewers a definitive conclusion to Joe Goldberg’s story that doubles down on the repetitive nature of his obsessive […]

As spring is in full bloom, enjoy the season with a playlist to match   By NATALIE SALTER—arts@theaggie.org    Springtime brings a whole new feeling to the world each time it arrives. Nature is reborn in a whorl of green leaves and iridescent flowers as sunshine bursts through rain clouds. The season is at once […]