Arts & Culture

After nearly a decade of existence, two of UC Davis’ “newest” majors, film studies (FMS) and technocultural studies (TCS), are planning to merge, becoming cinema and technocultural studies (CTS). As part of the early curriculum being organized for the newly unified program, at least one course, CTS 20, will serve as a lower-division introduction to […]

In this week’s Aggie Arcade video I explore the world of Fez, a 2012 puzzle platformer that came out for the PC earlier this month. The visuals are vibrant and inviting, but the ominous music foreshadows Fez‘s many hidden secrets. Only by shifting the world and collecting cubes can I uncover the mysteries that truly […]

The Department of Theatre and Dance presents Anonymous, a multimedia collaboration inspired by real stories of real women. The show will feature videos, text, participatory sculpture and dance. The stories are inspired by the lives of the collaborators, who all bring their experiences to the table. “These are stories about being women,” said Jarrell Chua, […]

Look forward to months of new releases in music and movies. MUSIC Boards of Canada — Tomorrow’s Harvest (June) The Scottish wizards of instrumental electronica, better known as BoC, have defined the atmosphere of the new millenium with their enigmatic, daydreamy instrumentals. After an eight-year break following their last full-length work, the initial singles from […]

One Way Productions is an award-winning theatre company that will be opening an inspiring new drama, The Hiding Place, on June 13 at the Veterans Memorial Theatre. Ingrid Laurentiis-Wilson, a John McGrath Theatre Arts Scholarship recipient and SARTA Elly Award-winning playwright, brings to life the incredible story of Corrie ten Boom. Adapted from the bestselling […]

Get ready for yet another round of free musical entertainment with the ASUCD Entertainment Council’s (EC) event Lawntopia. Sponsored by KDVS and the Student Alumni Association (SAA), Lawntopia starts at 6 p.m. on May 31 on the Quad with live bands and food sales by Woodstock’s Pizza and the CoHo hot dog cart. Headlined by […]

POETRY Poetry in the Garden with Zach Watkins Thursday, May 30, noon, free Wyatt Deck, UC Davis Arboretum A composer, musician and poet, Watkins graduated from CSU Hayward with a bachelor of arts degree in music and now lives in Sacramento. Come to the Arboretum for an afternoon of poetry with Zach “OmegaZ” Watkins. SickSpits […]

CD: Random Access Memories Artist: Daft Punk RATING: 4.5/5 FOR FANS OF: Chic, Kool & The Gang, Saturday Night Fever CHECK THESE TRACKS: “Fragments of Time,” “Get Lucky,” “Contact” Hype can be a painful thing. Daft Punk’s new album, Random Access Memories, was hyped up as though it were the “Second Coming of Music.” The […]

In mid-February, class of 2011 alumnus Ian James Walters uploaded a vocal rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” (from the musical Les Miserables) to the popular video-hosting website YouTube. Despite having to contend with a near-infinite sea of covers, karaokes and lip-syncs, this modest four-minute cover quickly racked up a 1 million-view count, attracting the […]

FILM 13th Annual UC Davis Film Festival Thursday, May 23, 8:30 p.m., $7 per night The Varsity Theatre, 616 Second St. Student films selected by UC Davis faculty will be featured on the big screen during the second night of the annual festival. The short films include a broad range of subjects, styles and genres […]

On May 23, UC Davis’ Master of Fine Arts studio art candidates will host the annual first-year studio art show reception. The event, which takes place in the old Nelson Gallery offices in the Art Building, launches the student-work exhibition that runs through June 4. MFA is a small and interdisciplinary art graduate program that […]

The Masochist in Me As I write this week’s Aggie Arcade column, Microsoft has yet to reveal its successor to the Xbox 360. My thoughts on the big event will have to wait until next week, but in the meantime, let’s talk about difficult video games. The reason for such a topic? Well, not much […]