Arts & Culture

The popular contemporary image of the electronic musician as the megastar DJ, fist-pumping on an elevated stage while a set of pre-programmed beats causes a sea of drugged-out fans to undulate, is a fairly new concept; few realize what a long, illustrious history the genre has had. At it’s core, electronic music has always been […]

After performing its current production, Nightingale, in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore., the Davis Shakespeare Ensemble (DSE) will be performing an expanded version of the same production in Davis in April and in the San Francisco Fringe Festival in September. Dedicated to the translation of classic texts into dramatic productions within a contemporary […]

Dr. Margaret Eldred, a former professor in the English department, has recently taken to painting agricultural scenes from all over the world after noticing the similarity in climate between Morocco and California. An exhibition of her work, entitled Cornucopia: A Celebration of Mediterranean Agriculture, is on display at the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center until […]

From March 15 to March 17, the second-oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, the St. Louis Symphony, will put on two free events in a three-day symphony extravaganza at multiple locations on campus. These locations include each one of the egghead sculptures. The first appearance will be on March 15, starting at 2 p.m. […]

Game of the week Lara Croft makes her return to the gaming world this week with developer Crystal Dynamics’ series reboot, Tomb Raider. This latest installment, an origin story, concerns itself less with raiding tombs and instead focuses on the physical and psychological maturation of the famed female protagonist. The shift in tone manifests in […]

FILM Yolo County Film Society Screening: Aguirre, The Wrath of God Sunday, 7 p.m., recommended donation $2, all ages Yolo Pleasure Dome, 1401 Pole Line Road YCFS screens Werner Herzog’s classic film, featuring his first collaboration with mercurial lead actor Klaus Kinski. The plot concerns Lope de Aguirre, a doomed 16th-century conquistador whose thirst for […]

Editor’s note: Faculty Spotlight is a series where MUSE profiles random arts-related faculty on campus. The goal is to provide readers with useful career tips and student feedback on certain professors. Darrin Martin, an art studio professor at UC Davis, has experienced a variety of art forms in a career that has crossed the country. […]

Student organization Filipinos in Liberal Arts and Humanities (FILAH) will be holding its annual event, America is on the Stage (AIOTS), tonight at Veterans Memorial Center Theatre at 6:30 p.m. It will feature four plays that were written, directed and performed by students, along with various open mic musical performances. FILAH created AIOTS as a […]

If sugar, spice and everything nice is what makes up the Powerpuff Girls, then leather scraps, bike tubes and everything reused is what makes up Manda Maples’ second hand crafts. Displaying one of her own creations, a neck warmer made out of an old sweater, Maples was at the Davis Flea Market this past Sunday […]

There are no notable video game releases for the end of February and the week in news amounts to a series of small-ticket items that could best be summarized in bullet point form. So for today’s edition of The Aggie Arcade, I’ll take time to address Sony’s recent PlayStation 4 reveal. It’s hard to imagine […]

Last Sunday, local bluegrass band Whiskey Business’ banjo picking and folk rhythms caused a surge of unabashed dancing at the Davis Flea Market. Made up of four UC Davis students, the band began its ascent from Tercero dorm room jam sessions last year to performing live from the KDVS studio just last week. Galen Shearn-Nance, […]

The Spokes’ annual a cappella showcase HellaCappella will take place Friday at Jackson Hall in the Mondavi Center for the first time since its creation in 2004. HellaCappella has been a staple of the Davis music scene every Winter Quarter and has traditionally been held in Freeborn Hall. This year, The Spokes aim to fill […]