Arts & Culture

Game of the week Metal Gear Solid fans and action aficionados alike have something to look forward to this week with the release of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. The latest title from developer Platinum Games features the company’s trademark enthusiasm for all things over-the-top, albeit in a far more familiar setting. Revengeance takes place four […]

Created by the Department of Theatre and Dance, the experimental theater lab showcases the creative ingenuity of Davis students. This spring, Sarah Salem, a third-year dramatic arts major, and Duskin Drum, a PhD student in performance studies, have co-opted a new experience titled Change(d). Salem and Drum created the idea for the production while living […]

No big deal, but I was on a phone call this past weekend with James Franco and Sam Raimi. Sure, I was one of a dozen college reporters listening in on a conference call with two big names involved in the upcoming film Oz: The Great and Powerful. Sure, we were on mute as the […]

Davis Musical Theater Company’s latest production of the Broadway hit, Urinetown: The Musical, a satirical comedy with an absurd premise and deadpan dark humor, will be showing Friday through March 17. Based on the book by Greg Kotis, Urinetown takes place in a near-future, post-apocalyptic world where the water shortages are so severe that private […]

Artist: Atlas Genius Title: When It Was Now Rating: 4 Newcomer Atlas Genius is not your typical rock band. The Australian group’s debut album, When It Was Now, has more in common with its fellow countrymen Men At Work during their peak than with other, newer bands from the States. Mixing synth, pop and good […]

ART Yolo County Film Society Screening — Casablanca Sunday, 7 p.m., $2 Yolo Pleasure Dome, 1401 Pole Line Road The highly quotable and entertaining film focuses on Rick (Humphrey Bogart), a grumpy owner of a bar in Casablanca during WWII. Rick’s life is complicated when his ex, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), shows up with her husband […]

KDVS is expanding. The student-run radio station, which broadcasts throughout Davis, is currently considering using the former Dimple location downtown as a permanent venue for smaller shows. The building has remained dormant ever since Dimple Records departed last year, with the notable exception of housing a Halloween store during the Fall months. Christine Hong, a […]

What brought Bob Bralove to Studio 1855 at the Davis Cemetery? Before his show, dubbed by the studio as Cross Pollinating Music with Paint, Bralove was playing piano at the Chapel of the Chimes Crematorium’s Summer Solstice celebration, an annual event featuring simultaneous performances by famed composers and musicians. His presence there was due to […]

Ballerinas for the Environment, a charitable organization founded by UC Davis alumna Cinthia Conlon and graduating fourth-year David Werner, is hosting a Gala event featuring the Davis Ballet Company, DJ Darkness and DJ MaTaterTots at Odd Fellows Hall on Apr. 11 as a fundraiser for their stray-animal rehabilitation project in Ecuador. The overpopulation of stray […]

On Monday, Camper Van Beethoven, one of the pivotal groups of ’80s alternative rock, will perform at The Odd Fellows Lodge on 415 Second Street. The group, whose inventive blend of genres such as psychedelia, folk, and surf forged a path for the eclecticism of indie rock over the past two decades, will begin playing […]

I like to consider myself the Dark Knight of The California Aggie, and not just because I have a deep brown complexion. Like the Caped Crusader himself, dear readers, I live by one simple rule that has come to define my suave, brooding existence — if the song you’re listening to can be enjoyed by […]

Artist: Pure Love Title: Anthems Rating: 3.5/5 Check out these tracks: “Handsome Devils Club,” “Anthem,” “The Hits” Similar Artist: The Fratellis, Razorlight, Maximo Park Happy Valentine’s Day to all, don’t let the grumbling loners keep you down. Celebrate! I have eloquently chosen an album by the artist Pure Love. No, their vocals don’t solely wax […]