Arts & Culture

Entertainment Council screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas ASUCD Entertainment Council is holding a screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas tonight. The showing will take place at Rock Hall, and doors will open at 7:30 p.m. with the show to start at 8 p.m. This event is free. — Elizabeth Orpina

Today’s edition of The Aggie Arcade is the last of the Winter Quarter and year, meaning it’s time for a 2012 video game wrap-up. I can think of no better way to mark the occasion than by counting down my top 10 games of the year. 10 – Hotline Miami For those who have seen […]

Artist: Chevelle Title: Stray Arrows: A Collection of Favorites Rating: 4/5 Chevelle, the famed alternative metal band formed in 1995, has consistently released high-octane songs over the years. With Stray Arrows, their new compilation album of greatest hits, many of those songs have been collected and remastered. Described by iTunes as “a victory lap of […]

Everyone is a fan of the flash mob. No matter how many times we’ve seen one online, for some reason our fingers click the button to see the next performance. And once flash mob performances at weddings became a thing, it was like everything great wrapped into one entertaining show. Today I came across a […]

This evening, Barry McGovern, UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance’s Granada Artist-in-Residence, opens his interpretation of The Bacchae by Euripides. McGovern, most notable for his work on Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s Waiting for Godot, came to Davis after he heard of the opportunity from his friend and coworker John Lacovelli. From the moment he arrived, Barry […]

Perhaps it’s because our generation has run out of inspiration, or maybe it’s our yearning to live in a previous time, but it seems to me that modern music, art, movies and fashion choices aren’t necessarily modern, but rather retro. Let us delve into this topic by examining music. Five years ago and listening to […]

The UC Davis Dining Services Marketing Department will be launching a series of short informational videos for the UC Davis student body, to be hosted by an energetic student. The video series will encompass everything from dining to campus events and news. The primary focus will be to provide the information in a new and […]

If Black Friday and Cyber Monday left you feeling unsatisfied, step outside for a sky-blue Sunday through Saturday to check out some of the holiday arts sales popping up around Davis this month. The John Natsoulas Gallery and the UC Davis Craft Center are hosting silent auctions, while the Davis Art Center, the UC Davis […]

The ASUCD Aggie Public Arts Committee is currently looking for students to complete a mural in the ASUCD Coffee House. The mural will be of the chosen artist’s design, and it will be displayed on the walls behind the cash registers. All art equipment will be supplied. The theme of the design should be based […]

The new year is fast approaching, and it brings with it a slew of fresh ideas among the arts. Here in Davis, one of the staples of the film scene is the Davis Feminist Film Festival, which will hold its next iteration April 11 to 12. The Festival first began in 2005 and is now […]

Thanksgiving has passed and Christmas is nearly a month away, but Downtown Davis has plenty of activities planned tonight for those of you still in the holiday spirit. Here are some of the highlights: Davis Holiday Parade — Davis residents can head downtown to see the city’s holiday parade in addition to a festive tree […]

AggieTV is looking for musicians to appear in a series that will showcase local musical talent through performances recorded live in a studio. The auditions will be held from Friday to Sunday. The series, which hasn’t been done before by AggieTV, plans to record artists in an intimate, acoustic context. They plan to release one […]