Arts & Culture

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 […]

John Iacovelli has gone from graduating art school to working on the number-one show on television to becoming a stage design professor at UC Davis. Iacovelli’s interest in art design began at a young age. “When I was a child, I played with puppet theatres. The whole family helped me out,” Iacovelli said. “I was […]

ASUCD Entertainment Council announced that Metric will perform at the Mondavi Center on April 17. Pre-sale tickets are available Thursday at 10 a.m. at www.APEConcerts.com with the code “water.” General tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. via APE and Ticketmaster. — Elizabeth Orpina

If you are interested in intellectual finery of the bawdy sort,‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, the new production by Davis’ own theater group Studio 301, is exactly what you need. Studio 301 reinvents John Ford’s classic drama in a contemporary setting. The play retains the Elizabethan language while drawing out its dark comedy elements. Studio […]

Fans of indie music (or music in general, for that matter) found reason to rejoice this week, following a series of announcements on ASUCD Entertainment Council’s Facebook page earlier in the week. The first concert will be Phoenix, playing with Mac Demarco at Freeborn Hall on Apr. 2. The second is The Postal Service, featuring […]

POETRY Zara Raab Today, 8:00 p.m., free John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St. Currently working on her third book of poetry, Zara Raab is a poet, essayist and reviewer, who has been published in numerous literary magazines. Born and raised in California, she also teaches a poetry class at the city of Berkeley’s Hillside Club. […]

It’s Tuesday at 7 p.m. and you’re under attack. “In my dreams, metaphors are sparking at me. Dancing rhythmically inside my brain,” said second-year philosophy and communication double major, human rights minor Blake Deal. “So I grab them, and, taking aim at the audience, fire noise-filled rockets at ear holes looking like just mere words […]