Arts & Culture

David Simpson is more than your typical English professor here at UC Davis. Before arriving at UC Davis in 1997, Professor Simpson was a faculty member at such prestigious universities as Cambridge, Northwestern and Columbia. He has regularly taught and studied Romanticism and literary theory, as well as published several books. His most recent work, […]

Game of the week This issue’s game of the week is Ni No Kuni, a Japanese RPG from developer Level-5 and animated film company Studio Ghibli. The premise involves a young boy named Oliver, who soon finds himself in a fantastical world full of deadly creatures and magical spells in an effort to save his […]

“Sample This” film screening Saturday, Jan. 26 Sciences Lecture Hall Doors at 6:30 p.m., film at 7 ASUCD’s Entertainment Council will be hosting a special free screening of the documentary “Sample This” on Saturday with a Q&A with both the director Dan Forrer and writer/producer Bob Burris after the screening. “The story fascinated me from […]

Last Thursday, Trampled by Turtles, a bluegrass band from Duluth, Minnesota, rocked the halls of The Fillmore in San Francisco. I had the pleasure of witnessing this invigorating show. Never before have I seen a mandolin played so fast. With notable moments such as their songs “Wait So Long” and “Widower’s Heart,” Trampled soothed my […]

As I wait yet another quarter to hear about upcoming shows at The Mondavi Center, Freeborn Hall or the Pavillion, I continue to question whether this job was worth it. I only wanted to be Arts Editor for free tickets, y’all! Just kidding. My god, I’m so kidding. I love this job. Don’t fire me, […]

As we wrap up with the month of January, we anticipate and welcome a new batch of art shows coming to Davis’ galleries in February. Some galleries are still hosting their January shows — swing by to check them out before they get replaced by these upcoming exhibitions. Nelson Gallery Design+Build: An open call exhibition […]

FILM Yolo County Film Society screening: Rear Window Sunday, 7 p.m., recommended donation $2, all ages Yolo Pleasure Dome (1401 Pole Line Rd) The second film screening from YFS will showcase the classic 1954 thriller Rear Window, a perennial favorite for film experts and popcorn junkies alike. One of Alfred Hitchcock’s best, Rear Window features […]

The UC Davis Design Museum is to open its winter exhibit, Structures, Signifiers, and Society: People and Textiles, with a special discussion with the guest curator and UC Davis alumna Mary Schoeser, Thursday, Jan. 24. The exhibit features global textiles, coincides with the release of Schoeser’s new book, Textiles: The Art of Mankind and exhibits […]

Artist: José James Album: No Beginning, No End Rating: 4 The third album by Minneapaolis-born Neo-Soul vocalist José James can be likened to a tall, ponderous cup of coffee, full bodied, warm and stirring throughout. That being said, the individual tracks on NBNE consistently rise above the pleasantly unengaging sounds of most café music. It […]

Game of the week This week marks the first big video game release of 2013 with DmC: Devil May Cry. The new entry in the series is both a reboot and the first Devil May Cry game in five years. Development duties shifted from Capcom to Ninja Theory, and to say the change generated controversy […]

Local Celtic music band Riggity Jig has been making appearances around Davis, charming audiences with their upbeat Celtic tunes since 2000. An unassuming quintet of local musicians, David Riggs, Lee Riggs, Jim Coats, Josh Ray and Kyle Wallin, are as fun-spirited as the music they play, and they have successfully infiltrated various parties and events […]

Too cheap to see it in theaters and too impatient to wait for it to come out on Netflix On Demand, I streamed Pitch Perfect on my laptop at what might have been the lowest resolution in existence. As the movie progressed, I slowly realized that my friend’s frequent demands and mock whining about the […]