Arts & Culture

What concerts or musical events did you go to over winter break? “I went to this cabaret in Oakland for an ’80s punk drag group called Mangos With Chili. It was so great, at one point there was even like, a Chinese Dragon standing there, and you didn’t realize there were people in it until […]

The Bieber fans have done it again. Yes, he’s still apparently relevant. Yes, his fanbase is ever strong. This group of crazy young girls took and still takes the blame for harassing young pop stars, friends and family members who surround Justin Bieber through social media and verbal attacks in person. Selena Gomez, the now-ex-girlfriend […]

Among the exciting new projects from UC Davis students this quarter is Troll Freak, a web series created by junior economics major Daniel Fullwood. The story addresses the psychological underpinnings of anonymity and control in a technology-dependent world, albeit with a fair bit of humor if the pilot episode is any indication. Fullwood commented on […]

Artist: Big Dipper Title: Crashes on the Platinum Planet Rating: 3/5 I didn’t want to like Big Dipper’s Crashes on the Platinum Planet. I procured the album from a culling of the KDVS latest “top albums” list and sunk my teeth into it with the usual guarded interest. There were points when I despised the […]

Artist: Captain Murphy Album: Duality Rating: 3/5 If you like your hip-hop with a good dose of sci-fi and downtempo breaks wrapped in a crackled and smoky cocoon of unmastered mix-tape sound quality, then you’re invited to take a trip through Duality. The style is reminiscent of other sonic explorers in the genre, such as […]

This Sunday evening at 8 p.m., the good boys and girls of UC Davis are cordially invited to come down to the TCS building to kick off the X-Mas season with one of the most crap-tacular holiday specials ever conceived. The evening’s festivities will revolve around an ingeniously edited video collage of the most abominable […]

POETRY Joshua McKinney Today, 8 p.m., free John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St. Dr. Andy Jones, host and organizer of the Poetry Night Reading Series, is bringing Joshua McKinney to perform his work at the Natsoulas Gallery. A multidimensional man, McKinney not only has three award-winning books and hundreds of journalistic publications, he also holds […]

UC Davis’ a cappella group The Liquid Hotplates will host “ALotta Cappella,” and will be joined by fellow a cappella groups The Spokes, The Lounge Lizards and The Afterglow, tomorrow evening. This year’s theme is “End of the World 2012.” In this annual show, each group will perform music they have been arranging and rehearsing […]

Improv comedy group Birdstrike Theatre is holding their end-of-quarter show at Kleiber Hall on Friday at 7:30 p.m. According to Clint Gibler, a graduate student in computer science and a member of Birdstrike Theatre, the show will feature improvised comedy as well as pre-written sketches recorded on video. “Our improvisation is long-form, which is more […]

The UC Davis department of theatre and dance’s Institute for Exploration in Theatre, Dance and Performance presents a panel discussion that examines the writing of the late Ruby Cohn, UC Davis professor emerita and renowned theatre scholar and Samuel Beckett specialist. Produced by designer and professor John Lacovelli and moderated by Professor David Lloyd, this […]

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 […]