Arts & Culture

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 […]

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 […]