Arts & Culture

What a long, strange trip it’s been for Sleeping Dogs. Once thought to be dead in the water, this sandbox game miraculously came back from development hell, overcame cancellations and even changed owners. Now that Square Enix officially released the game, it can be said Sleeping Dogs is worth all the trouble. Developer United Front Games […]

Artist: Divine Fits Album: A Thing Called Divine Fits         Rating: 4 The term “supergroup” has always been something of a misnomer considering the quality of music attached to the famed moniker. Jay-Z and Kanye West didn’t take the rap world by storm with last year’s Watch the Throne, and similarly Divine Fits won’t reign supreme […]

“Babeylon,” KDVS’ new house used for house shows, started off its year of entertainment with KDVS PRESENTS: Twin Steps, G. Green and Lotion on September 7. The night began exactly at 8:35 p.m. and ended precisely at 11:23 p.m., with Lotion, a local Davis band, causing jaws to drop as they poured lotion on audience […]

There is a reason the word “television” carries more weight today than “movies,”  and AMC’s “Breaking Bad” has played no small part in it. It may be true that the trend for well-written, inventive cable dramas started long before Walter White’s journey from cancer-ridden schoolteacher to psychotic drug lord widened the scope of the small screen. […]

All it took was 10 seconds into the trailer for me to immediately know I would have to see “Pitch Perfect.” It’s in my nature to watch anything that revolves around singing and competition, or is led by funny women. But after “Bridesmaids” this year, I didn’t know if comical genius could even be reproduced […]

The annual KVIE Art Auction is including the work of 16 Davis artists in its collection from Sept. 28 to 30, with three of these artists winning the juror award. Each year, Northern Californian households have the opportunity to tune into a parade of expression on their public access channel KVIE. The channel hosts Northern […]

I had the pleasure of attending 107.9 The End’s Endfest in Sacramento at the Power Balance Pavilion the other week, courtesy of an Owl City representative. Living in the Sacramento area for the duration of the school year, I can definitely say that the area has some of the best radio stations I’ve had access […]

Approximately a month ago, I received an email in response to one of my last MUSE columns – specifically my rant on Les Mis the movie. Assuming that no one in the “real world” actually reads a college newspaper, my jaw dropped as my eyes slowly scanned the email. The Public Relations Assistant for SHN […]

Starting June 14, Davis Shakespeare Ensemble will be presenting Shakespeare’s Henry V. Directed by Rob Salas, this show will take place at the UC Davis Arboretum Gazebo. For the first time in Davis Shakespeare Ensemble history, the shows will also be shown in Sacramento. “Henry V will be our first production to ever branch out […]

Art is an ever-changing form, especially when reviewing paintings and sculptures throughout the ages. There was Michelangelo, who created cherub angels and lush scenery. Leonardo da Vinci was renowned for his lifelike sketches of the human body as well as the eternal Mona Lisa, who has the faintest of a smile on her face. Vincent […]

In roughly one week it will be summer for Davis students and most of the UC system, which for many of us means  summer plans, summer fun and summer concerts. Yes, music will be in the air throughout California — it will be prominent and some festival you won’t be able to attend will dictate […]

Normally this would be the time for the Arts Editor to write a farewell; as the year comes to an end, so does the position at The Aggie. This year is a little different. Goodbyes were said at the end of Winter Quarter, when Uyen Cao left for Spain and introduced me as the new […]