Arts & Culture

GALLERY UC Davis 2012 MFA Exhibition Tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. to June 29, free The Nelson Gallery Seven students are going to receive their master of fine arts — there will be a degree exhibition at UC Davis’ Nelson Gallery starting tomorrow night. Come check out these students’ work before they enter careers as visual […]

Artist: 50 Cent Album: The Lost Tape Rating: 4 On May 22, 50 Cent, who hasn’t come out with an album in many years, released his new album which is a mixtape called The Lost Tape. The sound of this album is very similar to his old sounds in other albums, but he does have […]

Artist: Beach House Album: Bloom Rating: 4.8 Beach House’s new album, Bloom, starts with the sound of the wind and the scent of summer or maybe flowers in bloom in the spring. It is always lifting, falling, bedazzled and growing toward something magnificent in its breadth. It is epic without being epic. It is haunting […]

Editor’s Note: On Wednesday and Thursday night (May 23 and 24), The Davis Varsity Theatre presented the Department of Theatre and Dance’s 12th Annual UC Davis Film Festival, produced in association with UC Davis Cinema and Technocultural Studies and co-sponsored by Art Studio. MUSE sent two reporters to review both nights. Here’s their account of […]

THEATRE/MONDAVI and the snow fell softly on all the living and the dead… Tonight through Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday, June 3 at 2 p.m. 8 p.m., general $17/$19, students, children & seniors $12/$14 Main Theatre, Wright Hall The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance presents a two-part production by Granada Artist-in-Residence Ellen Bromberg […]

Tonight through Sunday the two-part production of and the snow fell softly on all the living and the dead… will take place at Wright Hall’s Main Theatre. The production is a series of choreography and performances arranged by Granada Artist-in-Residence Ellen Bromberg and also serves as a tribute to longtime UC Davis Department of Theatre […]

It only takes 13 seconds into the Les Misérables teaser trailer to get a musical fanatic to tear up. The beginning notes of “I Dreamed a Dream” dominate the montage of extremely famous people, leaving whoever the audience member is drained, excited and a little shocked. When the announcement that Les Misérables was in the […]

“Who sings this song?” “Journey.” “Keep it that way.” Well, some may not have the option. Since the concept of karaoke (a rough translation of the Japanese phrase meaning “empty orchestra”) hit the bars and nightclubs worldwide, anyone and everyone can claim their rights to a microphone and perform a rendition of a song of […]

This will be the first quarter that The Dead Arts Society (DAS) will perform at Wyatt Pavilion instead of their previous smaller location that only held up to approximately 60 people. Jenny Adler, a senior double major in theatre and music and president of The Dead Arts Society, is more than happy that The Dead […]

This past weekend I returned to my hometown to take part in the festivities that lead up to one of the most anticipated nights of high school captivity: senior ball. No, I was not some innocent young 18-year-old boy’s date. I was used in other ways: for my hair and makeup skills. And while I’m […]

The UC Davis Film Festival began Wednesday night and will run again tonight at the Davis Varsity Theater. This will mark the festival’s 12th Annual showing in Davis. Produced by the Department of Theatre & Dance, presented in association with UC Davis Cinema and Technocultural Studies and co-sponsored by Art Studio, the show will run […]

MOVIES UC Davis Film Festival Tonight at 8:30 p.m., $7 Davis Varsity Theatre, 616 Second Street Produced in association with UC Davis Cinema and Technocultural Studies and co-sponsored by Art Studio, the UC Davis Film Festival consists of short films and plays. This will be an evening of unpredictable and exciting short student films that […]