Arts & Culture

MUSIC Ok Vancouver Ok, Hawk Jones & Magic Bullets Saturday, April 7 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 8 at 11 p.m., free Robot Rocket Rez, 633 M St. These three groups are set to perform music that encompasses blues, folk, punk and rock music. Donations are encouraged and all ages are welcome. DANCE Jess […]

The Davis Feminist Film Festival is returning to town next week in what will mark its seventh annual showing. Not to be confused with the UC Davis Film Festival – also on the horizon – the Feminist Film Festival fashions itself as a venue with thematic purpose. That is, if the name didn’t key you […]

Jess Meets Angus is the eclectic performance piece anchored by dancer Jess Curtis and actor Angus Balbernie. The show, part of a greater project called “Just Between Us — The Generation Project,” examines the progression of dance through the perspective of different age groups. Jess Curtis is both pragmatic and precise in his movements; the […]

It’s the age-old story of boy meets girl, boy falls madly in love with girl, boy then loses girl in a tragic accident. But, if your name happens to be Orpheus and you just so happen to possess a musical talent that would make Kanye West cry humble tears, then you don’t just grieve for […]

Funmilayo Alabi is one of the students from University of California, Davis showcasing her collection at the Picnic Day fashion show. Alabi, a design major, graduated from UC Davis in Winter quarter 2012. “I don’t even know where I am at right now; I kind of want to go sit in on some classes,” said […]

FACETS, an ongoing project through the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance’s Institute for Exploration in Theatre, is investigating and uncovering the impact of the changing economics of higher education on students, families and communities. FACETS stands for Facilitating Analyzing Communicating Engaging Through the Stage, and the artistic directors include Professors Jon D. Rossini […]

So get this: it was certainly a rave. And by that I mean it had all the definitive elements: thumping music that hits like a fist to the chest, technicolor lights that pulse a-line to the cerebrum, a crowd of young, reaching, general inebriates, close proximity, sweat drenched, always gyrating. Is this what our generation […]

I’m taking it upon myself to review one of the latest and greatest albums to grace Mother Earth this past week. Now, don’t think that I’m depriving my writers by stealing this opportunity from them; I’m almost 100 percent sure that none of them would’ve wanted to talk about this subject anyway. But let’s get […]

One of the most popular art instructors at UC Davis, Bryce Vinokurov, is currently exhibiting his work at the Alex Built Gallery at 1114 21st St., Suite B in Sacramento. From March 6 to April 7, students and faculty alike can have the chance to see Vinokurov’s personal work, which is described as “largely abstract” […]

Among the slew of offerings KDVS puts forth each week, month, and year is a politically named and relatively new talk show hosted by Clay Norris and Brian Moen. Together they compose “Anarchist Handbook,” a weekly forum with a taste for – let’s not simply say “anarchy” – challenging the institutional framework of the everyday. […]

The curtain rises to reveal a sparse set up of the Wright Theatre stage. With a thrust in the middle, the floor floats atop the stage without banisters, free of form or boundaries. The House of Bernarda Alba, performed by the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance, acts out on stage the quiet drama […]

Artist: Young Empires Album: Wake All My Youth Label: Pirates Blend Records Rating: 3 Young Empires is a Toronto-based band that released its first album Wake All My Youth only a month ago. Since then, the band – comprised of bassist Jake Palahnuk, guitarist Robert Aaron Ellingson, vocalist and keyboardist Matthew Vlahovich and drummer Taylor […]