Arts & Culture

We can all look back on our lives and pinpoint a key moment or decision that changed the course of our lives and led us to where we are now. This was Professor Louis Grivetti’s main message in his Last Lecture titled “From Dinosaurs to Chocolate: Taking the Road Less Traveled.” His lecture on Tuesday […]

There are the highlights of an amphitheater in acoustics and appearance, but then what KDVS’s Studio A lacks in lighting, it makes up for in an eclectic mix of live bands. Live in Studio A, also known as “L.I.S.A.,” is a weekly event in which bands showcase their music underneath Freeborn Hall. Every Thursday from […]

DIM MAK’s Dead Meat Tour: Steve Aoki, Datsik and special guests Wednesday, March 14, 7 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.) $25.00 | general admission (student tickets sold out) Purchase tickets at: Freeborn Hall Ticket Office Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. An established DJ, electro house musician, record producer, club promoter, globetrotter and […]

Today UC Davis students have the unique opportunity to witness a one-of-a-kind exhibit called “Melt” in the Basement Gallery, located in the basement level of the art building. Senior art studio and environmental resource sciences major Thelonious Elliott and senior art studio and international relations double major Wray Morgan Herbert-King have undertaken an ambitious project […]

The Davis Film Festival is back for its ninth year. However, the game has changed. This time around, the event becomes competitive. An event that usually showcases talent through short films and features, the Davis Film Festival now boasts an edgy element. Taking place Apr. 5 to 7, the weekend kicks off with a free […]

Common The Dreamer/The Believer Warner Bros. Records Rating: 3 Common’s The Dreamer/The Believer is an odd album. Much of it appears as if Common does not want to get left behind in the world of hip-hop. And his way of doing that is by saying grandstanding lyrics such as “my name is synonymous with prominence.” […]

MUSIC Davis Performers Circle: Katie Henry Mon., 6:45 p.m., free Village Homes Community Center, 2661 Portage Bay East Davis Performers Circle features performers of all levels and styles on the fourth Monday of each month. For the upcoming presentation, Davis Performers Circle welcomes Katie Henry. Paired up with a very rich voice, Henry is known […]

Rating: 3.5 out of 4 In Chronicle, three teenagers are endowed, compliments of a mysterious glowing object housed at the end of one particularly precarious tunnel, with superpowers. What could go wrong? This will come as a shock: quite a lot. First time director Josh Trank set out to make a “found-footage” teenage superhero movie. […]

The Shadow Label: NDN Records Rating: 2.5 The Shadow’s album of the same name reverberates “punk” in every note and out every musical pore. The sound is hard and fast and, more often that not, lyrically cynical. With lines like “there is no cure for culture, there is no hope for us,” The Shadow maintain […]

Editor’s note: As rumors have been circulating that lack of funding has pushed the Master of Fine Arts program in the theatre and dance department down to what might be its last year, there is the reality that more programs and organizations in the field will be cut. In fact, these are pressing issues that […]

By SASHA SHARMA Aggie Arts Writer Editor’s Note: For the rest of this quarter, Aggie arts reporter Sasha Sharma will investigate the process of designing a runway collection from beginning to end. Check MUSE bi-weekly to see Funmilayo Alabi’s progress as she continues to work on her collection for the Picnic Day Fashion Show taking […]

UC Davis boasts an art department that allows students to explore their creative abilities in a multitude of ways. The UC Davis Basement Gallery is one such space. The student-run, student-organized art gallery, located in the basement of the Art Building, aims to create a professional and sophisticated space for students to showcase their work. […]