Arts & Culture

On an inky Saturday night, I was walking through an empty Davis campus on my “virginal” ascent to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show. What I saw that night was beyond anything I had ever seen before. As a virgin to this show, I can attest to whoever is reading that the Rocky Horror Picture Show is […]

David King (drums), Ethan Iverson (piano) and Reid Anderson (bass), the three multifaceted musicians that make up The Bad Plus, will settle into Davis for four nights starting Wednesday before continuing what seems to be their umpteenth international tour. Their music has been described as “avant-garde” “audacious” and “badass.” Preferring to perform in more intimate […]

To a lot of people I know, Coachella is something like a religious experience. To them it’s not simply a weekend, but the weekend, where much of the various pleasure of life culminates into three days of chaotic hand-grabbing and reaching for fistfuls of entertainment and glory in the form of something like musical enlightenment. […]

The Fashion and Design Society (FADS), a segment of the department of design here at UC Davis, will be hosting their annual runway show for Picnic Day 2012. This year’s fashion show is headed by Professor Susan Taber Avila and her Signature Collections course. FADS and the show are supported by the President’s Undergraduate Fellowship. […]

Jenn Rawling and Basho Parks are an indie-folk duo hailing from Oregon. The duo recently released their debut full-length album titled Take the Air. Their new album, full of emotionally lifting songs enhanced by Rawling’s poetic lyrics, is named after the Victorian period idiom of “to go for a stroll,” which also carried the air […]

Due to the recently granted access to Android users, everyone and their mother has an Instagram account.  Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not going to reprimand you for adding a filter to a plain photo to make it hipster-chic. I’m not going to do it because I commit this crime on an occasional basis. […]

MUSIC KDVS Fundraiser Show Friday, April 20, 8 p.m. Luigi’s Slice, 213 E Street $5, all ages Come support KDVS at a local music showcase downtown this Friday. The Young Mings, Marlene Marlene, Ennui Trust and Mondo Babes are featured performers, and with a draw of music, pizza and beer, what more else could you […]

For eight days, the UC Davis Theatre and Dance department will be hosting the second annual The Edge Performance Festival at Wright Hall. The festival presents a series of works written, directed and acted by UC Davis undergraduate students. There are also a few graduate student performances included as well. Last year’s inaugural event was […]

MONDAVI Bettye LaVette Friday, April 13 at 8 p.m., $49/$24.5 (student) Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center According to The New York Times, “Ms. LaVette now rivals Aretha Franklin as her generation’s most vital soul singer.” LaVette’s 2010 album re-imagines songs by The Beatles, The Who, Elton John and Eric Clapton. Get ready for a night of […]

Artist: Chromatics Album: Killing for Love Label: Italians Do It Better Rating: 4 If others are anything like me, they might have first heard the Chromatics during the opening scene of Drive (2011), arguably one of the most engaging opening sequences from any film ever. In that scene, they provide the “Tick of the Clock,” […]

Pina Bausch, the German contemporary dance choreographer whose career spans both the forefront and avant garde of dance, is the subject of Wim Wender’s film. Currently playing at Varsity Theatre on Second Street, Pina celebrates the life and contributions of an artist true to her craft. The film documents the style of dance most prolific with Bausch called […]

Fun fact about me: I’m a UC Davis tour guide. How does this pertain or even remotely relate to arts and entertainment? I know this campus backwards and forwards (but mostly backwards) and am exposed to the beauty that is our campus on a daily basis. Because the past two weeks have been the busiest […]