Arts & Culture

Microtrends promote overconsumption in the name of encouraging individuality    By JULIE HUANG – arts@theaggie.org   With the arrival of the holiday season comes Black Friday and other coveted end-of-year sales. In recent years, these traditional shopping events have been increasingly influenced by the rise of social media microtrends, which concern anything from clothing to […]

By Jenna Lee — photo@theaggie.org  On Friday, November 15, The California Aggie hosted our fall Couch Concert, featuring local band Your Tax Dollars at Work. The band has five members: Eliza Gilligan on vocals, Patrick Farrell on bass guitar, Lev Gordon-Ferierabend on guitar and violin, Leo Hecht on drums, and Adella Kaufer on rhythm guitar […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for music, movies and more    By SAVANNAH ANNO — arts@theaggie.org   Song: “It Ain’t Me Babe” by Joan Baez (1998)   My absolute favorite Joan Baez cover, “It Ain’t Me Babe,” is the fourth track of “Baez Sings Dylan,” a compilation of various songs debuted by songwriting legend Bob […]

Film buffs descend on Davis to check out a wide variety of independent movies    By ELIZABETH BUNT — arts@theaggie.org    Film lovers packed into the red velvet seats at the Davis Veterans Memorial Theater for a series of independent movies, short features and documentaries on Nov. 3 from 2 to 9 p.m. Members from […]

As the highly anticipated film adaptation of the musical releases later this month, watch these four films to get you in the musical spirit    By AALIYAH ESPAÑOL-RIVAS — arts@theaggie.org    “Hairspray” (2007) dir. Adam Shankman   “Hairspray,” originally debuting on Broadway in 2003 as an adaptation of a 1988 John Waters film, follows 16-year-old […]

Girl group aespa continues to prove their worth as musical stars with their latest musical release   By NATALIE SALTER—arts@theaggie.org    Since their flashy debut with “Black Mamba” in 2020, the K-pop quartet aespa — composed of members Karina, Winter, Giselle and Ningning — have made it clear that they are not content to simply […]

The film delivers a horrifying retelling of a serial killer’s appearance on “The Dating Game”    By ANA BACH —- arts@theaggie.org    If you haven’t been spooked enough this Halloween season, Netflix recently came out with a thriller that will surely deter you from ever going on a blind date. Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, “Woman […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for music, movies and more   By ELIZABETH BUNT — arts@theaggie.org    Book: “The Passion” by Jeanette Winterson (1987)   I first came across Jeanette Winterson’s work in a literature class here at UC Davis. Her debut novel, “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit,” was assigned as an example of […]

‘We Live in Time’ stars Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield as they navigate illness, love and the uncertainty of the future   By AALIYAH ESPAÑOL-RIVAS — arts@theaggie.org    With only six months to live, the film “We Live in Time” follows Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) as they navigate the last months of […]

Ethel Cain’s upcoming album “Perverts” demands unabashed sincerity from its listeners    By JULIE HUANG – arts@theaggie.org Within the current landscape of short-form entertainment and social media, many artists release their works with the anticipation — or perhaps even the expectation — that their creations will inspire online trends, internet inside jokes and general social […]

The Stockton University professor discussed division within the academic field and the influence of The Crusades on modern-day settler colonialism    By SAVANNAH ANNO — arts@theaggie.org On Nov. 1, the UC Davis Department of English hosted the first installment of its annual University English Department Speaker Series, welcoming Professor of Literature Adam Miyashiro from Stockton […]

The best fall-themed drinks from local coffee houses in Davis    By ELIZABETH BUNT — arts@theaggie.org    Halloween is finally here, and Davis is fully in the grip of fall. With cooler days rolling in, there is nothing cozier than spending the morning in a warm coffee shop. Unfortunately for Davis students, it’s midterm season […]