Arts & Culture
CD review: Lykke Li
Arts & CultureApril 7, 2011
At first listen, it’s clear that Wounded Rhymes is no sophomore slump. But it’s also clear that Lykke Li isn’t afraid to experiment with her sound.
CD review: Christina Perri
Arts & CultureApril 7, 2011
If Britney, Rihanna and Ke$ha are the head cheerleaders of the music world, then Christina Perri is whatever you call the quiet girl who spent lunch strumming her guitar behind the bleachers.
Column: Let’s go to the movies
Arts & CultureApril 7, 2011
Twenty-seven times last year, I got off the couch and drove at least 15 minutes to a movie theater that was neither spotlessly clean nor particularly memorable.
New photography show offers inside look at life in the counterculture
Arts & CultureApril 7, 2011
A PhD doctoral candidate at the State University of New York at Buffalo named Roberta Price applied for a grant in 1969 to travel west. She was to document the hippie communes that were springing up in the deserts of New Mexico and Colorado.
Hope for the homeless to take center stage at Freeborn concert
Arts & CultureApril 7, 2011
Slug: Hope_ar.e-c1110407_ar_hopeEdits: RMNotes: Summary:Headline: Hope for the homeless to take center stage at Freeborn concert Layercake: ‘”Keep Hope Alive,‘” hosted by health and homeless organizations, will feature three local bandsBy MICHELLE RUANAggie Arts Writer If your plan on Sunday morning was to wake up late and start playing Iinternet RPG games, surprise! You may have […]
UC Davis, the sitcom
Arts & CultureApril 7, 2011
After spending a year living in the UC Davis dormsresidence halls, Stephen Leung thought the experience would be the perfect material for a sitcom.
Alumni art exhibition touches base with post-graduates in their quest in the art world
Arts & CultureApril 7, 2011
It’s the daunting question every graduating senior has to grapple with: what will I do after I complete my undergraduate degree?
Artist Spotlight: Jess Morris, Bjarne Hansen and Evgeni Tomov
Arts & CultureMarch 31, 2011
MUSE had the opportunity to interview leading animators Jess Morris, Bjarne Hansen and Evgeni Tomov for our article on animations: “2D animation is not dead, say animators.” Here are the rest of the interviews, which didn’t make it into the article.
Column: Tomorrow is Friday
Arts & CultureMarch 31, 2011
What is it about 13-year-old Rebecca Black’s music video “Friday” that makes you want to simultaneously laugh, groan and cover your ears?
Catching up with UCD alum Claire Bennett, ‘Modern Family’ assistant art director
Arts & CultureMarch 31, 2011
On Feb. 5, 2011 in a star-studded ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hilton, UC Davis alumna Claire Bennett was part of the team who took home the prestigious Art Director’s Guild Award for her work on the hit television show “Modern Family.”
The Mondavi Center is one sweet place to play
Arts & CultureMarch 31, 2011
The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts has always attracted legendary performers: singer Tony Bennett, comedienne Sarah Silverman and the acclaimed San Francisco Symphony, to name a few from this year’s season alone.
English Country Dance club brings new life to renaissance dancing
Arts & CultureMarch 31, 2011
Bob Linehan attended his first English Country Dance practice not as a new member, but to say goodbye to a friend who graduated and was leaving Davis.

