Arts & Culture

When the lights went up on Tuesday night at the end of the Alvin Ailey American Dance company’s Theater’s performance, the Mondavi Ccenter for the Performing Arts practically shook as the crowd erupted into a standing ovation accompanied by whoops and cheers.

THIS WEEK IN DAVIS: Waiting for Bruce, Newz Makers; Engendered opening reception; Sarah Silverman Live

Before Lady Gaga steamed up the dance floor with bad romances or Ke$ha sang talked about how she wakes up feeling like P. Diddy, there was Britney Spears, the princess of pop.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 […]

After spending a year living in the UC Davis dormsresidence halls, Stephen Leung thought the experience would be the perfect material for a sitcom.

It’s the daunting question every graduating senior has to grapple with: what will I do after I complete my undergraduate degree?

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.

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?