Arts & Culture

Playing Santa? Here are some picks your loved ones will find perfect this upcoming holiday season    By SAVANNAH ANNO — arts@theaggie.org Let’s be honest. While it may be in opposition of the holiday spirit, gift giving isn’t just about who you’re giving the gift to. It’s also about you. Sitting around the tree on […]

Visiting scholar Tomoyuki Endo discussed the relationship between the structure of Chinese ideograms, the importance of audience imagination and the analysis of modern poetry    By JULIE HUANG – arts@theaggie.org   On Nov. 19, the UC Davis Department of English hosted scholar Tomoyuki Endo, visiting this quarter from Tokyo’s Wakō University, to give a short […]

What Diwali is and how students are celebrating away from home    BY DEVANSHI AGNIHOTRI —- arts@theaggie.org   Your mom carries a diya from the kitchen to the porch, her lavender sari sparkling with the light reflected from the sparklers in your brother’s hand. A rangoli of flowers with your favorite colors lights up the […]

The fascinating history of daylight savings time    By IQRA AHMAD —- arts@theaggie.org   Twice a year, millions of people across the world partake in a curious ritual of adjusting their clocks, either gaining or losing an hour. For some, like on Nov. 3, it’s a welcomed extra hour of sleep or, for others, an […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for music, movies and more   By AALIYAH ESPAÑOL-RIVAS — arts@theaggie.org   TV Show: “New Girl” by Elizabeth Meriwether (2011 to 2018)   Arguably one of the funniest sitcoms in recent years, “New Girl” follows Jessica Day (Zooey Deschanel) as she moves in with three guys, Nick Miller, Winston Bishop […]

Several unique artists bring new exhibits to Davis   By ELIZABETH BUNT — arts@theaggie.org    The John Natsoulas Gallery, with its iconic cat statue over the front door, is a staple of the Davis art scene. The gallery always has new exhibits in rotation, hosts weekly poetry readings and artist talks and participates annually in […]

The UC Davis Design Museum’s November exhibit offers students a space to decompress through sensory immersion    By SAVANNAH ANNO — arts@theaggie.org   On view from Nov. 1 to 22, the UC Davis Design Museum debuted “Sonic Horizons: A Sensory Immersive Video Installation,” created by Master of Fine Arts (MFA) design graduate student Maral Salehian. […]

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 […]