Arts & Culture

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101110_ar_Filmcontests Summary:Headline: Two contests invite college filmmakers to submit original workLayercake: 32nd Annual College Television Awards and indie film Grassroots could get students noticed by film industryBy ROBIN MIGDOLAggie Arts Editor Student filmmakers are invited to submit their work to two contests: The 32nd Annual College Television Awards and the upcoming indie film Grassroots. Each […]

101110_ar_LizGalindoHeadline: UC Davis Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Galindo designs costumes for stage and screenLayercake: Galindo’s designs featured in Theatre/Dance Department’s GallatheaBy ERIN MIGDOLAggie Staff Writer Leafing through a giant portfolio filled with photos of her many designs, couture fashion designer and historical film costume researcher Elizabeth Galindo can remember exactly how she designed, sewed, and accessorized […]

101110_ar_PaulTaylor Summary:Headline: Paul Taylor Dance Company to perform at Mondavi this Saturday for first time in five yearsLayercake: World-famous troupe renowned for choreography that tackles controversial issuesBy ANNETA KONSTANTINIDESAggie Arts Writer For those students who sink into depression every time August comes along and another season of “So You Think You Can Dance” ends, a […]

THIS WEEK IN DAVIS: Social Studies, Lions, Bats & Bears, Retrospekt; Buika; Inception

Newsflash! Women are often objectified in mainstream media!

Breaking into the music industry is hard work, and even though it’s small, the city of Davis is no exception.

The John Lyly Elizabethan classic, Gallathea, is getting revamped here at UC Davis. Opening Nov. 11, the show explores themes of gender roles, father-daughter relationships and fortune-seeking – inspired by source material hundreds of years old but presented here with a few modern twists.

His fans include Kurt Cobain, and indie bands such as Bright Eyes and Wilco have performed covers of his songs. He calls himself “a representative of Cornwood industries” and is a mystery to the music industry, artists and fans alike. He is Jandek.

“Neither science nor the arts can be complete without combining their separate strengths.” Such is the tenet (termed “consilience”) behind the Consilience of Art and Science exhibition, to be held at the Pence Gallery from Jan. 14 to February 2011. The gallery encourages students of both art and science to submit work that combines elements of these two fields.

As the first bass clarinet note struck with a slow trill of resonating sound, the excitement dwelling within the wooden structures of the Mondavi Theatre began to pulsate with animalistic strokes of color. There’s passion, excitement and vibrant energy transpiring from an action-filled sequence that seems to be taking place.

Studio 301 is throwing a party, and everyone is invited.