Arts & Culture

With each stroke, mold, flash or cut of linoleum, each piece of artwork on display in the current exhibition at The John Natsoulas Art Gallery is driven by creative minds empowering the art world through pure inspiration, history and activism.

The second annual Davis Art Center Summer Attack! teen concert series, sponsored by Acme Theatre Company and KDVS 90.3 FM, comes to a close on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. The third and final concert in the series, which only features local high school-age bands, will be held at the Davis Art Center’s indoor stage with tickets available for $5.

After a long, hard school year of reading hundreds of textbook pages, lecture notes and classic literature, there’s something luxurious about relaxing with a book of your own choosing on a hot summer day. Check out some of these fiction and non-fiction titles, recommended for college students by literary experts and students who love to read.

In a darkened Davis theater, an audience watches as colorful characters engage in sword fighting, comedy and adventure. No, it’s not another Pirates of the Caribbean movie – it’s a stage production of The Three Musketeers.

“Recuperation fostered by creative outlet” – such is the philosophy behind the Child Life & Creative Arts Therapies Program at UC Davis Children’s Hospital. If you ever sought catharsis in making collages, sculpting clay or other artistic activities, you’re in line with the practices of the Child Life program.

Get your creative thinking caps on! The mixed media art show \

Fox News Channel may be America’s top television news source, but here at UC Davis, AggieTV has become one of the campus’ fastest-growing news services.

MUSIC

Brooklyn’s The National released their fifth album, High Violet, earlier this month to a deserved and unsurprising wave of critical acclaim. A

With an outwardly gloomy and eerie feel that seeps into each track, Song for the Ravens snatches onto elements of nostalgia and sad melodies.

The Entertainment Council worked hard this year to successfully bring multiple bands to Freeborn Hall. Whether or not you liked the performances, their efforts to diversify our big shows shouldn’t go unnoticed.

What do a ball of clay, a dog named Ollie and a young man running through a cornfield have in common? All were subjects in short films at the 10th annual Davis Film Festival, which took place both May 26 and May 27 at the Varsity Theater.