Arts & Culture

What’s more impressive than athletic dancers? Athletic dancer-illusionists,of course. The MOMIX dance company will take the stage at theMondavi Center for the Performing Artson Sunday afternoon.Known for its athletic and visual choreography,the company will perform “The Best of MOMIX,” featuring selections from the group’s25-year history.

The corner of Second and E Street may look a little different these days topassers-by as Uncle Vito’s Slice of N.Y.pizza restaurant approaches its grand opening.Even more surprising,however,may be the extra large black-and-white mural that decorates one side of the building.

Calling all aspiring actors,dancers and singers:The departments of music and theater & dance will be holding open auditions for the production of Rogers and Hammerstein’sOklahoma!.

Dead Space is not a game you want to play alone or in the dark.Being of the survival horror genre,like Resident Evil and Silent Hill,the game puts you in dark rooms,tight corridors and such high tension that every corner feels like it may be the last one you turn down.

MUSIC The East Portal Express,Family Today,9p.m.,$3 Old Ironsides in Sacramento The East Portal Express provides a smooth ride of easy-listening –dare I say adult contemporary? – funk rock.My parents would wholeheartedly approve.

Beginning today,over100teams – comprised of nearly1,000students – will head out into Davis to make their own films with only a week to finish.The movie-making rush is all part of Campus MovieFest,a college film competition that gives university students across the country an opportunity to showcase their creativity.Founded in2001by Emory University students,CMF returns to Davis for the second time this year.

Nick Jaina A Narrow Way HUSH Records Rating:5

Pillars and Tongues Protection Contraphoni Rating:3

The Mumlers Thickets & Stitches Galaxia Record Rating:2

Besides pretending to be left-handed or drafting new versions of my signature,I’ve spent many boring lectures compiling a mental list of famous people that I’d like to meet.High on this list includes fascinating characters such as Joseph Gordon-Levitt,Jenny Lewis,Slug from Atmosphere and Ann Curry from“The Today Show.“

It’s easy to put off the local music scene as a subculture of bands that nobody’s ever heard of. Call them indie – the all-inclusive local category that’s about as descriptive of its music as “domestic” is to cars.

Bust out your old Freddie Krueger mask for the second annual Sacramento Horror Film Festival,held at the Colonial Theatre at3522Stockton Blvd.in Sacramento.The festivalwill be held tomorrow until Sunday,and will include over50film screenings,workshops and various horror-related festivities.