Arts & Culture

ASUCD Entertainment Council’s annual spring quarter event garnered an impressive turnout     By CLARA FISCHER — arts@theaggie.org   On Friday, April 28, the ASUCD Entertainment Council (EC) held Lawntopia at Dairy Field. The highly anticipated event, featuring notable American rap and hip-hop artist Isaiah Rashad as the headliner, saw a sizable and energetic turnout from […]

Concerts, research events, art exhibitions and more to check out this month   By SARAH HAN — arts@theaggie.org “Lara Downes & John McWhorter” (Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30-9:30 p.m. on May 5) Pianist Lara Downes and author and commentator John McWhorter will perform pieces by Scott Joplin, a classically trained composer dubbed the […]

Founders Brent Valentine and Keller Kramer discuss the creation of the podcast   By ANA BACH — arts@theaggie.org Lea este artículo en español.   “Discovering Academia” is a student-run podcast that explores the seemingly endless research opportunities here at UC Davis. Brent Valentine, a second-year managerial economics and neurobiology, physiology and behavior double major, and […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for music, movies and more   By ANA BACH — arts@theaggie.org    Song: “waves – Tame Impala Remix” (2016) by Miguel  Talk about an anthem for the summer! Tame Impala never fails to impress with his mix of synthetic beats, but Miguel’s voice on the record elevates the song in […]

Filmmaking undergoes various stages to craft audience-gripping movies   By SARAH HAN — arts@theaggie.org   Films are one of the most enthralling educational mediums today: from motion pictures to comedies, they take the audience on rides that provoke emotion, teach lessons and stir inspiration. One of the most imperative parts of filmmaking is creating the […]

Lulu Miller’s 2020 autobiography explores fish and taxonomy as a lesson on life    By RUMA POUDELL — arts@theaggie.org    The story of a girl who’s obsessed with learning about the history of a scholar who was obsessed with fish; “Why Fish Don’t Exist” by Lulu Miller is an autobiographical novel full of existential life […]

The event will feature Isaiah Rashad, Ladies First DJ Club and Byemilo, among others   By CORALIE LOON — arts@theaggie.org    Lawntopia, the ASUCD Entertainment Council’s (EC) annual live-music event, will be hosted this Friday, April 28 from 7-10 p.m. at Dairy Field. This is a different location from previous years when the event was […]

The Art Desk’s weekly picks for music, movies and more   By SARAH HAN — arts@theaggie.org   Song: “Little Bit More” by Suriel Hess (2022) Suriel Hess is a rising artist whose songs are characterized by sounds of acoustic piano and guitar that create a calm atmosphere. One of his biggest hits is “Little Bit […]

The UC Davis professors are being honored for their contributions to law and writing   By RUMA POUDELL — arts@theaggie.org  Lea este artículo en español.   The University of California’s education system is notable for its faculty, who actively keep up their own research and other scholarly contributions in addition to teaching courses. This year, […]

How artists have challenged sexualized narratives of the human body over time   By CORALIE LOON — arts@theaggie.org    Everyone is born naked — and yet, the discourse around the portrayal of the bare human body has remained fluid, shifting from acceptance to sexualization to even disgust. Some say that the European Renaissance was a […]

Sally Rooney’s characters come to life on both the pages of the novel and the TV screen   By ANA BACH — arts@theaggie.org   Sally Rooney’s gripping novel “Normal People” has taken the world by storm. In addition to the book, the show’s television adaptation starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal blossoms on screen, bringing […]

The Art Desk’s weekly picks for music, movies and more   By RUMA POUDELL — arts@theaggie.org   Song: “Fantasy” by Kali Uchis ft. Don Toliver (2023) From moving out at an early age and setting forth on her music career, Kali Uchis comes from humble beginnings and has since come a long way. Uchis is […]