Arts & Culture

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The Arts Desk’s weekly pick of movies, tv shows, books and music Book: “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac  Some books have a remarkable way of transcending time, and Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” is without a doubt one of them. Throughout the novel, Kerouac recalls his adventures across the states from New York City […]

How the non-profit has worked to strive for equality for women in the music industry Women in Music (WIM) will be celebrating their 35th anniversary this December. WIM works to provide awareness of the lack of women in the music industry and bridging that gap through education, empowerment, diversity and mentorship. The non-profit organization now […]

And he’s as vulgar as ever The fifth season of the surrealist internet-core prank interview fever dream “The Eric Andre Show” premiered midnight on Oct. 25. The show, which is either post-ironic, anti-ironic or anti-comedy—depending on how you look at it—is once again setting out to convince children, whose parents forgot to change the channel […]

The skilled painter shed light on the behind-the-scenes of her artistic process This year marks the fifth consecutive year of The Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Endowed Lecture. The lecture, put together by The Department of Art and Art History and the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, invites acclaimed artists to offer their knowledge to […]

What do lies, murder, betrayal and famous politicians all have in common—Among Us Lies, deceit, betrayal and the age-old question of “how to get away with murder” are all explored in the widely popular and addictive online game “Among Us.” If you ever wanted to experience a murder-mystery in a fossil-fuel-powered alien spaceship or take […]

Kathleen David’s advice to aspiring artists and Redbubble sellers is to trust their art It’s a rite of passage for most UC Davis students to own a Hydro Flask and slap stickers on their cup. I remember very clearly my first year at Davis when I asked a girl where her stickers were from and […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for movies, books, music, television shows Book: “Factory Girls: From Village to City in Changing China” by Leslie T. Chang I went in with low expectations. “Factory Girls” was part of my required reading and I predicted boring numbers and facts. I had no idea it would become one of […]

Things don’t have to terrify us to haunt us for a long time At least once in an individual’s life, the thought of fleeing to a new country might have crossed their mind, maybe to escape the difficulties of everyday life.  In Mike Flanagan’s highly anticipated follow-up to the incredibly enthralling “The Haunting of Hill […]

Take a look into the desperate death of an era of movie production When “Super Mario Bros.,” directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, was first released in 1993, it was regarded as a monstrosity. Film critic Janet Maslin, writing for the New York Times shortly after the film’s release, called it “barely comprehensible” (this […]

Poet Claudia Rankine presented her latest work, “Just Us: An American Conversation,” at UC Davis Using a compilation of poetry, essays and images, Claudia Rankine’s newest book, “Just Us: An American Conversation,” tackles the issue of systemic racism’s persistence in American culture, specifically through the presence of white supremacy and the failures of the U.S. […]

Taking crude commentary, social criticism to new heights “What is more dangerous, this virus or the Democrats?” asks Borat Sagdiyev to his American hosts, Jerry Holleman and Jim Russell. “The Democrats,” they quickly answered. Sascha Baron Cohen spent five days in “quarantine” with the two conservative QAnon believers that let him stay in their home, […]