Arts & Culture

Why Gen Z is still enamored with ‘Stranger Things’ as it premieres its final season   By IQRA AHMAD — arts@theaggie.org    When “Stranger Things” first flickered onto screens in 2016, it wasn’t just another piece of nostalgia-laced science fiction: It became a phenomenon powerful enough to turn the world upside down. For Gen Z, […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for music, movies and more By SOPHIE LIN — ncsalter@theaggie.org Album: “LIL FANTASY vol. 1” by CHAEYOUNG (2025) On Sept. 12, Chaeyoung, a member of the sensational K-pop girl group TWICE, released her debut solo album. Chaeyoung’s sound is undeniably her: a crisp blend of genres that truly resonate with […]

The student-run art gallery explored ‘the uncanny’ with fall quarter display By HANNAH OSBORN — arts@theaggie.org  This October, in the basement of the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Hall, students were hard at work preparing their very own art exhibition. On Oct. 24, The Basement Gallery (BG) at UC Davis — a student-run and undergraduate-focused art […]

Starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, ‘Bugonia’ explores class tension and alien conspiracies By BELLA PETERSON — arts@theaggie.org  *Note: This review is spoiler-free!  Yorgos Lanthimos has been on nothing but a roll recently. Following the back-to-back releases of Academy Award-nominated “Poor Things” (2023) and “Kinds of Kindness” (2024), Lanthimos debuted his latest film, “Bugonia,” on […]

The latest Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum exhibition considers the importance of connections across time, space and species  By JULIE HUANG — arts@theaggie.org Open from Aug. 7 to Nov. 29, “Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice” is one of two exhibitions available to the public at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem […]

The UC Davis alumna has been working as an illustrator and graphic designer for over a decade BY JONAH BERMAN – arts@theaggie.org  On their next visit to The Davis Collection, Davis students and residents now have an opportunity to see multiple new murals. Painted in vibrant blues, greens and yellows, the assortment of hand-painted artworks […]

Dustin Wong, Julius Smack and Synthesaurio set to perform at local ‘Banana House’ By MIRIAM RAMAKRISHNAN — arts@theaggie.org  On Nov. 9, Third Space Art Collective — a community of creatives who adhere to a do-it-yourself philosophy — will be hosting a house show featuring three distinctive performers. From 6 to 9 p.m., Dustin Wong, Synthesaurio […]

Hallmark hit ‘Providence Falls’ shows that cable TV can still remain relevant in modern-day viewing By IQRA AHMAD — arts@theaggie.org    In the endless whirl of streaming services — Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock, Disney+, Apple TV+, Paramount+ and more — viewers are drowning in choice. What once felt like liberation from cable’s grip has twisted […]

Amidst the 50th anniversary of the cult classic, ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Erotic Nightmares cast reflects on the importance of the performance By BELLA PETERSON — arts@theaggie.org  The Davis community is no stranger to shadowcasting, especially with the ever-charming Erotic Nightmares Club on campus. With nearly monthly performances of the live rendition of the […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for music, movies and more By NATALIE SALTER — ncsalter@theaggie.org TV Show: “Gravity Falls” by Alex Hirsch (2012) Mystery is the heart of “Gravity Falls,” a two season animated series about the misadventures of a pair of twins stuck for the summer in a not-so-normal Oregon town. 12-year-old siblings Dipper […]

UC Davis faculty and students discuss the importance of language learning as nationwide enrollment drops    By HANNAH OSBORN — arts@theaggie.org    As children, we learn a language simply through our observations of the world; it was almost mindless. As students, the loss of this ability to pick up language as easily can keep one […]

The screen adaptation of Anne Rice’s book series is a masterwork of television storytelling    By NATALIE SALTER—arts@theaggie.org    Memory is a complicated thing. While you might easily remember the details of a conversation you had yesterday, the things you said five years ago are harder to recall. Our memories fade with time, reshape themselves […]