Arts & Culture

The Arts Desks’ weekly picks for movies, books, music and television shows Album: “Ritual in Repeat (Deluxe)” by Tennis I have listened to Tennis’ phenomenal, albeit limited, discography so many times that I almost cried when they released a new album last year. Even though it was a stripped down version of seven already-released songs, […]

The culture behind the three-day festival As October comes to an end and the leaves start to crunch under every step, many people immediately think of Halloween. Halloween might mean stopping by Target for decorations, going back home to take your siblings trick-or-treating or attending a costume party. But for the Latinx and Chicanx culture, […]

Students explore which guilty pleasure dating show they gravitate to more The dating and relationship reality television series “The Bachelor” first aired in 2002 on ABC. The show’s premise is centered around one bachelor who dates a pool of women contestants, eliminating women as the weeks go on and ultimately proposes to the winner with […]

The Arts Desks’ weekly picks for movies, books, music and television shows TV: “Bonding” It isn’t often that I sit down to binge watch a TV show — I’m more of a YouTube kind of guy. But there’s something about the Netflix show “Bonding” that has kept me coming back. I have watched the series’ […]

The story behind Apple’s hidden treasure The Moscone West Conference Center in San Francisco, Calif. on Jan. 9, 2007. That was where and when Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc., unveiled a sleekly-designed 4.5 by 2.4-inch device— a device that would revolutionize the world and how we interact with it. This week, I posed two […]

A celebratory night filled with colorful Latinx music Before audience members even stepped into the the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Oct. 10, the Mariachi Cielito Lindo performed a couple of popular songs for everyone waiting to hear Grammy Award-winning musician Lila Downs. Creating the ambiance for the evening, […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for television, movies, novels and music Television: “Barry” One of the greatest things to happen in recent years is the prolific rise of “Saturday Night Live” alum Bill Hader. On top of starring in the second installment of the “It” franchise, Hader created the hit HBO comedy “Barry” in 2018. […]

From legendary Ledger to lesser known Hamill The Joker is the iconic sociopath who exists within the DC Comic universe and serves as Batman’s enemy. He is shrouded in mystery, with no definitive origin story. Anyone who attempts to portray the character has immense pressure from the public to do justice to the mad character. […]

NEW ERA captures attention,  The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art welcomed contemporary artist Doug Aitken to speak about his new exhibit “NEW ERA, an installation by Doug Aitken” on Saturday, Oct. 5. The video installation opened on Sept. 26 — the first West Coast premiere of Aitken’s work. The installation has […]

Netflix’s latest true crime documentary goes beyond  Netflix released a miniseries based on an article written by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong about a serial rape case in Washington and Colorado on Sept. 13. The series, titled “Unbelievable,” follows the two female detectives who eventually catch the offender, as well as one of the […]

“bright side of the moon” tour comes to an end after 22 shows After previously touring in San Francisco with Chelsea Cutler and Quinn XCII, 22-year-old Christian French made his third appearance in the City by the Bay, this time headlining his own tour, “bright side of the moon.” French performed his 18th show of […]

Music, movies — why choose?  Music has long been the Robin to many a feature film’s Batman. Standing in as an emotional primer and catalyst for movies, music draws sadness, builds suspense and emphasizes triumph. The most memorable of our favorite scenes are often accompanied by iconic film scorers including John Williams of “Star Wars” […]