Arts & Culture

No, your class reading doesn’t count An oft-quoted complaint during the school year is the limited amount of time for pleasure reading. This interest tends to battle with the demands of being a young adult and student and ultimately loses the fight. Yet sometimes all it takes is a little motivation and a reading list […]

Where to experience live music in and around Davis After a hard week of trudging through the mud to 8 a.m. organic chemistry, taking in live music, whether from a local band or major headliner, can be the perfect weekend stress reliever. Below is a list of venues in and around Davis to get your […]

Zemeckis drama leaves too much unexplored The well-intentioned but ultimately disappointing “Welcome to Marwen” was released on Dec. 21. The film is based on the life of artist Mark Hogancamp, who was brutally beaten outside of a bar after revealing to a group of men that he enjoys crossdressing. The assault leaves Hogancamp comatose for […]

How the show relates to, differs from the book “The Haunting of Hill House” is a new Netflix original series loosely based on Shirley Jackson’s novel of the same name. The novel, published in 1959, follows a woman named Eleanor “Nell” Vance, who lives unhappily with her sister and brother-in-law after the death of her […]

Upcoming exhibits, events at the Crocker Art Museum Located less than 30 minutes from Davis, the Crocker Museum in Sacramento offers a number of events, activities and exhibits. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with later hours until 9 p.m. on Thursdays. While museum tickets are regularly $12 […]

British singer Rita Ora serves mature pop bliss Rita Ora released her sophomore album, “Phoenix,” on Nov. 23 almost seven years after the release of her first album, “Ora.” The drawn-out “Phoenix” release was partly due to legal conflicts with her former record label, Roc Nation. Her latest release is thoughtful but also unapologetically pop […]

George R.R. Martin’s book release wins over the true fans, but not everyone Despite the many years since George R.R. Martin’s last installment of the “A Song of Fire and Ice” novels was published, the author has blessed his dedicated fans with a text to soften the seven-year interim period they have faced. “Fire and […]

Zayn Malik’s sophomore album flies too close to the sun Zayn Malik released his sophomore album, “Icarus Falls,” on Dec. 14. This sultry and rhythmic R&B album contains 27 tracks and is separated into two discs. Since leaving boyband One Direction in 2014, Malik has released many hit singles, appearing alongside top selling artists such […]

Saying goodbye to minions, welcoming in the Grinch When “The Grinch” was released on Nov. 9, there was a lot of buzz surrounding it. Some of the buzz was due to the soundtrack that ranged in sounds, featuring rap artists like Tyler, the Creator and Run-DMC, while still containing other more “grinch-typical” Christmas songs from […]

Ali, Mortensen deliver a heartwarming performance The movie “Green Book” features stars Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali as they make their way through the Deep South during the Jim Crow Era. Ali graces the screen as the renowned African American pianist Don Shirley, who tours high-society venues throughout the South with the goal of changing […]

“Hereditary” actor burdened with dark remembrance from time on set When an artist becomes too invested in the craft, it can consume the mind. So is the tale of Alex Wolff, an actor with post-traumatic stress disorder from his lead role in A24’s latest horror film, “Hereditary.” Wolff’s character, Peter, is a disengaged teenager that […]

Travis Scott creates a world worth seeing Travis Scott released his album “Astroworld” to high praise on Aug. 3, 2018. The album accumulated a score of 85 on the review aggregating website Metacritic. Scott Glaysher, a writer for XXL Magazine laid out his thoughts on the album in a review for the magazine. “While Astroworld […]