Arts & Culture

The Aggie Arcade

Game of the week I wouldn't call myself a fan of scary video games, but there have been releases that effectively manage to instill an...

Column: Interpret this

Celebrities are people too. And when I say “celebrities,” I am of course referring to me, myself and I. The above sentence is a...

2nd Friday HeArtAbout

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Friday’s 2nd Friday HeArtAbout will be a day of romantically-themed art viewings and artists’ receptions in participating...

CD Review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Album: II Rating: 3 Second albums can often be a treacherous step for independent bands who’ve gained acclaim on the Net; the continual...

The Aggie Arcade

Game of the week Devil May Cry and Ni No Kuni have kept plenty of gamers busy over the past two weeks, but this week...

New music genres for 2013

Every decade in music seems to have a flurry of new genres that can seemingly rise and fall overnight, but leave behind a sonic...

Column: Show etiquette

The scene was set: I had press tickets to the L.A. Dance Project in Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center. I was dressed up....

News in Brief

UC Davis Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA) presents: The Art of Athletes, the fourth annual ICA student-athlete art show held at the Basement Gallery in the...

Album review: Heartthrob

Album: Heartthrob Artist: Tegan and Sara Heartthrob, the newest album from twin-sister indie rockers Tegan and Sara, presents an artistic evolution for the two. It’s not a...

ArtsWeek

Film Salome Opera High-Definition Screening Monday, 7 p.m.; tickets: regular $20 / student $10 Mondavi Center The Mondavi Center is to screen Richard Strauss’ sexually-charged one-act opera set...

Migration as an art

An art festival at the Mondavi Center will explore the act of migration through art, dance and music. Worlds of Discovery and Loss, which runs...

An Interview with David Simpson

David Simpson is more than your typical English professor here at UC Davis. Before arriving at UC Davis in 1997, Professor Simpson was a...

The Aggie Arcade

Game of the week This issue's game of the week is Ni No Kuni, a Japanese RPG from developer Level-5 and animated film company Studio...

‘Sample This’: The Sound of Hip-Hop

“Sample This” film screening Saturday, Jan. 26 Sciences Lecture Hall Doors at 6:30 p.m., film at 7 ASUCD’s Entertainment Council will be hosting a special free screening of...

A turtle’s banjo never sleeps

Last Thursday, Trampled by Turtles, a bluegrass band from Duluth, Minnesota, rocked the halls of The Fillmore in San Francisco. I had the pleasure...