Arts & Culture

CD Review: 50 Cent

Artist: 50 Cent Album: The Lost Tape Rating: 4 On May 22, 50 Cent, who hasn’t come out with an album in many years, released his new...

CD Review: Beach House

Artist: Beach House Album: Bloom Rating: 4.8 Beach House’s new album, Bloom, starts with the sound of the wind and the scent of summer or maybe flowers...

12th Annual Davis Film Festival

Editor’s Note: On Wednesday and Thursday night (May 23 and 24), The Davis Varsity Theatre presented the Department of Theatre and Dance’s 12th Annual...

Arts Week

THEATRE/MONDAVI and the snow fell softly on all the living and the dead... Tonight through Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday, June 3 at 2 p.m. 8 p.m.,...

and the snow fell softly on all the living and the dead…

Tonight through Sunday the two-part production of and the snow fell softly on all the living and the dead… will take place at Wright...

Column: Les Mis

It only takes 13 seconds into the Les Misérables teaser trailer to get a musical fanatic to tear up. The beginning notes of “I...

Downtown Davis Karaoke

“Who sings this song?” “Journey.” “Keep it that way.” Well, some may not have the option. Since the concept of karaoke (a rough translation of the Japanese...

The Dead Arts Society presents: Spring Theatre plays

This will be the first quarter that The Dead Arts Society (DAS) will perform at Wyatt Pavilion instead of their previous smaller location that...

Column: Dances suck

This past weekend I returned to my hometown to take part in the festivities that lead up to one of the most anticipated nights...

The 12th Annual UC Davis Film Festival:

The UC Davis Film Festival began Wednesday night and will run again tonight at the Davis Varsity Theater. This will mark the festival’s 12th...

Arts week

MOVIES UC Davis Film Festival Tonight at 8:30 p.m., $7 Davis Varsity Theatre, 616 Second Street Produced in association with UC Davis Cinema and Technocultural Studies and co-sponsored...

Occupella: LocalTones 2012

Glee aired its final episode of the season this week, leaving many fans desperately waiting for new a cappella-laden episodes. Luckily for them, Occupella...

In Review: The Avengers

Rating: 2.5 The Avengers is the fruit of perhaps the greatest marketing gimmick of all time. Make no mistake, this film is so far from...

Column: Holy finale

Everyone is dying. The world, scratch that, MY world is ending. It’s May, and all of my dear television shows are reaching their season...

Patti Smith

Patti Smith hit the stage last Wednesday, May 9 at the Mondavi Center in Jackson Hall. Smith read from and promoted her memoir Just...