Arts & Culture

Having toured France, Australia, and Canada in the past, the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra has selected Spain as its next destination to visit. From...

Indeed there is an increased emphasis being put globally on style. In both the corporate world and the quickly evolving cultural arena in countries...

Much like poetry or any form self-expression through spoken word, freestyling is continually proving itself to be a legitimate form of art. And that...

"Dance without music is hollow. It's only technically impressive - a shell without anything inside," says a commenter on a Merce Cunningham dance choreography video on Youtube.

Finish Ticket; Cold Shot Duo feat. Rene Martucci and Richard Urbino; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2; Hilary Hahn, violin; Dia de los Muertos Festivities.

Do you ever find yourself mocking characters on the screen? Do you mute the television and make up your own lines? If you said yes to any of those questions, make your way over to The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center on Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. to watch the professionals do what you love to do at home with friends.

Ruby Ibarra is a rapper and spoken word artist from San Lorenzo, CA. She is a former member of UC Davis' spoken word collective, SickSpits and an alumna at the university. She has rhymed for over six years and has been fortunate enough to be featured in noted web-based publications such as Worldstar Hip Hop, XXL Magazine, and MTV & VH1's blogs.

It's April of 1994 in Rwanda and the stench of fear is overwhelming. There is no escaping the sickening scent as Hutu tribesmen wielding machetes hunt down the Tutsi, another tribe, which eventually culminates in a three-month genocide in which nearly 500,000 to one million Tutsi are slain.

There are certain pieces of artwork that truly speaks to their viewers due to the intricacies and delicate gestures that the artist conveys on canvas. For New York painter Joanne Greenbaum, the playful use of abstractions and shapes in space makes her work unique and, in many ways, unconventional. For these reasons, her work has been shown extensively across the world, including New York, Los Angeles and Switzerland.

Remember those days where the world felt overwhelmingly large? When there was no Facebook or iPhones to distract us? Do you remember having a "secret" place that you would wander around after school to embark on your daily "adventures"? This feeling was so light. Everything was less complicated and life's possibilities were endless. Do you remember that scene in Peter Pan when Wendy says: "My parents wanted me to grow up" and Captain Hook responds, "Growing up is such a barbarous business, full of inconvenience ... and pimples"?

Souterrain; Butterscotch; k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang; Rising Stars of Opera; The 5th Annual Davis Jazz Festival: Beyond the Beat Generation; Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) exhibit.

You may recognize her from the NBC's "America's Got Talent" where she impressed Ellen DeGeneres. Or perhaps, you may know her as the first International World Female Beatbox Champion and the West Coast Beatbox Champion for both sexes. Butterscotch, with "smooth like Butter … hard like Scotch" as her slogan, specializes in singing and beatboxing. Influenced by jazz, classical, hip-hop and R&B artists, she is internationally recognized for performing with a range of music legends as well as performing in as many countries as she can.

There is a fear that all college students share - graduating from college. It used to sound great: pursuing your dream job, making great money and making use of that degree that you slaved over for four years. That was before the economy crashed and kept crashing. Now, when students think about graduating from college, all they see is a blank page. New paths now have to be carved out and that truly is scary, creating something of your own with no instructions or guidance on exactly what you're trying to do.

It has been around for some time now; it has its own rules, language and culture. Chances are, you probably never knew about it. It's the breakdancing club at UC Davis.

Perhaps one of the only Disney-originated stars with actual vocal talent, Demi Lovato brings not only a powerful sound, but also an inspirational story to the table.