Arts & Culture

Already a huge hit in her native U.K. and well-received after her first "Saturday Night Live" performance, it seemed as if Jessie J was destined for a huge hit with her debut album Who You Are.

One of the most active cultural clubs on campus, the Asian American Association, will hold its annual film festival May 3 to 13.

'Through poetry, we enter the soul of the city' are the words that pop out the most on The Davis Poetry Book Project's website. These words are the driving force behind a project that is working toward publishing a book of poems about Davis written by anyone who has been moved by the city.

The often somber tones and jargon of politics wouldn't make such great material for comedy, right? Wrong.

THIS WEEK IN DAVIS: Poetry Night Reading Series: Gillian Wegener, Gerald Fleming; Asian Pacific Culture Night feat. Justin Nozuka; Pulp Fiction

THIS WEEK IN DAVIS: UC Davis Symphony Orchestra Picnic Day Performance; 7th Annual Davis Dance Revolution; KDVS Soul Night

Student filmmakers: polish off your best work of the year - the UC Davis Film Festival is now accepting submissions.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ballet Preljocaj and director Oliver Stone will all make appearances at the Mondavi Center next year, according to a just-released lineup of the performing arts center's 2011-2012 season.

The title of Chris Brown's new album F.A.M.E. is an ironic twist from Brown's last few years in the spotlight.

For a debut album, there is only one word that perfectly describes Ellie Goulding's Bright Lights: flawless.

Sometimes it takes going back to basics to make it sound oh-so right.

The way I see it, stand-up comedy comes in a couple of different varieties. There's the family-friendly kind, which sticks to G-rated topics - the likes of which can be found on any number of TBS comedies. There's the PG or PG-13 kind that isn't afraid to make a joke about a celebrity or cautiously test the waters of cultural, racial or sexual humor.

Just like Clark Kent was a regular-looking journalist, junior evolutionary ecology major Will Bauer can be seen sitting in class, eating at the ASUCD Coffee House, or walking around campus.

For the first time, the UC Davis department of theatre and dance presents The Edge Performance Festival, which will feature a large range of dance and theatrical events under one roof.

It's that time of the year again! The sixth annual Davis Feminist Film Festival is approaching.