Arts & Culture

THIS WEEK IN DAVIS: AggieTV Informational Meeting; Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom X; Shinobi Ninja

Brightmillion (Armadillo Records in-store performance): Today, 5 p.m. Free for all ages. KDVS live on-radio performance (90.3 fm or Kdvs.org): Today, 11 p.m.

Donell Jones' sixth album, Lyrics, seems a lot more sexualized than his classier albums from 1999-2002.

Fueled by a newfound independence, Weezer makes an album that calls back the days of Pinkerton and the Blue Album.

After releasing How I Got Over, The Roots return with R&B singer John Legend for Wake Up!, a collaborative effort and political comment on the rising empowerment in the African-American community.

Despite the common notion that Thanksgiving is more or less an American holiday, there are other cultures that invest in similar practices of joining together and appreciating life's blessings, such as the Chinese. The Chinese Student Scholar Association (CSSA) is happily bringing that celebrated tradition to UC Davis.

The Entertainment Council is back this year with new events and a re-organized staff.

Normally during lunchtime, students can be seen grabbing food on-the-go or sitting at a table on the MU patio in the shade with friends, laughing it up.

UC Davis junior Kevin Wu is best known as "Kevjumba," the creator and star of comedic YouTube videos about everything from Asian stereotypes to life in college.

What do you do if you're 20 years old and your dad happens to be one of the richest people in the world?

THIS WEEK IN DAVIS: Jesse Barrera; The California Honeydrops; Secret Pre-Screening.

My name is Robin Migdol, and I'm an arts - and entertainment - addict. Whew. It feels good to come clean.

Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom X; Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers; Davis Jazz and Beat Festival; Los Lobos; Madness and Music Festival; Muse/Passion Pit, Maroon 5, Shakira, Justin Bieber

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Tilly No-Body; In The Heights; Paul Taylor Dance Company; Gallathea

Sacramento Valley School of Landscape Painters; Lost and Found: Visions of the Davis Art Center Permanent Collection; Wonderers; 12 Voices