Arts & Culture

It's been just three years since Wajahat Ali graduated from UC Davis School of Law. Already, the nation is beginning to take notice of the man hailed as one of today's most influential Muslim American artists.

"St. John Passion" will show at the Davis Community Church on Mar. 1 at 8 p.m. A pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. will also be held. Ticket prices start at $18 for students.

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HellaCappella is back! The annual event will host a showcase of a cappella groups, which will perform their original arrangements of popular songs in Freeborn Hall on Feb. 27.

While half of Hot Chip's latest, most focused release demonstrates their capability for brilliance, other tracks feel safe and lackluster.

After The Delgados broke up in 2005, founding member Emma Pollock began to focus on her own career. She released her solo debut Watch the Fireworks (4AD) in 2007. Pollock spent last year in the studio to record her second album, The Law of Large Numbers on Chemikal Underground, the label that she co-founded in 1994.

Since making their live debut at Brighton's Loop Festival in late 2008, Grasscut's Andrew Phillips and Marcus O'Dair have been working on various side projects including their latest release, Muppet. Phillips - known for his work with One Giant Leap and Lo Recordings - and music journalist/radio DJ O'Dair offer a stylistic take on modern classical blended with experimental electronic.

After five studio releases and over 20 years, Massive Attack has never made the same record twice. It's nothing unexpected from such an iconic figure of the trip-hop genre - and their latest album Heligoland is no exception.

When it comes to movies, my opinions are rarely consistent over time. Instead, I often let other opinions change my own.

On Feb. 28 at 2 p.m., American history, politics and the music of composer Aaron Copland will come together in "Copland and the Cold War." The event will be held at the Mondavi Center's Vanderhoef Studio Theater.

Last Wednesday night at 8 p.m., I had the privilege of experiencing the play, Fuddy Meers, student run and directed by Gia Battista, at the TCS Building.

If you've ever watched music videos on MTV and thought you could make better videos than today's musicians - here is your chance.

The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance is presenting William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by MFA candidate John Zibell.

Nameless Magazine - it's the type of magazine you pick up not just because of an intriguing cover. Rather, you pick it up because it functions as a creative laboratory for the visionary minds of UC Davis.

The Student Author Event, which highlights the works of four winners of the University Writing Program's Prized Writing competition, will be held on Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. in 126 Voorhies.