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This year's Academy Awards, time honored tradition that it is, was a ridiculously long and tedious ceremony. However, if you were able to pay attention through the monotony (or, an even wiser choice, looked up the winners the next morning), certain political and subjective choices became clear.
Bloc Party, Menomena
Apr. 21, 8 p.m.
Freeborn Hall
Presale tickets on sale today, $19.75 cash only with a student ID
Freeborn Box Office
General admission tickets on sale Saturday, $29.75
Freeborn Box Office or tickets.com
United Nations Association Film Festival: "Blue Planet, Green Planet"
Sunday, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., $10 general admission, $7 with a student ID
The Varsity Theater on 616 Second St.
The Vagina Monologues
Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m.
Davis Veterans Memorial Center at 203 E. 14th St.
Tickets to the event are sold out
If you've seen any of John Cameron Mitchell's work as a writer, actor or director, you'd know that he's not afraid to be controversial.
MUSIC
Tamarama, Owitrain, Early States, Accelerate
Today, 8 p.m., $10 in advance
The Boardwalk in Orangevale
Now usually I'm very wary of any self-proclaimed "artist" who appears on a reality show. But I'll admit that Tamarama's Jay Lyon (known firstly as Whitney's dreamy Aussie boyfriend on MTV pseudo-reality show "The City" and secondly as the lead singer for band Tamarama) doesn't suck completely in the music department - that is, if I were to ever admit to being a fan of acts like Jack Johnson or John Mayer, or to even watching "The City" in the first place.
Rating: 4
As the third full-length album from Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand, Tonight comes over three years after their last LP.
Listeners expecting a return to the likes of singles "Take Me Out" and "This Fire" from their debut self-titled album will be pleasantly surprised.
Rating: 4
There's a weighty back-story behind Swan Lake. Put simply, the band is a supergroup made up of three Canadian indie rock lead-singers - Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes, Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown, and Dan Bejar of Destroyer.
The Coexist? Comedy Tour ft. Birdstrike Theater
Tuesday, 7 p.m., $4 general admission, $2 with a student ID
198 Young
Sometimes the topic of religion can be tense, controversial or even comforting. The Coexist? Comedy Tour is proving that religion can be a humorously good time as well.
Beyond Therapy
Performance schedule:
Preview show: Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m.
Feb. 26 to Feb. 28, 8 p.m.
Mar. 1, 2 p.m.
Mar. 5 to Mar. 7, 8 p.m.
Mar. 8, 2 p.m.
Wild Bill's Tattoo-A-Thon
Saturday, 8 a.m. to midnight
205 Vernon Street in Roseville
It's not usually the case for a tattoo parlor to be involved in community philanthropy, but for over seven years Wild Bill's Tattoo has been donating thousands of dollars to the UC Davis Children's Hospital.
Three on-campus performances will be held at the ASUCD Coffee House and the ARC Pavilion next week. Two of the shows will be co-hosted by both the ASUCD Entertainment Council and KDVS 90.3 FM, and the EC will also co-host Skull Candy, a collaborative show featuring Gym Class Heroes and several other artists.
The Winter's Tale
Today at 1 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
$16 general admission, $11 with a student ID
Studio Theater at the Mondavi Center
The hallmark of a well-performed Shakespeare play is the degree to which a modern audience can understand the confusing dialogue.
Rating: 4
Katy Perry, the newest American pop star, is something of a cross between Avril Lavigne and Kelly Clarkson. Or perhaps it would be better to call her the unwanted step-sister of these pop darlings
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