Arts & Culture

After a full week of avid fundraising from Apr. 20 to 26, campus radio station KDVS 90.3 FM raised $56,375, just shy of their $60,000 goal.

The online pledge system is still up and active, continuing to accept and receive donations. Currently, the station has raised $58,745 and continues to receive pledges from fundraiser.kdvs.org.

QUAD STAGE

Mad Cow String Band

Friday, 6:30 p.m.

CEDAR STAGE

Ginger Ninjas

Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Ben Lewis

Saturday, 6 p.m.

Ayla Nero

Sunday, 10 a.m.

As we grow up, it becomes clear that the world is not black and white. That is just what psychology graduate student Lauren Berger aims to prove with "Mixed Photo Project," a photo exhibition that opened yesterday at the Memorial Union Art Lounge as part of Mixed Heritage Week.

MUSIC

Dirt Nasty, Andre Legacy, Beardo

Today, 8 p.m., $15 in advance, $17 day of show

The Boardwalk in Orangevale

Some people are so bad that they're good, and Dirt Nasty may or may not be one of those people. It all just depends whether you're into obnoxious rap songs that feature topics such as cocaine, itty-bitty baby dicks and bestiality.

Green River Ordinance

Out Of My Hands

Virgin Records

Rating: 2

Metric

Fantasies

Independent

Rating: 4

It's become a recent trend that as artists create new records, they add a variety of instruments here and there, use a pinch of synthesizer, toss in a tasty beat mix, sprinkle in a couple clever lines and gently place it into the indie rock oven and hope for the best, yes?

Although I've been a student for 16 years now, I've been finding it increasingly difficult to actually buckle down and concentrate in my studies.

Procrastination isn't my number one problem (though it's definitely up there), and neither is dozing off during lecture or putting off studying for that midterm because I wanted to do some weekday gallivanting out on the town - nope, my trouble lies in the listening and paying attention part of going to class.

Passion, electricity, a little spunk, a righteous cause and a great deal of heart: Just what every on-campus organization needs for success - and one of the newest student groups to bring just that is Electronic Music for Change.The members of Electronic Music for Change have passion for electronic music and a commitment for positive change.

After a four-year hiatus from Sacramento, the Found Footage Festival - a showcase of strange videos discovered by sifting through garage sales and thrift stores - will return to the capital city on Friday.

The collected videos will be shown at 7 and 9:30 p.m. at Movies on a Big Screen, which is located at 600 4th St. in West Sacramento. Tickets are available at the door for

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The UC Davis department of theatre and dance present Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical Oklahoma! on Saturday at 8 p.m. in Jackson Hall.

The production is directed and choreographed by Granada Artist-in-Residence Mindy Cooper, who previously directed and choreographed Urinetown: The Musical in 2007.

The lithe talents of Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx are the most tangible aspects of The Soloist, a film full of heart but haplessly misguided. A chance encounter with a violin-playing homeless man named Nathaniel Ayers (Foxx) provides Los Angeles Times writer Steve Lopez (Downey, Jr.) with some fresh material.

MUSIC

Living Legends

Today, 7:30 p.m., free

Sacramento State University Union Ballroom

NorCal has its share of hip-hop collectives, but holding it down for Los Angeles is eight-piece group Living Legends, whose minimal beats and heavy rhymes recall that of Hieroglyphics, sans the Bay Area grittiness.

The Inversions, James Rabbit, Color of Love, Antarctica Takes It!

Today, 8 p.m., free, 21

300 Room in West Sacramento

James Rabbit is all over the place. With his own "vaguely Muppet-like" mix of jazzy piano, utterly danceable pop and upbeat showiness, he answers the long-standing question of what it would be like if Queen, Phoenix, Michael Buble and Mika were to make a musical baby. Because I know you all were wondering, too.

Mims

Guilt

Capitol

Rating: 1

Strung Out

Prototypes and Painkillers

Fat Wreck Chords

Rating: 4