Arts & Culture

The Dumpling House is a dumpling home

Chinese restaurant remains a local favorite despite only coming to Davis once a week throughout the pandemic The amazing food that comes from The Dumpling...

Pence Gallery’s “Natural Abundance” is worth a trip downtown

The exhibit features work by local artists that is sure to put a smile on gloomy faces Davis has an abundance of local culture to...

Culture Corner

The Arts Desks' weekly picks for movies, books, music and TV shows Movie: “Sid and Nancy” dir. by Alex Cox (1986) Cox’s follow-up to the cult...

Culture Corner

The Arts Desk’s weekly pick of movies, TV shows, books and music Movie: “American Psycho” dir. by Mary Harron (2000) I think I enjoy “American Psycho”...

The Kardashian-Jenner women ‘with no talent’ created an unrivaled empire

A look into the infamous family’s influence Let’s take a peek into one of America’s most well-known families, the family that has graced our televisions...

Fast fashion’s increasingly rapid trend cycles are driving major overconsumption

How social media is stoking the already raging flames of environmental issues in the fashion industry and what we are doing about it Fast fashion...

Commentary: The worst Academy Awards decisions over the years

With viewership on the decline, here’s a look into some of the Academy’s past oversights and mistakes Viewership of the Academy Awards has hit an...

Commentary: Elon Musk hosted SNL, but why?

The Tesla CEO has nothing to do with SNL, and is another example of the show’s controversial clout-chasing The announcement that Elon Musk was to...

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The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for movies, TV shows, books and music TV Show: “Shadow and Bone”  This Netflix series is based off of author Leigh...

Something about David Cronenberg

Canada’s body horror master stands unrivaled David Cronenberg’s films have the rare effect of inspiring total hopelessness in the viewer. Not in the way of...

A local, new crocheting business makes its way

Jamie Tin shares how she began selling her crochet bees, frogs and other stuffed animals Since the pandemic, many students took the opportunity to take...

#Girlboss—but who’s really in charge?

Breaking down the facade of the girlboss movement At this point you’d have to be living under a rock to have not heard or seen...

Culture Corner

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks of movies, TV shows, books and music   Movie: “The Devil Wears Prada” dir. by David Frankel (2006) As I was aimlessly...

Commentary: RuPaul’s restrictive drag culture

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” propelled drag into mainstream media, but it has fallen short as new forms of expression counteract restricting expectations “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is...

Despite challenges, Muslims continue to celebrate Ramadan during the pandemic

Students share their experiences handling COVID-19, being full-time students and trying to fast for over 16 hours a day Currently, roughly 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide...