Arts & Culture

From wine to kombucha: Exploring Davis’ zealous homebrew community

Some students take their talents, passions for brewing beyond the classroom Northern California has matured into one of the best places in the world for...

Folk Music Jam Session in the Arboretum

An informal gathering of musical enthusiasts jamming in nature   From the quintessential spirit of the Farmer’s Market to the duality of tranquility and liveliness of...

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The Arts Desks' weekly picks for movies, books, music and television shows Album: “Ritual in Repeat (Deluxe)” by Tennis I have listened to Tennis’ phenomenal, albeit...

The difference between Halloween and Day of the Dead

The culture behind the three-day festival As October comes to an end and the leaves start to crunch under every step, many people immediately think...

Bachelor vs. Love Island

Students explore which guilty pleasure dating show they gravitate to more The dating and relationship reality television series “The Bachelor” first aired in 2002 on...

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The Arts Desks' weekly picks for movies, books, music and television shows TV: “Bonding” It isn’t often that I sit down to binge watch a TV...

Jony Ive: shaping the products of our lives

The story behind Apple’s hidden treasure The Moscone West Conference Center in San Francisco, Calif. on Jan. 9, 2007. That was where and when Steve...

Lila Downs at the Mondavi

A celebratory night filled with colorful Latinx music Before audience members even stepped into the the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts...

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The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for television, movies, novels and music Television: “Barry” One of the greatest things to happen in recent years is the prolific...

Ranking the Jokers that have graced both the silver and big screen

From legendary Ledger to lesser known Hamill The Joker is the iconic sociopath who exists within the DC Comic universe and serves as Batman’s enemy....

Manetti Shrem invites Doug Aitken to speak on new video installation

NEW ERA captures attention,  The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art welcomed contemporary artist Doug Aitken to speak about his new exhibit...

Review: “Unbelievable”

Netflix’s latest true crime documentary goes beyond  Netflix released a miniseries based on an article written by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong about a...

Christian French dives into music industry “Head First”

“bright side of the moon” tour comes to an end after 22 shows After previously touring in San Francisco with Chelsea Cutler and Quinn XCII,...

When music drives movies: exploring the work of Damien Chazelle, Edgar Wright

Music, movies — why choose?  Music has long been the Robin to many a feature film’s Batman. Standing in as an emotional primer and catalyst...

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The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for movies, books, music and television shows. Movie: “Election” Ryan Murphy’s “The Politician” premiered on Netflix last week, but for those...